LIV Golf star Lucas Herbert put on a putting masterclass to win the International Series Japan presented by Moutai last week, at Caledonian Golf Club.

The 29-year-old from Australia topped the Putts per Greens in Regulation (GIR) category with 1.531, with Thailand’s Atiruj Winaicharoenchai second on 1.583. Herbert also ranked third in Putts per Round with 26.75, behind only Korean Younghan Song, with 26.25, and Atiruj, on  26.5.

Thanks to his brilliant performance on the greens, Herbert impressively posted under-par scores on 37.5% of the holes, and led both the Most Birdies and Most Eagles categories for the week with 23 birdies and four eagles respectively.

His other stats for the week were also strong: Driving Distance 307.2 yards (10^th), Fairways Hit 64.29% (T18), and  GIR 68.06 (T35).

Younghan Song. Picture by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.

Japan’s Yuta Sugiura was very good at keeping bogeys off his scorecard, making only two for the 72 holes and four less than anyone else who made the cut. He also produced solid stats in the Putts per Round and GIR categories with 27.5 (T9) and 72.22% respectively.

Song not only topped Putts per Round but also led both the Putts per Round and Putts per GIR categories after three rounds, and was sixth in Putts per GIR with 1.617.

Statistics Categories leaders at the International Series Japan presented by Moutai (of players making the cut):

• Putts per Round – Younghan Song (KOR): 26.25
• Putts per GIR – Lucas Herbert (AUS): 1.531
• GIR – Sarit Suwannarut (THA): 79.17%
• Fairways Hit – Bio Kim (KOR): 92.86%
• Driving Distance – Ervin Chang (MAS): 322 yards
• Most Eagles – Lucas Herbert (AUS): 4
• Most Birdies – Lucas Herbert (AUS): 23
• Fewest Bogies or Worse – Yuta Sugiura (JPN): 2
• Scrambling – Jinichiro Kozuma (JPN): 80.00%
• Bounce back – Jeunghun Wang (KOR), Jinichiro Kozuma (JPN): 50%