Story byCameron Smith's par putt slid by on the 18th hole at Royal Melbourne. Getty ImagesDylan DethierSun, December 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM UTC·3 min readA spectacular tournament deserved a spectacular ending, and so the 2025 Australian Open got what it deserved. Just not the outcome its fans really wanted. In a stunning 72nd-hole reversal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen got up-and-down from improbable territory in long grass right of the green - and then Cameron Smith three-putted for bogey from the other edge of the green, handing Neergaard-Petersen his first DP World Tour victory in the process. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThousands and thousands from a sellout crowd ringed the final green as Smith and RNP came up the last all tied, but after Neergaard-Petersen’s approach shot sailed right, into jail, Smith found the green and placed himself squarely in the driver’s seat. It would have marked a storybook ending to Smith’s 2025; this is the first cut he’s made in eight non-LIV starts this year. Instead it marked a massive step in the right direction but a particularly harsh way to come up short, too. Instead Neergaard-Petersen has his own perfect way to finish 2025; just a year after playing (and winning) the HotelPlanner Tour, he’s played well enough to earn a PGA Tour card for 2026 and now his maiden victory on the DPWT, too.“To get the win here at my final event of the year was the only thing missing from a perfect year.