Ramsay dedicates overdue Cazoo Classic victory to daughter

An emotional Richie Ramsay dedicated his Cazoo Classic victory to daughter Olivia after holing an eight-foot putt on Hillside's 18th hole to win his first tournament in six years.

The Scot produced a brilliant finish, with three birdies in the last five holes, but it was a two-putt from the front of the green which secured a round of 69 for a 14-under-par total and a one-shot victory over Paul Waring which started 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 final hole in May's British Masters at The Belfry, when he held a one-shot lead only to "duff" his second shot into the water from the middle of the 18th fairway and finish with a double-bogey six.

"Maybe I haven't been in a good place the last couple of years, but the biggest thing was that I made a promise to my daughter and I don't break promises to her," he told Sky Sports.

"I said I'd get her a trophy. I haven't won since my daughter was born and that's six years. That one is for Olivia. Hopefully she is watching. It feels unbelievable, the relief. I kept believing, I knew my game was good.

"I know about what happened at The Belfry, but it is links golf and I feel I always have an advantage when I play links golf and there is nothing better than holing a putt under the gun with the tournament on the line.

"The way I did it, to hole that putt at the last - hours and hours of practice and it comes down to one shot. "No matter what happens now I'll remember it for the rest of my life."

Ramsay, and to a lesser extent Waring, took advantage of more sloppy golf from overnight leader Julien Guerrier in Southport.

The Frenchman, who bogeyed his final hole of round