Final leaderboard:

-11 Cameron Davis 

-10 Jonas Blixt, Matt Jones

-9 Cameron Smith

-8 Jason Day

-7 Lucas Herbert, Mark Brown

-6 Jordan Spieth

4.30pm: Well played Lucas Herbert – makes par on 18 and finishes at -7 for the event in a tie for 6^th.

While it mightn’t have been the finish he wanted, it was a great week for Herbert.

The experience of playing alongside Jason Day was invaluable.

Herbert did finish ahead of Jordan Spieth as well.

4.26pm: Herbert unlikely to make birdie on 18 – long putt from centre of green.

4.25pm: Congratulations to Cam Davis – winner of the Australian Open.

4.15pm: Herbert makes a bogey on the 17^th hole to drop to -7. Title and British Open hopes are gone.

4.10pm: Herbert’s tee shot on par-4 17th finds right bunker and his second shot just carries the water to finish short of green. Unless he holes his chip shot his title hopes are officially dashed.

4.03pm: Herbert makes a par on 16 to remain at -8. Day’s birdie putt lips out. he stays -8. Matt Jones has tap-in for birdie on 17 to go to -9. Herbert needs to finish birdie-birdie to have any chance of getting British Open berth.

3.57pm: Herbert finds the green on the 16^th, but he has a long birdie putt.

A reminder that Herbert needs to finish inside top 3 to get a spot at next year’s British Open. A tie for 3^rd not good enough.

Davis -11 (18)

Blixt -10 (16)

Smith -8 (17)

Jones -8 (16)

Herbert -8 (15)

Day -8 (15)

3.50pm: Herbert recovers well to make par on the 15^th – Day does the same. Both players need to birdie their final 3 holes to tie Davis.

3.47pm: 11-under is the mark to beat. Cam Davis makes a birdie on the par-5 18^th to sign for a 64 on day 4. Outstanding golf.

3.44pm: Herbert’s tee shot on the par-3 15^th misses green to left. Will do well to make par from there.

Herbert needs to finish in top 3 to earn a berth at next year’s British Open.

3.40pm: Herbert’s birdie putt slips by to the right and he stays at -8. Still 2 behind, but that was a missed opportunity. Needs to hold it together here.

3.39pm: Jason Day makes an EAGLE on 14 to get back to -8 – just 2 off the lead.

3.37pm: Herbert’s bunker shot leaves him with 8-foot putt for birdie. Blixt missed birdie putt. That helps.

3.35pm: Herbert’s second shot to 14 finds left bunker. Meanwhile, Blixt hits tee shot on par-3 15^th to within six-feet for birdie.

3.32pm: The par-5 14^th is a birdie hole and Herbert lets fly with a great drive down the centre of the fairway.

3.30pm: All happening. Smith bogeys and Blixt makes a birdie.

Blixt -10 (14)

Davis -10 (17)

Herbert -8 (13)

Smith -8 (15)

Day -6 (13)

3.27pm:  Double bogey for Herbert and he drops to -8. Day makes a bogey to slip to -6. Davis misses birdie on 17 to stay at -10.

3.26pm: Herbert’s 4^th shot ends up 15 feet passed the hole. Staring at a double bogey here.

3.24pm: OUCH. Herbert’s chip on the 13^th doesn’t find the putting surface.

3.20pm: Trouble for Herbert and Day on the 13^th. Both miss green to the left and face tough chip shots.

3.15pm: YES!! Cam Davis misses par putt on 16^th to drop back to -10 with Herbert. (Sorry Cam, but we’re unashamedly bias towards our boy Herbie).

3.13pm: Herbert’s par putt on the 12^th finds the bottom of the cup. Great play by the 21-year-old. He stays at -10. Day also makes par to remain at -7.

3.12pm: Davis also faces a tough par-putt on the 16^th after blasting way out of bunker with his 3^rd shot.

3.11pm: Herbert’s 3^rd shot ends up five-feet above the hole. Another testing par-putt to come.

3.07pm: Herbert plays a superb second shot out of the trees to be just short of the green on 12. Day also short of the 12^th green with his second shot.

3.03pm: Davis makes his par to stay at -11. Herbert at -10. Smith bogeys 13 to drop to -9 with Blixt.

3.03pm: Herbert’s tee shot on the 12^th goes way right.

3.02pm: Davis has a six-foot par putt on the 15^th to retain a one-shot lead.

3.01pm: Day misses his par on the 11^th to drop to -7.

3pm: Herbert’s six-foot putt for par on the 11^th misses right. he drops to -10.

UPDATE

Herbert -11 (10)

Davis -11 (14)

Smith -10 (12)

Blixt -9 (12)

Day -8 (10)

2.55pm: Herbert’s tee shot on the par-3 11^th finds the back bunker. Day safely on the dance floor with a 20-foot putt for birdie.

2.54pm: Can Davis joins Herbert in the lead after he taps in for a birdie on the par-5 14^th.

2.49pm: Herbert and Day both make par on the 10^th after narrowly missing birdie putts.

Herbert -11, David -10, Smith -10, Day -8, Blixt -8.

2.44pm: Herbert and Day both on the green with birdie putts on the 10^th. Herbert has the shorter putt – outside chance.

2.38pm: Herbert’s drive on the 10^th carries bunkers at 280m and he’ll have a wedge in hand for his second. Day’s drive goes left. The former world number one is under the pump.

UPDATE

Herbert -11 (9 holes)

Cam Smith -10 (13)

Cam Davis -10 (11)

Jason Day -8 (9)

2.36pm: Day makes his putt for a double-bogey. Herbert makes his par.

2.35pm: Herbert misses birdie putt, but should make par.

2.34pm: Day faces a nervy four-foot putt for double-bogey.

2.30pm: Herbert’s second shot safely to the back of the green. Long birdie putt awaits.

2.28pm: SPLASH – Day’s second shot out of bunker clips lip and rolls into the water.

2.25pm: Day’s tee shot on the par-4 9^th hole misses the fairway to the right and lands in bunker. Herbert down left side.

2.19pm: Herbert’s par putt falls short by millimeters. He drops to -11. Day makes par to stay -10. Cam Davis now -10 as well after he holed out for eagle on the 12^th.

2.16pm: Day has a four-foot putt for par.

2.15pm: Herbert faces a tough 10-foot putt for par on the difficult 8^th hole.

2.05pm:  Herbert is two shots clear of former world number one Jason Day after seven holes of the Australian Open in Sydney.

Herbert started the day one shot behind Day, but the 21-year-old has played brilliantly to be 3-under for the day and 12-under for the tournament.

Day is -10, while Cam Smith , Jonas Blixt and Cam Davis are 8-under.

2pm: Bendigo’s Lucas Herbert is chasing the biggest win of his short professional career at the Australian Open in Sydney.

No Bendigo golfer has won the biggest prize in Australian golf before.