Overview
- The 26-year-old Dane closed at 15 under at Royal Melbourne, edging Cameron Smith by one after holing a 10-foot par putt on 18 as Smith three‑putted for bogey from about five feet.
- The victory is Neergaard-Petersen’s first DP World Tour title and earns him a Masters invitation, adding to a season that already secured his 2026 PGA Tour card via Dubai.
- Si Woo Kim finished third at 13 under, and with Michael Hollick and Adam Scott also inside the top five, all three gained 2026 Open Championship berths at Royal Birkdale.
- Rory McIlroy tied for 14th and urged a schedule rethink after the Australian Open ran the same week as the Nedbank Golf Challenge and Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge.
- Elsewhere, Kristoffer Reitan won the Nedbank in Sun City to clinch his first Masters start, and Hideki Matsuyama beat Alex Noren in a playoff to take the Hero World Challenge.