An emotional Richie Ramsay devoted his Cazoo Traditional victory to daughter Olivia after holing an eight-foot putt on Hillside’s 18th gap to win his first event in six years.
The Scot produced a superb end, with three birdies within the final 5 holes, nevertheless it was a two-putt from the entrance of the inexperienced which secured a spherical of 69 for a 14-under-par complete and a one-shot victory over Paul Waring which began the tears flowing.
Ramsay had promised his daughter he would win a trophy for her as he had not tasted victory since she was born and had collapsed on the ultimate gap in Might’s British Masters at The Belfry, when he held a one-shot lead solely to “duff” his second shot into the water from the center of the 18th fairway and end with a double-bogey six.
“Perhaps I haven’t been in a superb place the final couple of years, however the greatest factor was that I made a promise to my daughter and I don’t break guarantees to her,” he advised Sky Sports activities.
“I stated I’d get her a trophy. I haven’t gained since my daughter was born and that’s six years. That one is for Olivia. Hopefully she is watching.
“It feels unbelievable, the reduction. I saved believing, I knew my recreation was good.
“I learn about what occurred at The Belfry, however it’s hyperlinks golf and I really feel I at all times have a bonus once I play hyperlinks golf and there may be nothing higher than holing a putt beneath the gun with the event on the road.
Richie Ramsay was overcome by emotion after clinching victory (Peter Byrne/PA).
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“The way in which I did it, to gap that putt on the final – hours and hours of observe and it comes down to 1 shot.
“It doesn’t matter what occurs now I’ll bear in mind it for the remainder of my life.”
Ramsay, and to a lesser extent Waring, took benefit of extra sloppy golf from in a single day chief Julien Guerrier in Southport.
The Frenchman, who bogeyed his closing gap of spherical three, had prolonged his benefit by two to guide by three on the flip however then had three bogeys in his closing six holes to throw away his probability.
Waring, with three birdies in his final eight holes, set the clubhouse lead at 13 beneath after a spherical of 70 and, though he was surpassed by Ramsay, the Wirral golfer from Birkenhead, 30 miles down the street, moved up 88 locations to only outdoors the highest 60 within the DP World Tour rankings.
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