Huge Masters blow for rising Aussie star

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Australian golfer Lucas Herbert has been forced to propulsion retired midway done the 2nd circular of the Australian PGA successful Brisbane.

It's a immense stroke to the 26-year-old's chances of earning a spot successful the top-50 successful the satellite rankings by the extremity of the year, which would marque him exempt for April's Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National.

He's presently the 3rd highest-ranked Australian, down Cameron Smith and Adam Scott, astatine No.55 successful the world.

Herbert played each 4 majors successful 2022, missing the chopped successful his Masters debut, but finishing an awesome 13th astatine the PGA Championship and 15th astatine the Open Championship.

He was forced to propulsion the pin 10 holes into his 2nd circular astatine Royal Queensland, and present faces a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable for the Australian Open, which starts adjacent Thursday.

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"I twinged my backmost this greeting connected the range," helium said.

"I mislaid a batch of powerfulness successful my swing. I tried everything I could to get going, I truly wanted to support playing and effort and finished and marque the chopped and enactment my mode up connected the weekend, but I was getting told by radical overmuch smarter than maine that I should springiness it immoderate remainder and let it to retrieve for adjacent week, that perchance I could bash immoderate harm longer-term.

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"It's annoying, due to the fact that I don't deliberation I've pulled retired of a tourney mid-round.

"I'll bash everything I tin to get close for adjacent week."

Herbert scored his breakthrough triumph connected the PGA Tour successful precocious 2021, with a 1 changeable triumph implicit Patrick Reed and Danny Lee astatine the Bermuda Championship.

He besides has presumption connected the DP World Tour courtesy of 2 victories, the astir caller being the Irish Open successful 2021.

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