It is double disappointment for the Scottish duo of Richie Ramsay and Martin Laird.
Ramsay’s DP World Tour season ended after posting rounds of 71 and 74 that will see him miss the cut at the Genesis Championship at Incheon near Seoul.
The four-time Tour winning Ramsay was sharing 78th place at one-over and two places outside of the expected halfway cut at one-under when poor light stopped play leaving one group still to complete their second round.
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Ramsay talked of his excitement heading back to South Korea and posting on his ‘X’ account a snap of the Emirates charter A380 plane and also the stunning high-rise view from his hotel room of the city of Seoul.
As well, he spoke a week at the Andalucia Masters to GolfByTourMiss of his hope in bringing the family out to Abu Dhabi for next fortnight’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Ramsay then posted the following on his ‘X’ account shortly after ending in Seoul:
2024 @DPWorldTour ends. Rollercoaster year, but still enjoying the challange, purpose and & challange. Tough way 2 finish but fuel 4 winter to work on the mind, short iron play, green reading. Thank u for following and support. Keep being the best I can be
— Richie Ramsay (@RamsayGolf) October 25, 2024
The proud Scot arrived in South Korea lying 79th on the Race to Dubai money-list but needed to end this week inside the top-70 if his season was to continue next month in Abu Dhabi but alas Ramsay is being projected to drop to 82nd.
It will be the eighth occasion in 15 years since 2010 Ramsay will not complete his season in the UAE and, of course, this year being a first with a DP World Tour year winding down with a Abu Dhabi and Dubai double.
Ramsay may very well now consider an early start to his 2025 season and that would entail travelling in December to South Africa for three back-to-back co-sanctioned events and something he has done before in his career.
And Laird will no doubt be disappointed learning official news that the Shriners Hospital for Children Open, and that the touranement he won as a maiden PGA Tour title in 2009 and also captured in 2020, is now in serious doubt of going ahead after Shriners have dropped their future support for the event.
The Las Vegas tournament was first staged in 1983 and with Shriners taking over as title sponsor in 2008.
Bob Roller, the vice president of sports for Shriners, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of the decision: “We have enjoyed a tremendous 18 years as the host and title sponsor of the Shriners Children’s Open. The opportunity to tell our incredible stories of the more than 1.6 million children that have received care from Shriners was, and always is, our primary goal.”
He did not say why Shriners decided to withdraw its sponsorship.
This year’s Shriners Children’s Open, that endured delays due to very strong wins, was won by American J.T. Poston earning a one-shot win over compatriot Doug Ghim.
Also, the event does not appear on the 2025 PGA Tour schedule.