Marco Penge

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Marco Penge
Personal information
Born (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26)
Horsham, West Sussex, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2022, 2023
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner 		2023

Marco Penge (born 15 May 1998) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. In 2023, he won the Open de Portugal and Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final. [1]

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Amateur career

Penge was educated at The Forest School, Horsham. He started playing golf at five, and enjoyed success already at junior level. [2] In 2013, he won the McGregor Trophy, the Fairhaven Trophy, and lost a playoff for the Irish Boys Amateur Open. He represented England in the European Young Masters, the European Boys' Team Championship and the Boys Home Internationals, which he won twice. He also secure victory at the Jacques Léglise Trophy three times with the Great Britain & Ireland team. [3]

Penge won the 2015 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Moray Golf Club, and lost a playoff at the 2016 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat. In 2017, he lost the final of the Spanish Amateur, 4 and 3, and the NSW Amateur to Scott Gregory, 1 up. [3]

Professional career

Penge turned professional in 2017 and joined the PGA EuroPro Tour. [4] In 2019 he won his first title, the Prem Group Irish Masters, and finished third on the Order of Merit to earn promotion to the 2020 Challenge Tour. [5]

He was runner-up at the 2022 Kaskáda Golf Challenge before securing two titles in 2023 including the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, [6] to top the Order of Merit and earn promotion to the 2024 European Tour. [7] [8]

In his third European Tour start, he tied for 4th at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. [1] He finished 110th in the 2024 Race to Dubai, the last position for full DP World Tour status for 2025.

In December 2024, it was announced that Penge would serve a three-month ban from competing in European Tour events for breaching the PGA European Tour's Integrity Programme in relation to sports betting on golf tournaments. [9] [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Challenge Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
117 Sep 2023 Open de Portugal −16 (65-68-69-70=272)4 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Scalise, Flag of the United States.svg Julian Suri
25 Nov 2023 Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final −10 (69-68-72-69=278)6 strokes Flag of France.svg Tom Vaillant

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
130 Aug 2019 Prem Group Irish Masters−12 (66-67-71=204)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Alasdair Plumb

Results in major championships

Tournament20222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [3]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile Marco Penge". European Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Marco Penge and his Masters dream". All About Horsham Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Marco Penge". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Marco Penge Player Profile". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "McElroy takes up home challenge at Prem Group Irish Masters". Irish Golfer Magazine. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Bruxo, Michael (19 September 2023). "British golfer Marco Penge wins Open de Portugal". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Dempster, Martin (6 November 2023). "Marco Penge reflects on journey from star in making in Lossiemouth to DP World Tour card holder". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ↑ Leighfield, Jonny (5 November 2023). "Marco Penge Claims Challenge Tour Double And Secures 2024 DP World Tour Card". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Official statement from the DP World Tour". European Tour. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "England's Penge banned for betting breach". BBC Sport. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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