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Lucas Herbert saved his best until last as he fired a flawless 63 to lead by a single shot after the first round of the ISPS HANDA Australian Open.
Starting from the tenth tee at Victoria Golf Club on Thursday, home favourite Herbert turned in 32 courtesy of birdies on the 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th.
The 28-year-old made further gains on the first and sixth before finishing with a flourish, holing his eagle putt on the last to reach -8
American Ryggs Johnston and Japanese amateur Rintaro Nakano were in a tie for second on --7after each carding 65s at Kingston Heath Golf Club, the other host course this week.
Cameron Smith, Jordan Gumberg, Oliver Lindell and Kazuma Kobori sat another shot further back -6 following their exploits at Victoria Golf Club.
He said: "I felt like there were a lot of shots left out there. I feel like that with every round of golf, to be fair, but didn't really think I holed that many putts.
"Just hit it quite nicely, got it into the right spots. Probably got a couple of lucky breaks here and there where shots that maybe weren't the best didn't get punished the way they could have.
"So look, if that's the worst round of the week, I'd be pretty happy, but I would suggest that's probably not going to be the worst round of the week.
"You've just got to take your luck when you get it. There's days where you can play really well and just nothing goes for you. So yeah, I'm going to be happy with that."
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