Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen picked up his first win on the DP World Tour as he held his nerve for a one-shot victory over Cameron Smith to win the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

Rory McIlroy had to settle for tied-14th place after 11 bogeys over four days, including an unfortunate encounter with a banana peel on Saturday. In the final round on Sunday, the Northern Irishman shot 69.

Neergaard-Petersen had entered the final round with a two-shot cushion over home favourite Smith but at the 10th hole things got interesting as Smith drained a 15-foot birdie while Neergaard-Petersen suffered a bogey to bring them into joint lead.

Birdies on the 12th and 13th helped the Dane take back the lead but Smith would not go away, matching birdies on the 17th seeing them go into the par-four 18th l

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