DP World Tour : Ras Al Khaimah Championship.. Results
The final results are just in from the Al Hamra GC and after three consecutive 66's Spaniard Alejandro Del Rey was just too good for 36 hole leader Marcus Armitage, and the rest of the field, winning by 4 shots 68 66 66 66 -22 with the Englishman from Manchester 2nd 63 69 70 68 -18.
Del Rey went into the final round with a two-shot lead but a lightning-quick start soon took him five strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard.
And although playing partner Marcus Armitage cut the gap to three at the turn, another brilliant burst of scoring from Del Rey at the beginning of the back nine sent him six shots ahead with five holes to play.
The Spaniard never looked like opening the door for closest challenger Armitage from that point onwards, closing his round with five pars in a row to enter the DP World Tour winner's circle for the first time on his 70th start.
He said: "It's amazing because it's basically what I work for.
"I got to a point last year where I just felt like I wasn't having that much fun on the golf course because for me, playing for 20th, 30th place wasn't that meaningful at that point.
"I just worked really hard since then because I just didn't want to be in that position much longer. And I feel like I've played many years with a lot of friends that have won out here and I knew I could do it but it just wasn't showing up.
"I'm just grateful and I'm very happy that this finally came. I've always felt about myself that I'm a great closer of golf tournaments.
"It just felt great today, felt very natural and very easy."
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