A year of uncertainty will end with a place in the Race to Dubai finals after Lucas Herbert recorded his sixth European Tour top 10 of the season at the time-honoured Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews.

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton appeared destined to record a third consecutive Dunhill Links win midway through the final round but four bogeys on his final nine holes allowed Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard to swoop and record the second European Tour win of his career.

Herbert was also able to make a move on Sunday, his 2-under 70 around the Old Course highlighted by three birdies on the outward nine to move up 11 spots on the leaderboard and finish in a tie for seventh.

The 22-year-old Victorian only wrapped up his 2019 card with a runner-up finish at the Portugal Masters last start but is now 50th on the Race to Dubai standings and guaranteed a spot in the first round of the finals, the Turkish Airlines Open, which is limited to the top 70 on the moneylist.

For three rounds it looked as though veteran Marcus Fraser would lead the Aussie charge in Scotland but he was unable to carry his outstanding play through to the final day.

Starting the final round inside the top five and needing a good result to move towards the top 110 on the Order of Merit, Fraser made a birdie at the par-4 fifth to get to 14-under. But six bogeys between the eighth and 17th holes saw the 40-year-old drop into a tie for 10th, his best result since he was tied for fifth at the Italian Open almost 12 months ago.

Teaming up with Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne to finish 12th in the team event, Kiwi Ryan Fox had 73 on Sunday to finish tied for 24th, West Australian Jason Scrivener making birdie ahead of the famous St Andrews clubhouse backdrop to also end the week inside the top 25.

Taking advantage of the invitation earned via his 2017 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit finish, Deyen Lawson moved up 60 places in the final round courtesy of a 2-under 70 to be tied for 28th and earn a cheque for E37,780, Queensland’s Jake McLeod also surviving the three-round cut to finish tied for 48th in his first European Tour event in Europe.

On the Staysure Tour, Peter Fowler was the sole Australian representative at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters in Coventry, his tie for 24th keeping him in fifth position on the Order of Merit.