Lucas Herbert

Lucas Herbert was among the 14 players who flew from LIV Dallas to Final Qualifying on 1 July – and like Lee Westwood and Dean Burmester made it a very worthwhile trip.

The Australian played at West Lancashire and shot rounds of 69 and 67.

He heads to Royal Portrush with happy memories of playing in Ireland as the second of his three DP World Tour victories came in the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Mount Juliet. It earned him a place in The Open at Royal St George’s the same month.

A year later he followed his best major finish – T13 at the PGA Championship – with a tie for 15th at St Andrews.

He first came to global attention at the 2020 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, beating Christian Bezuidenhout in a play-off, and in October that year achieved his maiden PGA Tour success at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

As an amateur, Herbert represented Australia in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy, finishing joint-second in the individual standings behind Jon Rahm.

Two years earlier he almost won a PGA Tour of Australasia event, losing a play-off for the Heritage Classic.

He won on home soil last November and on the Asian Tour in Japan in May.