ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS SCOTTISH OPEN

July 11, 2021

Richie Ramsay

The Renaissance Club

Quick Quotes

Q. What does this mean to you today, to win this award?

RICHIE RAMSAY: Yeah, I obviously knew Jock from my young age. I played Scottish Boys' and he was relentless in basically looking after the right stories about the boys growing up.

I've known him from when I started playing all the way up to The European Tour. It was always quite nice to see a familiar face and someone who was passionate about what he did but also passionate about Scottish success on The European Tour and kids coming through. He always looked to see a saltire on the board. He was always someone that would call you, text you, say, can I do an interview, you would always take your time out because he was just such a nice person, genuine sort of nice person, and he always had good things to say about you.

I think he was such a nice person, but sometimes that distracted from how good an article he would write. He knew me from a young kid and obviously when I was younger, I was a bit fiery. He was always very good with me and knew how to come off and if maybe I when maybe in the best of moods. But when it was Jock, you took time for him.

And I think all the boys do that on the Scottish circuit. You would always see him and if he needed a word, it wasn't a problem. I think that feeling resonated with the rest of the journos and the guys on The European Tour. He was just a very kind-hearted guy and someone who wanted to see Scottish success, didn't matter who it was. He just wanted to see that saltire on the leaderboard.