Paisley golfer Alastair Forsyth is going back to his roots in a bid to plot a return to the European Tour.

The 38-year-old lost his Tour card at the end of the season but opted out of trying to regain it in the rigorous six-round qualifying school final last week as he assessed his options following another campaign of toil.

Forsyth, a two-time winner on the European circuit, cut his competitive teeth on the domestic Tartan Tour before his career took off.

And he is now set to take a step back and keep himself competitive on the Scottish scene while dabbling in other golf-related activities.

Forsyth, who became a father for the second time earlier this week, has not called time on his days on the European Tour just yet but he has accepted that his career could not continue down the path it was going.

He said: "My game had not been good enough for too long to justify another go at q-school this year but if I see improvements next season then I'll give it a go again.

"I like the idea of playing in Scotland again and this period will give me time to work on my game, to practise and focus on the faults instead of just playing and hoping it will turn round.

"It was a difficult decision to make but there's a bit of relief knowing that I'm not going to be out doing what I've been doing for the last couple of years.

"You are sitting on a plane on your own coming home on a Friday night or a Saturday morning, you are shelling out a fortune and it begins to play on your mind.

"You turn up with no confidence, miss another cut and you have to ask yourself 'wait a minute, is this for me?'

"I've been on tour since I was 23. I'm a professional golfer and I love competing and I love trying to make myself better.

"You have that fire and you don't really lose that. At the moment, though, the tour is not the place for me."