scotland's richie ramsay recovered from seeing a three shot lead disappear in the space of two holes to win the hassan trophy after a rollercoaster final round on sunday ramsay made a blistering start at golf du palais royal, carding four birdies in a row from the third to move into pole position in pursuit of his third european tour title the 31 year old from aberdeen then three putted the seventh and ran up a triple bogey six on the eighth, where he came up short of the green off the tee and saw his first two chips fail to negotiate a steep slope and roll back to his feet richie ramsey poses with the hassan trophy after winning the event at golf du palais royal in morocco  ramsay reacts after his second shot on the tenth hole during the final round of the hassan trophy  that left ramsay two shots off the lead but he battled back superbly with a hat trick of birdies from the 12th to reclaim the lead on his way to a closing 69 to finish 10 under par, one ahead of france's romain wattel wattel chipped in for par on the 15th after duffing his fourth shot just a few feet and birdied the 17th to get within one of ramsay, but was unable to chip in for another birdie on the 18th to force a play off six players shared third place on eight under, including south african george coetzee, who had needed to win to move into the world's top 50 and qualify for the masters england's tommy fleetwood could also have secured a trip to augusta with victory, but finished joint 17th after a closing 69 an emotional ramsay, who had missed the cut in four of his five events this season and withdrew from the other after three rounds due to illness, dedicated the win to his wife angela and brother robin ramsay  hits his tee shot on the first hole during the final round before winning the competition  ramsay (left) is presented with his winner's trophy by  hrh prince moulay rachid of morocco (right) 'it means a huge amount,' ramsay told sky sports 4 'my brother has supported me since i was so young this one's for him and angela i know they are all back home and probably going crazy at the moment 'i've gone through some tough times with injury but kept believing and they were at my back and said just go out there and play golf and that's what i did today it was so much fun out there' asked about his triple bogey on the eighth, the former us amateur champion added: 'i just didn't execute the shot exactly as i wanted to hit a poor chip, rolled back into a divot, didn't come out, hit it back on, two putts, easy six it's one of those courses that has so many holes like that 'i knew i was still in the mix and walking down nine i was still level par for my round and i knew the back nine was very scoreable i made great putts on nine and 10 just to keep the momentum going and then i stood over a putt on the 12th and felt my putter feels absolutely great 'i said to myself just got for it, this is your time and pretty much took it by the scruff of the neck the next two holes'
richie ramsay scotsman this season
richie ramsay was delighted to win trophy after tough campaign . the scotsman had missed the cut in four of his five events this season . he had to withdraw from the other event through illness 