Lucas Herbert (golfer)


Lucas Herbert is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2020 Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

Amateur career

Herbert had a successful amateur career. As an amateur he lost in a playoff for the Lexus of Blackburn Heritage Classic, a tournament on the 2013 PGA Tour of Australasia. He represented Australia in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy where the team finished tied for 6th place. Herbert tied for the second-best individual score, three strokes behind Jon Rahm. He turned professional in late 2015.

Professional career

After turning professional, Herbert played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In late 2016, he was runner-up in the Isuzu Queensland Open behind amateur Brett Coletta. A year later, in the 2017 NSW Open Championship, he was again runner-up, this time to Jason Scrivener and followed this with good finishes in the Emirates Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship.
Since 2018, Herbert has played on the European Tour. 2018 was a successful season, finishing 47th in the Order of Merit and ending the year in the world top-100. He was runner-up in the Portugal Masters and was third three times including the Sky Sports British Masters. A good result in the SMBC Singapore Open gave him an entry into the 2018 Open Championship 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 Omega European Masters, 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 Christiaan Bezuidenhout in a playoff.

Amateur wins

Source:

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12020Omega Dubai Desert Classic Christiaan BezuidenhoutWon with birdie on second extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12013Lexus of Blackburn Heritage Classic
 David Bransdon, Max McCardleBransdon won with birdie on first extra hole

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 COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur