He fell foul of the waste areas at The Emirates Club but Lucas Herbert has made an instant impression at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, finishing tied for seventh in his tournament debut.

Enjoying a share of the lead at the halfway mark, Herbert began the final round four shots behind American Bryson DeChambeau but like the rest of the chasing pack could do nothing to stop an imperious DeChambeau as he logged his fourth win in his past nine starts.

Also making his tournament debut, DeChambeau birdied each of his opening three holes in round 4 as he compiled a superb 8-under par 64 for a tournament record total of 24-under par and a seven-shot win.

Paired with DeChambeau in the third round, Herbert was dealt a cruel blow when he was penalised two strokes for grounding his club and moving loose impediments with his wedge in a waste area on the par-5 third. Waste areas on the Majils Course at The Emirates Club are considered bunkers and Herbert was told as he approached the ninth green that the two-stroke penalty would be imposed and the par he thought he had made would, in fact, be a double-bogey seven.

Showing remarkable mental resilience, Herbert made four consecutive birdies after receiving the news of his penalty to put himself back into contention entering the final round.

Birdies at the first and third holes were countered by bogeys at the second and fifth before a third birdie from close range at the seventh lifted him back up to 13-under.

Eager to take advantage of the back-9 that he had played in 11-under in the opening three rounds, Herbert added another birdie at the par-5 10th but had to wait until the 72nd hole to make another, his final round of 3-under 69 good enough to register his first top-10 of the year.

Playing as an affiliate member last year Herbert recorded five top-five finishes and said with access to the European Tour’s biggest events in 2019 a repeat of those results would represent a positive year.

“If I could have another five top-fives, that would be pretty good, given this year we’re going to get some really good opportunities to play the Rolex events,” said Herbert, who won €66,021 to move to 41st in the Race to Dubai standings.

“I’d love to play some majors and WGCs if that comes up, as well.

“Obviously I’m going to play in some bigger events this year. With locking up my card, I can now play the Rolex events, and that’s going to bring a new challenge, playing against harder players for a lot more money.

“Five top-fives again, I’d be pretty happy with that with the schedule I’ve got.

“But if we just keep ticking off the right processes and keep improving, I can’t go too far wrong.”

As Herbert finished top-10 for the first time this season West Australian Jason Scrivener quietly went about making it three top-10s in four starts to move up to 12th in the Race to Dubai points list.

Top-20 in Abu Dhabi a week ago, rounds of 67-67 to start the week put Scrivener in position to mount a challenge of his own over the weekend, a final round of 4-under 68 moving him up alongside Herbert in a tie for seventh.

After making the turn in 1-under 34, Scrivener picked up shots at 10, 16 and 18 to continue his excellent start to 2019.

Queensland’s Scott Hend was unable to maintain the momentum from an opening round of 6-under 66 as he finished tied for 48th while Sam Brazel finished with a flurry – six birdies in his final nine holes – to move up 11 spots on Sunday and into a tie for 56th.

Like Hend, Wade Ormsby made a bright start to the tournament but lost ground with a 5-over 77 in the third round, eventually finishing tied for 64th at 3-under par.