It's amazing what passes for entertainment in these topsy-turvy times ...

and no, I'm not talking about the Tuesday column. The other day, as I doddered aimlessly around the local park in the tortured search for inspiration for the weekly witterings, a dog barked and bounded past me with a camera attached to its back followed by two highly excited owners who oohed and aahed at said dug's every move. Yes, this is what it's come to. Instead of cooing over videos of a wedding, a holiday or the gentle cradling of a first born, it seems we're now more than happy to gasp and gawp at shaky footage of Benjy the Border Collie cocking its leg against a lamp post, sniffing and snorking around a shrub and sticking its inquisitive snout uncomfortably close to Trixie, the prim and proper Pomeranian that totters around like a feather duster on stilletos.

Give me the golf on the box any day. At the weekend in Morocco, it was Scotsman Richie Ramsay who was the top dog as he earned his third European Tour victory in the Trophee Hassan II. And he earned it the hard way. Coasting along nicely at the head of the leaderboard until he leaked four shots in two holes near the turn, Ramsay's significant thrust of three successive birdies on the back-nine as the pressure mounted spoke volumes for his spirit and mental resolve. Rather like a slab of old granite, Aberdonian Ramsay has always been quite a tough cookie in the cut-and-thrust of the golfing battle although he does allow his emotions to pour forth in the aftermath, as witnessed during Sunday's post-round media duties.

Given that his career has been hindered over the past couple of years by niggling, dispiriting injuries that can chip away at the confidence, it was hardly surprising that Ramsay found himself welling up. Having started his 2015 campaign with four missed cuts and one withdrawal, this galvanising victory demonstrated once again Ramsay's abilities and downright ersitness. The 31-year-old has always been a hard-working, single-minded and highly self-critical character who has never been afraid to make big decisions and sacrifices in the quest for improvement. "When I get to 40 or 50 I want to know that I've done everything I possibly can to be the best I can be," said Ramsay who was also a double winner on the second-tier Challenge Tour.

At times, his drive has got the better of him and he has given himself the kind of whippings that used be reserved for a scene from 50 Shades of Grey ... only much less enjoyable, of course. A couple of years ago, after missing the cut at the Scottish Open, the former Walker Cup player groaned and hissed that "I might as well get a job somewhere else if I continue like this." A year earlier, following a premature exit from the Open at Lytham, he was telling all and sundry that this mind-mangling pursuit had driven him to the brink of "insanity." If there's one game that demands you keep the heid, then it's golf. Ramsay, despite the bouts of self-flagellation, has that special something; that extra ounce of whatever it is that separates the winners from the rest in this global game of formidable strength in depth. "A coach doesn't make a player, it's the player who does that himself," said his long-standing coach, Ian Rae. "You only get out of it what you put in. The word Richie uses a lot is 'unacceptable'. If he's on a practice session and he feels it's not good enough he'll say it's unacceptable. You don't want to accept mediocrity. There are only 600 to 900 players in the world on a pretty good tour every week. So you've got to do something bloody special to be better than all these other guys."

Chalking up three wins on the European Tour is not to be sniffed at. What the rest of the season has in store is in the lap of the golfing gods but you can guarantee that Ramsay will not be resting on his laurels. As everybody basks in the glow of triumph, it's easy to get carried away with bold predictions about future conquests and achievements. Ramsay, who has barged his way up to 77th in the world rankings, is a realist but he is well aware of the enticing, symbolic date that looms on the horizon. In 2016, the Ryder Cup heads for Hazeltine, the course where, in 2006, Ramsay became the first Scot since 1898 to win the US Amateur Championship. It was also the place where romance blossomed and he met Angela, the American girl who would become his wife. "A few guys - Rory McIlroy for example - have unbelievable talent", reflected Ramsay last year. "The rest of us have to work at it and if you look at the stats most guys peak in their mid-30s. It's a mixture of having experience and the game to do it. I'm coming into my peak period in the next five years so that takes in 2016."

Mr and Mrs Ramsay at the Ryder Cup? Now that would be quite a nice 10th anniversary.