| Richie Ramsay | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Richie Ramsay |
| Born | 15 June 1983 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st) |
| Nationality | Scotland |
| Residence | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Career | |
| College | McLennan Community College Stirling University |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2007 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2007 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2007, 2009 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Richie Ramsay (born 23 June 1983) is a Scottish professional golfer.
In 2006, Ramsay became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the United States Amateur Championship.[1] He also won several other amateur titles and played in the 2005 Walker Cup.
Ramsay turned professional in 2007, and played two seasons on the second tier Challenge Tour, winning twice in 2008. He finished 8th on the end of season rankings that year to graduate to the elite European Tour for 2009.
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Ramsay was born in Aberdeen. He is an honorary member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club and was a student at the Stirling University in Scotland, where he graduated in 2007.
Ramsay won the Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship in 2004, and the Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship in 2005. He went on to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup later that year.
In 2006, Ramsay won the U.S. Amateur Championship, defeating American John Kelly 4 & 2 in the 36-hole final. He was the first British player to win the championship since 1911, and the first Scot since 1898.[1] He topped the first edition of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, which was issued by the R&A on 23 January 2007.
After playing in the 2007 Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship, for which he had qualified through his U.S. Amateur victory, Ramsay turned professional. The move meant that he would not be eligible to play in a second Walker Cup later that year.[2]
Ramsay made his professional début in August 2007 at the European Tour's Russian Open.[2] He finished that event in a tie for 53rd place, and completed the remainder of the season playing tournaments on the second tier Challenge Tour. Having failed to come through final qualifying school at the end of the season, he again played on the Challenge Tour in 2008. He won his first professional tournaments during the 2008 season, the Vodafone Challenge in Germany and the AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse.[3] He ended the year in 8th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate directly to the European Tour for 2009.[4]
In 2009 Ramsay finished the season inside the top 100 of the Race to Dubai and secured his tour card for 2010. At the second event of the 2010 season, held at the end of 2009, he won his first title on the European Tour by defeating Shiv Kapur in a playoff for the South African Open.[5]
By 2011 Ramsay was firmly established on the European Tour with 6 top ten finishes taking him to the top 30 of the Order of Merit for the first time.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Dec 2009 (2010 season) |
South African Open Championship | -13 (67-75-68-65=275) | Playoff | Shiv Kapur |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Aug 2008 | Vodafone Challenge | -16 (65-70-69-68=272) | 1 stroke | Stephan Gross Jr (am), George Murray |
| 2 | 5 Oct 2008 | AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse | -19 (67-70-64-68=269) | 2 strokes | Richard McEvoy |
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Amateur