Trevor Foster one in all England’s best Senior Group gamers, handed away on Saturday 28 December, aged 64, forsaking his spouse Debbie, son Ryan, daughter Nikki, and their three much-loved grandchildren.
Tributes from all around the world have flooded in to Trevor’s family and friends, recognising a much-loved character whose bigger than life persona will probably be talked about and remembered for a few years to return.
Trevor’s {golfing} attributes have included representing Lancashire 111 occasions between 1986 and 2018, being county champion in 1987 and 1990.
In 1988, Trevor was additionally high of The Open leaderboard after 12 holes at Royal Lytham & St Annes, main the likes of Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Fred {Couples}.
Trevor will probably be greatest identified for his prowess as a senior golfer (55+). He has represented England yearly since 2016 and in addition represented Europe within the 2022 Concession Cup in opposition to USA at Valderrama, being one in all simply two European gamers to win within the singles on the ultimate day of the competitors.
Trevor was a fierce competitor and his need to win was formidable. He gained many titles together with the Irish Senior Males’s Championship in 2018 and the English Senior Males’s Championship at Berkhamsted in 2022, however his best achievement was successful the British Senior Males’s Championship at Porthcawl in 2018, which included a spectacular 63 (-9) within the first spherical.
He additionally gained the Silver Medal for the main novice at The Senior Open in 2021 at Sunningdale, and a bronze medal within the 2022 occasion at Gleneagles.
Trevor was an ideal communicator and his tales will probably be remembered so fondly by everybody who knew him. He as soon as performed with Bernhard Langer within the Senior Open observe spherical, simply so he might inform him about breaking Langer’s course report round Porthcawl.
Trevor was the life and soul of any setting that he discovered himself in, and was a real gentleman and a complete skilled within the recreation he cherished a lot.
He was the kindest, most beneficiant person who anybody might meet, and gave his time and data to anybody who reached out to him. He was additionally a loving father and doting grandfather.
Our hearts exit to his household, particularly his spouse Debbie. Debbie was Trevor’s rock, strolling hundreds of miles being a part of ‘Group Foster’, and collectively they had been a formidable workforce, much-loved and feared on the similar time.
As an England participant, Trevor was every part a captain might ask for. The minute he put the England shirt on, he turned completely targeted, giving every part to the sport and its success.
He was a stalwart of the England Seniors Group and will probably be remembered for all the appropriate causes; sportsmanship, camaraderie, an ideal pal and an all-round fantastic one who will probably be missed by everybody who he touched in his life.
Our ideas and prayers are with all of Trevor’s household and pals throughout this troublesome time.
