Australia’s Lucas Herbert claimed his first LIV Golf title in Virginia with a four-shot victory over 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia.
Herbert completed 24-under par for the match, having raced out of the blocks with rounds of 64 and 63 to arrange a commanding victory.
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The 30-year-old remained regular throughout the weekend with rounds of 68 and 69 to make sure he stored Garcia and Bryson DeChambeau, who completed third, at bay on his solution to a wire-to-wire triumph.
“I can carry out fairly rattling effectively when issues aren’t good,” Herbert mentioned. “I used to be feeling fairly sick once I awoke this morning, worse than the previous few days.
“I had Sergio coming at me for 36 holes actually arduous and he pushed me the entire approach, made me earn that one.”
Herbert was additionally made to agonisingly wait to seal victory with a rain delay coming after he had simply made bogey on the sixteenth.
However after the temporary suspension in play, he birdied the par 5 seventeenth and parred the final to complete in type.
“I didn’t assist myself, missed a couple of putts right here and there and made it a contest late,” Herbert mentioned.
“However after the rain delay, the best way I performed these eight pictures, I’m so happy with that.”
On the 18th inexperienced, Herbert was showered in champagne by Ripper GC teammates Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Elvis Smylie, whereas sharing emotional embraces together with his caddie and spouse.
Along with their group success on LIV, Herbert’s breakthrough US$4 million (A$5.5m) victory means every member of the all-Australian group have claimed a person win.
It was Herbert’s seventh skilled win and his first since profitable the Asian Tour’s Worldwide Collection Japan occasion a 12 months in the past.
The Victorian has additionally picked up wins on the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.
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Because of his LIV victory, Herbert has earned a begin in subsequent month’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills.
He final performed a significant eventually 12 months’s Open Championship, however missed the reduce at Royal Portrush.
Since becoming a member of LIV in 2024, the previous world No.40 has solely performed two majors.
“So many issues got here with profitable right now, I needed to concentrate on profitable after which spend this second on what comes with it,” Herbert mentioned.
“Good added bonus. My first main was at Shinnecock. Good to return and see what I’ve discovered since then.”