Overview
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen secured his first DP World Tour title at Royal Melbourne with a 10-foot par putt on 18, as Cameron Smith three-putted for bogey to lose by one.
- The 26-year-old Dane’s victory earns him a place at next year’s Masters and caps a breakout season in which he also secured PGA Tour status for 2026.
- Si Woo Kim finished third, with Michael Hollick fourth and Adam Scott fifth, and all three not already exempt qualified for the 2026 Open at Royal Birkdale.
- In concurrent events, Kristoffer Reitan won the Nedbank Golf Challenge to book his first Masters appearance, and Hideki Matsuyama beat Alex Noren in a playoff to take the Hero World Challenge.
- Rory McIlroy tied for 14th and urged a new date for the Australian Open, echoing player complaints about the DP World Tour staging it the same week as Nedbank and Tiger Woods’ Bahamas invitational.