During Friday morning's first round at the BMW Championship at the Wilmington Country Club, Herbert had a near blemish-free round to finish at one-under (T34), six shots behind leader Keegan Bradley.

Herbert's front-nine on the par-71 layout consisted of seven pars, a bogey and a birdie on the par-three seventh.

Herbert hit a solid tee shot on the seventh which landed approximately five metres from the hole, which was then followed by a successful putt for birdie.

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The back nine was blemish-free and included a birdie on the par-five 14^th which moved him back to one-under.

Fellow Australian Adam Scott is second behind Bradley at six-under.

Herbert, who is currently 54^th on the FedEx Cup standings, will need to put together three strong rounds in the coming days in order to jump up the rankings and lock in a spot within the top-30 ahead of next week's season finale.

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