Lucas Herbert will bring one of the hottest games in world golf to Sydney and Melbourne this November and December after confirming he will contest the BMW Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes Golf Club and the Capital.com Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Lucas Herbert reveals the secrets of the game\u2019s best putters<\/a><\/p>\n Herbert has enjoyed a remarkable 2026 season, winning twice on LIV Golf and producing his best-ever finish in a major championship at The Open, where he tied sixth after firing a spectacular second-round 62<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 30-year-old then followed his performance at Royal Birkdale by claiming a second LIV Golf title at LIV Golf UK<\/a>, shooting a record 30-under-par to win by six shots. His final-round 62 capped a remarkable tournament in which he set new LIV Golf records for the lowest 72-hole score and most birdies in a single event.<\/p>\n Herbert\u2019s first LIV victory<\/a> came in Virginia in May, where he went wire-to-wire to finish 24-under-par and four shots clear of Sergio Garcia.<\/p>\n The Bendigo-born star will head to Sydney with the chance to add the Kirkwood Cup to an already impressive list of achievements, having won the 2024 Ford NSW Open and established himself as one of the country\u2019s leading male professionals.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Kirkwood Cup has so much history behind it,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cYou look at the names that are on that trophy and it\u2019s an incredible list of Australian and international golfers. To be able to add my name to that list would be a really special achievement.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just about winning another golf tournament, it\u2019s about becoming part of the history of Australian golf.\u201d\u00a0\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n Herbert shared similar feelings about the national championship.<\/p>\n \u201cWinning the Australian Open is something I really want to do,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cIt\u2019s my national open and it\u2019s a tournament I grew up watching and dreaming about winning.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been close before, so I know I\u2019m capable of being in contention. To finally get the Stonehaven Cup in my hands would mean an enormous amount to me.\u201d<\/p>\n In his most recent Open appearances, Herbert was T-18 at Royal Melbourne last year and T-5 in the 2024 event at Kingston Heath and Victoria.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had opportunities here before and obviously I\u2019d love to go one step further,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t get too many chances to win your national open on a course like Kingston Heath, so when that opportunity comes around you want to make the most of it. It looks like being a great field again so it should be an enormous week like last year.\u201d<\/p>\n Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Herbert\u2019s decision to return to Kingston Heath was a major boost for the national championship.<\/p>\n \u201cLucas is playing some of the best golf of his career and to have him bringing that form home to Kingston Heath is fantastic for Australian golf,\u201d Sutherland said. \u201cHe\u2019s in the prime of his career and has shown this year that he has the game to compete and win at the highest level.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no doubt Australian fans will be excited to see what he can produce on one of the world\u2019s great golf courses. Lucas knows the Sandbelt well and he will have plenty of support behind him as he chases an Australian Open title for the first time. It would be a special achievement for him to add his name to the Kirkwood Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman concurred, saying Herbert\u2019s inclusion would be a major attraction for fans at The Lakes.<\/p>\n \u201cLucas has been exceptional this year and his performances on LIV Golf and at The Open have shown just how good his game is,\u201d Kirkman said. \u201cHe\u2019s a major champion in the making and to have him coming back to Australia in this kind of form is fantastic for the BMW Australian PGA Championship and for Australian golf more broadly.<\/p>\n \u201cLucas has already won on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and knows what it takes to win in this part of the world. The BMW Australian PGA is one of the great championships in our sport and I know he will be determined to add the Kirkwood Cup to his list of achievements. It will also open a direct pathway to the DP World Tour if he can win at The Lakes.\u201d<\/p>\n Herbert will join a pair of quality fields at The Lakes and Kingston Heath. The list of confirmed entrants includes Australian major champions Cam Smith<\/a>, Adam Scott<\/a> and Geoff Ogilvy<\/a>, plus 2024 PGA winner Elvis Smylie<\/a>, former Australian Open champion Cam Davis<\/a>, two-time PGA Tour winner Corey Conners and young Spanish star Josele Ballester<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Australian PGA Championship and Australian Open will be co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour through its Strategic Alliance with the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the tournaments will launch the DP World Tour\u2019s 2027 Race to Dubai. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Herbert will bring one of the hottest games in world golf to Sydney and Melbourne this November…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,176114,371115,118461,163413,755,182916,325134,5507,163416,85,371116],"class_list":["post-893824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bmw-australian-pga-championship","tag-capital-com-australian-open","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-gavin-kirkman","tag-golf","tag-james-sutherland","tag-kingston-heath-golf-club","tag-lucas-herbert","tag-pga-tour-of-australasia","tag-sports","tag-the-lakes-golf-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}