Daniel Gavins had a two-shot lead when he stepped on the 18th tee Sunday afternoon at Al Hamra Golf Club. Up ahead, Alexander Bjork would bogey the par-5 finishing hole to stretch Gavins’ advantage to three. If Gavins could avoid the water that runs along the entire right side of the hole, the Ras Al Khaimah Championship would be his.
Spoiler alert: He did not avoid the water.
Not once, in fact, but twice.
Yet, thanks to a clutch make for double bogey, Gavins, a 31-year-old Englishman, was somehow able to hang on for a one-shot victory, his second on the DP World Tour.