[Photo: Golf NSW]

Lucas Herbert held off superstar Cameron Smith to win the NSW Open at Murray Downs Golf and Country Club, his first title on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

The 28-year-old Herbert, Smith’s Ripper GC teammate on LIV Golf, grabbed a meaningful victory on a Murray River course he knows well and with friends from his hometown of Bendigo, only a two-hour drive away, cheering him on in the gallery.

It was Herbert’s first official victory in 19 months since claiming the ISPS HANDA Championship in Japan, his third title on the DP World Tour, in April of 2023. Herbert shot a final-round 67 to finish at 15-under-par (269) at Murray Downs.

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