Australian Lucas Herbert posted another solid round at Mount Juliet Estate and won the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Herbert played the course at four under par today to finish the tournament at 19 under par. Rikard Karlberg climbed to solo second after final round 67. Johannes Veerman finished third at 15 under par.
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2021 final leaderboard:
Today’s win is second for Lucas Herbert on the European Tour and it comes in his 65th start. Thanks to it the Australian will climb inside the top 55 in the world. He started the week ranked 96th.
Grant Forrest had his chances at least for shared second place, but a double bogey six on the par four 18th dropped him to 14 under par.
Francesco Laporta had a good run today and after six birdies in a row put himself in contention. However the Italian was not able to keep the momentum and played the back nine at one over par to finish the tournament at 14 under par.