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Australia\u2019s Lucas Herbert secured his second European Tour title with a wire-to-wire victory in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.<\/p>\n
Herbert took a one-shot lead into the final round at Mount Juliet and carded a closing 68 to finish on 19 under par, three shots clear of Sweden\u2019s Rikard Karlberg.<\/p>\n
The victory secured Herbert a place in the Open Championship at Royal St George\u2019s, with Karlberg \u2013 who chipped in on the 18th for his third birdie in the last four holes \u2013 and third-placed American Johannes Veerman claiming the other two places on offer.<\/p>\n
Birdies on the second and third had extended Herbert\u2019s overnight lead to three shots, but the 25-year-old then bogeyed the fifth and did well to scramble for par on the seventh and eighth after wild tee shots into the trees.<\/p>\n
Francesco Laporta\u2019s sixth birdie in a row on the 10th briefly took him into a share of the lead and although Herbert birdied the same hole to edge back in front, birdies on the 10th and 14th lifted Veerman alongside Herbert on 17 under.<\/p>\n
However, Veerman then surprisingly hit an iron off the tee on the short par-four 15th and could only make par, while Herbert smashed his drive into a greenside bunker and got up and down for birdie.<\/p>\n
Veerman\u2019s bogey on the 16th gave Herbert some welcome breathing space and a birdie on the 17th effectively sealed the win.<\/p>\n
Karlberg\u2019s brilliant finish saw him snatch second place from Veerman, who bogeyed the last, with Laporta and Scotland\u2019s Grant Forrest part of a five-way tie for fourth after both made costly double bogeys on the 18th.<\/p>\n