Dubai Duty Free Irish Open R4

Irish Open 2021 R4
July 01-04
Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
€3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Lucas Herbert carded a 68 for a final 19-under 265 to complete his wire-to-wire victory at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

Irish Open 2021 R4

“It’s an unbelievable feeling. It’s a bit fulfilling really, I feel like I was probably really at one of my low points in my life two years ago when I played at Lahinch in the Irish Open.

“I feel like I’ve done full swing and come back round and won the event. It’s pretty satisfying and I’m pretty satisfied stood here right now.

Irish Open 2021 R4

“The more big events that you play the better. You get more comfortable in those so I can take some more opportunities when I do get those chances.

“I won in Dubai last year and how much that benefitted me winning the event rather than a top five or a top three. A win is so much more than a second place so I was mentally trying to keep that at the forefront of my mind today – a win is a lot bigger than just a good finish and I was proud to finish the way I did.”

Irish Open 2021 R4

He started his final round with a one shot lead and extended it to three after sinking his ball from 15 feet at the second hole. He sent his tee shot at the 5th into the bushes for bogey then went right off the tee at the 7th before hitting a tree at the 8th. He managed to save par on both holes and reached the turn in 35.

He was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Francesco Laporta, who made a brilliant run of six birdies but found the water at the 18th and closed his round with a double bogey for a 69 to finish in joint fourth place at 14-under, missing out on a spot at The Open.

Irish Open 2021 R4

Herbert held his nerve and completed the back nine in 33 to beat Rikard Karlberg by three shots and Johannes Veerman by four.

Herbert is the second wire-to-wire winner this year following Bernd Wiesberger at the Made in Himmerland in May who held the solo lead after every round.

His second European Tour victory, following the 2020 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, earns him a place at the Open Championship alongside Karlberg and Veerman.

Karlberg closed with a 67 to finish at 16-under. Veerman held a share of the lead after a 25-foot putt at the 14th but couldn’t keep up with Herbert and bogeyed the final hole for a 71 to finish third.

Irish Open 2021 R4

Shane Lowry finished T23 after playing a final round 66, his lowest of the week.

“I’m excited and looking forward to playing some links golf in Ireland here next week and looking forward to getting over to St George’s on Monday. 

“The week, it will be nice, obviously I’m there to defend. I’m there to play good golf and I’m there to finish as high up as I can and everything that goes with defending an Open is going to be there and it’s going to be new for me so I’ll have to learn quickly.

“I’ll be fine I think. I’m used to having that kind of label on my head and it’s fine. I’ll just go there and be myself and play my own game and hopefully it’s good enough to have a chance at the weekend.”

Irish Open 2021 R4

Rory McIlroy played 73-74 over the weekend, finishing T59 at 2-under.

“I’m happy that I added the Scottish Open in just to get a feel for some links golf,” he said. “I haven’t played a links course in nearly two years. So it will be nice to get back on a links and get familiar with it again.

“I certainly don’t feel as good about where I’m at compared to where I was after the U.S. Open. 

“But I’ve got another week to get ready and prepare, and I obviously want to play well next week as well and have a chance to win. There’s nothing better than preparing for a Major Championship by getting into contention the week before.

“But I need to work pretty hard on my game the next few days before heading into the Scottish Open.”

Irish Open 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Lucas Herbert	-19	64	67	70	64	265
2	Rikard Karlberg	-16	71	67	67	67	272
3	Johannes Veerman	-15	65	70	67	71	273
T4	Richard Bland	-14	69	66	72	67	274
T4	Grant Forrest	-14	66	67	73	68	274
T4	Francesco Laporta	-14	68	69	68	69	274
T4	Richie Ramsay	-14	67	69	70	68	274
T4	Dale Whitnell	-14	67	67	71	69	274
T9	Sean Crocker	-13	67	70	70	68	275
T9	Andrew Johnston	-13	67	70	69	69	275
T9	Jason Scrivener	-13	67	69	70	69	275
T12	Matthew Jordan	-12	69	69	73	65	276
T12	Adrian Otaegui	-12	69	66	73	68	276
T12	Thomas Pieters	-12	70	69	68	69	276
T12	Aaron Rai	-12	69	71	67	69	276
T12	Andy Sullivan	-12	67	66	73	70	276
T17	Wil Besseling	-10	69	69	71	69	278
T17	Tommy Fleetwood	-10	67	72	68	71	278
T17	David Howell	-10	71	67	73	67	278
T17	Min Woo Lee	-10	68	68	73	69	278
T17	James Morrison	-10	70	68	70	70	278
T17	Darius van Driel	-10	72	68	71	67	278
T23	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-9	67	68	74	70	279
T23	Oliver Farr	-9	72	66	76	65	279
T23	Justin Harding	-9	69	70	65	75	279
T23	Sihwan Kim	-9	72	68	72	67	279
T23	Shane Lowry	-9	70	69	74	66	279
T28	Maverick Antcliff	-8	69	72	68	71	280
T28	Aaron Cockerill	-8	68	70	73	69	280
T28	Takumi Kanaya	-8	71	68	71	70	280
T28	Marc Warren	-8	71	70	70	69	280
T28	Jeff Winther	-8	70	68	71	71	280
T33	Pablo Larrazabal	-7	69	72	71	69	281
T33	Zander Lombard	-7	69	71	69	72	281
T33	Chris Paisley	-7	68	71	70	72	281
T33	Antoine Rozner	-7	68	68	71	74	281
T33	Cormac Sharvin	-7	73	67	69	72	281
T33	Fabrizio Zanotti	-7	68	72	71	70	281
T39	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-6	68	72	70	72	282
T39	Maximilian Kieffer	-6	71	67	74	70	282
T41	Marcus Armitage	-5	68	68	76	71	283
T41	Steven Brown	-5	68	69	71	75	283
T41	John Catlin	-5	69	68	72	74	283
T41	Darren Fichardt	-5	73	68	70	72	283
T41	Rasmus Højgaard	-5	70	71	73	69	283
T41	Martin Kaymer	-5	67	70	73	73	283
T41	David Law	-5	73	66	72	72	283
T41	Jordan Smith	-5	69	69	73	72	283
T41	Connor Syme	-5	69	71	71	72	283
T41	Justin Walters	-5	69	71	72	71	283
T51	Alexander Björk	-4	72	66	76	70	284
T51	Nicolas Colsaerts	-4	67	73	73	71	284
T51	Julien Guerrier	-4	68	68	74	74	284
T51	Gregory Havret	-4	67	69	76	72	284
T51	Toby Tree	-4	72	69	71	72	284
T56	Adri Arnaus	-3	67	69	75	74	285
T56	Graeme McDowell	-3	74	67	70	74	285
T56	Shubhankar Sharma	-3	74	67	72	72	285
T59	Benjamin Hebert	-2	70	69	73	74	286
T59	Rory McIlroy	-2	72	67	73	74	286
T61	Dave Coupland	-1	73	68	72	74	287
T61	Vincent Norrman (a)	-1	68	72	74	73	287
T61	Garrick Porteous	-1	70	70	75	72	287
T61	Jack Senior	-1	72	68	71	76	287
65	Alexander Levy	E	68	73	75	72	288
66	Gaganjeet Bhullar	+1	71	68	70	80	289
67	Scott Jamieson	+3	68	73	77	73	291
68	Raphael Jacquelin	+5	70	70	83	70	293
69	Kurt Kitayama	12	69	72	82	77	300
CUT	Nino Bertasio	-2	74	68			142
CUT	Dean Burmester	-2	73	69			142
CUT	George Coetzee	-2	71	71			142
CUT	Thomas Detry	-2	67	75			142
CUT	Joachim B. Hansen	-2	69	73			142
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	-2	72	70			142
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	-2	69	73			142
CUT	Richard McEvoy	-2	69	73			142
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	-2	69	73			142
CUT	Colm Moriarty	-2	68	74			142
CUT	Robert Rock	-2	68	74			142
CUT	Adrien Saddier	-2	70	72			142
CUT	Kalle Samooja	-2	68	74			142
CUT	Chris Wood	-2	70	72			142
CUT	Daniel van Tonder	-2	73	69			142
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-1	72	71			143
CUT	Alejandro Cañizares	-1	73	70			143
CUT	Ross Fisher	-1	70	73			143
CUT	Calum Hill	-1	72	71			143
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	-1	68	75			143
CUT	Niall Kearney	-1	71	72			143
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	-1	68	75			143
CUT	Romain Langasque	-1	71	72			143
CUT	Ross McGowan	-1	72	71			143
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	-1	75	68			143
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	-1	67	76			143
CUT	Wade Ormsby	-1	71	72			143
CUT	Oliver Wilson	-1	73	70			143
CUT	Laurie Canter	E	72	72			144
CUT	Oliver Fisher	E	75	69			144
CUT	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	E	67	77			144
CUT	Søren Kjeldsen	E	72	72			144
CUT	Niklas Lemke	E	70	74			144
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	E	70	74			144
CUT	Renato Paratore	E	71	73			144
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	E	74	70			144
CUT	Benjamin Poke	E	71	73			144
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	E	69	75			144
CUT	Robin Roussel	E	74	70			144
CUT	Julian Suri	E	72	72			144
CUT	Paul Waring	E	73	71			144
CUT	Jonathan Caldwell	+1	76	69			145
CUT	Ashley Chesters	+1	76	69			145
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	+1	69	76			145
CUT	Paul Dunne	+1	72	73			145
CUT	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	+1	70	75			145
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	+1	71	74			145
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+1	71	74			145
CUT	Carlos Pigem	+1	73	72			145
CUT	Mark Power (a)	+1	73	72			145
CUT	Sebastian Soderberg	+1	71	74			145
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	+2	73	73			146
CUT	David Horsey	+2	74	72			146
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	+2	70	76			146
CUT	Joost Luiten	+2	74	72			146
CUT	Adrian Meronk	+2	73	73			146
CUT	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	+2	73	73			146
CUT	Joel Stalter	+2	72	74			146
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+2	75	71			146
CUT	David Drysdale	+3	71	76			147
CUT	Padraig Harrington	+3	76	71			147
CUT	Shaun Norris	+3	70	77			147
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	+3	72	75			147
CUT	Ricardo Santos	+3	75	72			147
CUT	Lars van Meijel	+3	76	71			147
CUT	Thomas Aiken	+4	75	73			148
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	+4	74	74			148
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	+4	74	74			148
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	+4	77	71			148
CUT	Peter Hanson	+5	72	77			149
CUT	Rowan Lester	+5	73	76			149
CUT	Jake McLeod	+5	77	72			149
CUT	Haydn Porteous	+5	72	77			149
CUT	Brandon Stone	+5	78	71			149
CUT	Graeme Storm	+5	77	72			149
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	+6	78	72			150
CUT	Robin Dawson (a)	+8	82	70			152
CUT	Ryan Fox	+8	76	76			152
CUT	Gavin Kyle Green	+8	75	77			152
CUT	Haotong Li	+8	76	76			152
CUT	Scott Hend	+9	75	78			153
CUT	Simon Thornton	+9	77	76			153
CUT	Neil O’Briain	+11	78	77			155
CUT	Andrea Pavan	+12	78	78			156
CUT	Caolan Rafferty	+12	78	78			156
W/D	Sam Horsfield	+3	75				75