-17<\/strong> D Gavins (Eng); <\/span>-16<\/strong> Z Lombard (SA), A Bjork (Swe); <\/span>-15<\/strong> A Meronk (Pol), T Olesen (Den)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Selected others: <\/strong>-13<\/strong> R Fisher (Eng); <\/span>-12<\/strong> D Law (Sco); <\/span>-10<\/strong> M Jordan (Eng), N Kimsey (Eng); <\/span>-8<\/strong> P Harrington (Ire), R Mansell (Eng), M Warren (Sco)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | England’s Daniel Gavins needed to hole a 26ft putt for a double bogey to claim the Ras Al Khaimah Championship after twice finding water on the 18th hole.<\/span><\/p>\n He finished on 17 under to beat Zander Lombard and Alexander Bjork by one shot and seal his second DP World Tour win.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Swede Bjork’s three-putt on 18 gave Gavins a three-shot cushion that he ultimately needed while South African Lombard missed an eagle putt to tie.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m pretty speechless to be honest,” said the 31-year-old world number 296.<\/span><\/p>\n The Leeds-born player had been struggling with a back injury and was unable to practice leading into the tournament at Al Hamra.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve been struggling off the tee the last two weeks and it’s not a very nice tee shot to have (on 18), even with a lead,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was a difficult hole to get through and to be fair I thought I was holing that putt for a play-off. I didn’t realise Bjork had made bogey.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’d put two in the water and I thought ‘that’s one way to end the tournament’. I sunk the putt and went to the back of the green and saw that I was actually winning still. It was kind of a big shock.”<\/span><\/p>\n Gavins began the final round two shots behind overnight leader Lombard but, after bogeying the opening hole, responded by making eight birdies in a three-under closing 69.<\/span><\/p>\n Bjork, who was playing in the group in front of Gavins, missed a birdie putt that would have piled pressure on the Englishman but then also failed to hole his return putt for par and carded a 68.<\/span><\/p>\n Gavins drove into water off the tee and found the lake again with his approach but his long putt for double bogey meant he took a one-shot advantage into the clubhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n He then faced an anxious wait for the final pairing to finish but Lombard, who was trailing by two shots, could only birdie the last for a final-round 72 to fail by a stroke to force extra holes.<\/span><\/p>\n In-form Polish player Adrian Meronk shot a 65 to finish tied fourth on 15 under alongside Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen, who closed with a 67.<\/span><\/p>\n |
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