Lucas Herbert (born 5 December 1995) is an Australian

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who plays on the

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and the

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. He has won three times on the European Tour and once on the PGA Tour, the 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Early life and amateur career

Herbert was born on 5 December 1995. He was raised in Bendigo (located in Victoria, Australia) and played his junior golf at Neangar Park Golf Club and Commonwealth Golf Club before turning professional. As an amateur he lost in a playoff for the Lexus of Blackburn Heritage Classic, a tournament on the

2013 PGA Tour of Australasia The 2013 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia were played in the southern summer so they were split between the first and last mont ...

. He represented Australia in the

2014 Eisenhower Trophy The 2014 Eisenhower Trophy took place 10–13 September on the Iriyama and Oshitate courses at Karuizawa 72 Golf East in Karuizawa, Japan. It was the 29th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second to be held in Japan. ...

where the team finished tied for 6th place. Herbert tied for the second-best individual score, three strokes behind

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. He turned professional in late 2015.

Professional career

After turning professional, Herbert played mostly on the

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. In late 2016, he was runner-up in the

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behind amateur

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. A year later, in the 2017 New South Wales Open, he was again runner-up, this time to

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and followed this with good finishes in the

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and

Australian PGA Championship The Australian PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It is the home tournament of the Australian PGA. Since 2000 it has been held in the South East Queensland region. The tournament was part of the OneAsia Tour fro ...

. In 2018, Herbert began playing the

via sponsor exemptions, finishing 47th on the Race to Dubai and ending the year in the world top-100. He was runner-up in the Portugal Masters and had three third-place finishes, including the

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. A good result in the

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gave him an entry into the

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where he made the cut. He also qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open, but missed the cut. Herbert had a 7th-place finish in the 2019 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in January to reach a career high of 73 in the world rankings. However he only had one other top-10 finish, in the

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, and finished 107th in the European Tour Order of Merit. In January 2020, Herbert won his first European Tour event, the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, where he beat

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in a playoff, lifting him back into the world top-100. In March 2020, he was runner-up in the

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behind

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. In July 2021 he became a wire-to-wire winner of the

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, finishing three strokes ahead of

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, a result which qualified him into

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in two weeks time. The following week, Herbert finished a stroke behind the leaders at the Abrdn Scottish Open, entering into the top 50 in the

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for the first time in his career. In August 2021, Herbert earned a place in the

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in the category "Numbers 126-200 on PGA Tour Non-Member FedExCup Points List". He finished inside the top 25, to earn a

card for the 2021–22 season. In October 2021, he won his first PGA Tour event at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. In April 2023, Herbert won the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan, he defeated

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in a playoff.

Amateur wins

*2011 Tamar Valley Junior Cup, Victoria Junior Amateur *2012 New South Wales Boy's Amateur Source:

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

European Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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European Tour playoff record (2–0)

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eise ...

(representing Australia):

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Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches The Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches were an amateur team golf competition for men between the states and territories of Australia. The event started in 1904 when New South Wales played Victoria. Until World War II the event was played ...

(representing Victoria): 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)

References

External links

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