Richie Ramsay wins Omega European Masters

Scotland's Richie Ramsay fired a final round of 66 to cruise to a four shot victory in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.

Richie Ramsay wins Omega European Masters (Getty Images)
Fergus Bisset
By Fergus Bisset
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Scotland's Richie Ramsay fired a final round of 66 to cruise to a four shot victory in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.

Ramsay began the final day one shot clear of fellow Aberdonian Paul Lawrie and England's Danny Willett. Lawrie, seeking a second straight victory after his win in last week's Johnnie Walker Championship, drew level with an eagle at the first. But four bogeys on the front nine saw him drop out of contention.

Ramsay raced to the turn in 31 and, despite bogeys at the 13th and 17th, he never looked seriously threatened down the stretch.

"I had a clear goal in mind and all the way round I was imagining I was playing a round with my best mates from back home," he said.

"I performed unbelievably well against two of the most in-form players around; Paul (Lawrie) is playing the golf of his life and Danny is one of the best young players around. So it was always going to be difficult, but I managed to pull it of."

In the end Danny Willett finished with a 69 and secured a tie for second place with Fredrik Andersson Hed, Marcus Fraser and Romain Wattel, all of whom fired closing rounds of 66.

The win for Ramsay meant Scottish players have secured successive wins on the European Tour for the first time since 2001 when Andrew Coltart and Colin Montgomerie achieved the feat.

Last week's winner Paul Lawrie finished in a tie for sixth.

Omega European Masters Crans-sur-Sierre Aug 30 - Sep 2, purse €2,100,000, par 71

1   Richie Ramsay (Sco)   69   68   64   66   267   €350,000 T2   Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 65 73 67   66   271   €139,708 T2   Marcus Fraser (Aus)   68   68   69   66   271   €139,708 T2   Romain Wattel (Fra)   67   70   68   66   271   €139,708 T2   Danny Willett (Eng)   67   67   68   69   271   €139,708 T6   Felipe Aguilar (Chi)   68   69   68   67   272   €63,000 T6   Paul Lawrie (Sco)      69   66   67   70   272   €63,000 T6   Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)   68   70   68   66   272   €63,000 T9   Jamie Donaldson (Wal)   69   69   66   69   273   €44,520 T9   Anders Hansen (Den)   68   70   67   68   273   €44,520

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage

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Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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