RICHIE RAMSAY TO BE SPONSORED
BY CRAIG GROUP

Aberdeen's former United States amateur golf champion Richie Ramsay, now a professional on the European Challenge Tour, has secured a sponsorship deal with one of the city's most successful and established family businesses.
Global shipping and energy services firm, The Craig Group, has entered into a two-year sponsorship agreement with Ramsay who turned professional in July 2007, having been No 1 in the R&A's World Amateur Rankings.
He played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup of 2005 and was a certainty to be chosen for the 2007 Walker Cup match but opted to turn professional last July, only a couple of months before the contest at Royal County Down.
Commenting on the sponsorship managing director of The Craig Group, Douglas Craig (pictured above with Richie Ramsay), said:
“As a group that runs Kings Links – one of Scotland’s biggest golf retail outlets and driving ranges - we have always been supportive of golf and in particular young and up-coming golfers. I am delighted that we can help Richie get the best possible start in his professional career. He is a credit to the sport and to the city of Aberdeen.
Ramsay added: “I have known Douglas and the family for a number of years so I am particularly pleased to have secured sponsorship from The Craig Group who have their roots in Aberdeen. It is great to have a partnership with a company I can trust and who have faith in me, and I look forward to working with them.”
The Craig Group, through Kings Links, also supports North-east professional golfers Scott Henderson and Graeme Lornie and, through a variety of initiatives including the Kings Links Young Masters Golf Programme and the sponsorship of youth golf teams in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, champions the promotion of young golfers in the region.
Ramsay had his 25th birthday on June 15.
He is currently 22nd on the Challenge Tour's money list with 22,381 Euros earned from nine outings in 2008. The leading players at the end of the season gain automatic promotion to the European Tour.
Away from golf, he has studied at the University of Stirling, after spending some time in Texas on a golf scholarship, graduating with a BA Hons in Marketing and Sports Studies. Born and bred in Aberdeen, he has been playing golf since the age of three.
As an amateur he was a member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.