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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":94,"_path":95},"Herbert storms to LIV UK title with six-stroke cushion over Hatton","lucas-herbert-liv-uk-staffordshire-victory","long-reads","Long Reads: Feature","Elena Rossi","Lucas Herbert dominated the final day at Staffordshire to claim his maiden LIV Golf victory by six shots.","2026-07-26 20:07:37","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Flucas-herbert-liv-uk-staffordshire-victory.webp",[93],"LIV Golf","## Herbert's six-stroke Staffordshire rout\n\nLucas Herbert posted the lowest round of his LIV Golf career on the final day at LIV UK in Staffordshire, pulling clear of the field to win by six strokes. His closing round reduced the final pairing to a race for second.\n\n## Hatton's home-soil charge faded on the back nine\n\nTyrrell Hatton entered the final round aiming to claim the crown in front of English crowds. By the time the back nine unfolded, Herbert's course management and steady scoring had pushed the gap beyond recovery. Hatton finished runner-up, six strokes back.\n\n## The career-best round and the trophy arrived together\n\nHerbert spoke after the round about finding a level of comfort with his game that had been missing in previous LIV starts. 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