Forrest On 'bonkers' Call From Trump And Learning From Mcilroy

Grant Forrest says he didn't get overmuch of a connection successful during a "bonkers" and "cool" speech pinch Donald Trump aft his triumph astatine nan NEXO Championship successful Aberdeen past month.

The arena was played astatine nan Trump-owned people conscionable northbound of nan metropolis and, aft securing a four-stroke triumph and his 2nd triumph connected nan DP World Tour, nan 32-year-old from West Lothian received a video telephone from nan American president.

"It's been power soundlessness since nan win," Forrest laughed. "I didn't return him up connected his connection to play nan very adjacent day.

"Bonkers, really. I suppose he's much speaking to maine arsenic nan proprietor of nan play people successful that situation, but he conscionable happens to beryllium nan president of nan United States. It was funny.

"I'll surely not hide it. Not galore group person been connected FaceTime pinch nan president.

"Obviously, everyone that congratulates you, that's nan adjacent point they say. How was it speaking to Donald Trump? I didn't really opportunity much, to beryllium honest. It was conscionable disconnected he went.

"It was really cool. Certainly astatine nan opening of that week, if you told maine I was doing that connected Sunday night, I wouldn't person believed you."

This week, Forrest is 1 of 8 Scots successful nan section for nan DP World Tour's flagship event, nan PGA Championship astatine Wentworth.

The 32-year-old is besides chasing 1 of nan PGA Tour cards disposable to nan apical 10 players who person not already secured a spot connected nan US circuit.

Forrest is presently successful 39th position but knows, pinch immoderate large events still to travel successful nan last fewer weeks of nan season, location are still plentifulness of rankings points up for grabs.

"Whether you're successful 90th, you're trying to enactment retired of present adjacent twelvemonth aliases you're trying to get into Abu Dhabi aliases Dubai," he said.

"If you're 30th, you're looking to get up into nan PGA Tour cards, truthful there's ever thing more. We conscionable instrumentality to our scheme and support chipping distant astatine what we're doing and spot wherever it leaves us.

"Obviously, I'd emotion to get 1 of nan cards. I'd emotion to person a spell astatine it retired there, but for me, that's not nan be-all and end-all. I'm conscionable trying to support improving each time and I deliberation pinch that, it is simply a realistic possibility."

Forrest played portion of nan Wentworth people connected Monday pinch Ludwig Aberg and Rory McIlroy, who arrived caller from his Irish Open triumph.

"That was bully to conscionable spot and measurement up against 2 of nan champion astatine nan moment," Forrest said of his practice.

"Especially Rory, nan twelvemonth and profession he's had. He's been astatine nan apical for truthful agelong and to play pinch personification who's astatine that level, it's awesome conscionable to prime their brains and spot what they do.

"He's a phenomenal subordinate truthful it's ever bully to spot what they're doing.

"Rory hits nan shot truthful well, truthful far, truthful straight. You tin spot why he wins truthful much.

"After we played, he was disconnected to nan gym. You put nan activity in, that's what you do. You support putting successful nan effort and nan results will travel astatine immoderate point."