Golf’s relentless ability to shock and surprise rocked the Barbers Point Invitational on Saturday.

Not surprisingly, it came on the final hole on the final day, as it nearly always does.

This time, it was Caleb Keohokapu who felt the wrath of No. 18. The beneficiary was Tyler Ota, who has now won twice in the past three years at Barbers Point Golf Course.

Thursday Keohokapu, a Kailua graduate about to start his senior year at Notre Dame de Namur, tied the tournament record when he opened with an 8-under-par 64.

Ota, who knows something about how funky the final hole can be after finishing in the top three at Barbers Point every year since 2014, opened with a 66 that left him two back.

He was still there Saturday, until Keohokapu hit his approach shot to the final hole from the right rough, with the wind blowing into his face.

“I didn’t want to go too long,” Keohokapu recalled. “I picked a club (9-iron) I thought was a really good distance. At first the wind was gusting. I took a deep breath and had to step away from the ball.

“I should have clubbed down to a pitching wedge, but I stayed with the 9 and tried to punch it up there and caught a flyer lie and it just went. It kicked off the back of the green and shot into OB. It was probably one of the unluckiest things that’s ever happened to me.”

Ota hit safely to the green and watched Keohokapu and Keegan Loo, who was a shot out of first at the turn, both go OB and wind up with triple bogey.

A simple two-putt par gave Ota an even-par 72 for the day and an 8-under-par 208 for the tournament — a shot better than Keohokapu (75).

At the awards ceremony, Ota told Keohokapu to “keep his head up.” The ceremony concluded with Keohokapu receiving a warm, extremely empathetic, round of applause.

“The 18th hole is tough, really tough,” Ota said. “Even when there’s no pressure it’s just a funky little hole. The second shot is so short, but the wind forces you to hit a long club, long enough where if the wind stops you will fly the green, like poor Caleb. It looked like he caught a pull flyer. He played well though, really steady.”

Ota knows steady. He has been the Hawaii State Golf Association player of the year the past three seasons. He won the 2015 Manoa Cup, which came four years after he was second at the state high school championship his senior campaign at Moanalua.

Matt Ma, who won at Barbers Point 15 years ago, shot 72 to take third Saturday, four shots behind Ota. The two work together at Golf Concepts. Loo (76) was another shot back and Thayne Costa (76—215) was the only other golfer to finish under par.

Jonathan Ota, the 2012 overall champ, won the senior flight with a final-round 71, for a total of 223.

Robert Nakagawa (74—225) captured the A flight, which was also decided on the final hole. Frank Manuma, who used to work at Barbers Point, won the B flight at 81—245.