Furious Morton boss Jim McInally claimed he was ashamed of his players' performance and vowed to quit at the end of the season if they failed to win promotion.
Ayr dominated the first half and deservedly took the lead in the 40th minute when Paul Weaver thundered the ball into the roof of the net after a corner from Chris Strain was only half cleared.
Ayr doubled their lead after 66 minutes when Craig Conway sent in Kieran McAnespie, and the wing-back raced in to score from a tight angle.
Ayr sent on Gareth Wardlaw for the closing stages, and the substitute capped a brilliant performance with two goals in a five-minute burst. After 81 minutes he ran 40 yards and held off a series of challenges before squeezing home a low shot.
Then in the 86 minute the super sub struck again, coming between Kevin Finlayson and Ryan Harding to fire home Ayr's fourth.
It was almost 5-0, but a chip from Weaver beat keeper David McGurn only to bounce off the top of the bar.
Ayr ended a 13 game run without a win to send promotion crashing Mortion in a one sided contest.
Furious morton boss Jim McInally claimed he was ashamed of his players performance & vowed to quit at the end of the season if they failed to win promotion.
Ayr dominated the 1st half and deservedly took the lead in 40 mmins when Paul Weaver thundered the ball in to the roof of the net after a corner from Chris Strain was only half cleared.
Ayr doubled their lead in 66mins when Craig Conway sent Kieran McAnespie & the wing back raced in to score from a tight angle.
Ayr sent on Gareth Waddlow from the closing stages & the sub capped a brilliant performace with 2 goal in a 5 min burst.
In 81 mins Wardlow ran 40yds & held off a series of challenges before squeezing home a low shot.
In 86mins the super sub struck again knitting in between Kevin Finleson & Ryan Harding to fire home Ayrs fourth.
It was almost 5-0 but a chip from Weever beat Keeper David McGurn that bounced off the top of the bar.