Ramsay: “I’m No Spring Chicken” As Scot Bravely Battles Shamal Winds At CB Qatar Masters.

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Richie Ramsay proved he’s no ‘Spring Chicken’ drawing on past experience to drain a testy last hole par putt in tough conditions and keep the Saltire flying high over the weekend rounds of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha.

Ramsay signed for a one-under 71 to be among 15 players to make the cut right on the one-under 36-hole tally mark on the testing wind blown host Doha Golf Club course.

England’s Brandon Robinson-Thompson is again knocking on victory, finding the green at the short par-4 16th and holing a four-footer for an eagle ‘2’ in a round of 68 to lead by two shots at 10-under.

The 32-year-old Robinson-Thompson, who won last year’s Scottish Challenge on the secondary Hotel Planner Tour, heralded his DP World Tour arrival last fortnight with an opening 61 at Ras Al Khaimah.

Ramsay’s effort in the strong, sand-fuelled winds ensures him a second straight pay cheque for just a first time in his six 2024/25 wraparound season events, and coming after last week’s effort in falling one shot shy of the play-off in the Bahrain event.

And wasn’t the Scot pleased, ensuring his place in the weekend field for a 10th occasion in a dozen Qatar Masters appearances.

Ramsay said: “It was a tough day though there was a lot of good stuff, so delighted to be here for the weekend.

“The week of Ras Al Khaimah I had multiple swing thoughts and I was all over the place. I managed to settle down last week in Bahrain, so it’s nice to keep it going and I feel like I could go out there and shoot six under tomorrow.

“It’s pretty bunched field so I’m looking to get back in the mix. Just having that feeling is nice, when sometimes you’re searching and you’re not sure what to do and your mind is all over the place and you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about your swing.

“I’m no spring chicken (smiling) so I need to think about the future.  I made some decisions that put my mind at rest. That was really refreshing.

“I’ve got things set up for the future where I feel like I can go out there and play carefree golf.

“Obviously, I still want to do really, really well but irut betrespective of what happens I know what I want to do if moving forward things don’t work out. I’m a big planner for the future and that takes the stress out of it.

“Golf is very stressful in itself so anytime you can reduce the stress levels it feels quite good. From a technical viewpoint I’ve stuck to one thing”.

In contrast to Ramsay fellow Scot Grant Forrest flew the green with his approach at the last and then took three to hole out for a bogey in a round of 73 to miss the cut by a shot at level par.

Doha-based Scottish amateur Dominic McGlinchey birdied three of his closing six holes in a super 70 only for the 18-year-old to miss out on playing all four rounds by two shots.

And Scott Jamieson was heading home to Florida after four Middle East events, signing for rounds of 75 and 73 to also miss the weekend rounds.

 

 



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