Marco Penge
{{short description|English professional golfer (born 1999)}}
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| birth_place = Horsham, West Sussex, England
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| residence = Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
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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.{{cite web |title=Player Profile Marco Penge |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/marco-penge-42054/results?tour=dpworld-tour |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 May 2024}}
Amateur career
Penge was educated at The Forest School, Horsham. He started playing golf at five, and enjoyed success already at junior level.{{cite magazine |title=Marco Penge and his Masters dream |url=https://www.aahorsham.co.uk/content/marcopenge |magazine=All About Horsham Magazine |access-date=29 May 2024}} 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.
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.
Professional career
Penge turned professional in 2017 and joined the PGA EuroPro Tour.{{cite web |title=Marco Penge Player Profile |url=https://europro.bluegolf.com/bluegolfw/europro18/profile/mpenge2/tresults.htm |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |access-date=29 May 2024}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=McElroy takes up home challenge at Prem Group Irish Masters |url=https://irishgolfer.ie/latest-golf-news/2019/08/29/mcelroy-takes-up-home-challenge-at-prem-group-irish-masters/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |magazine=Irish Golfer Magazine |date=29 August 2019}}
He was runner-up at the 2022 Kaskáda Golf Challenge before securing two titles in 2023 including the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final,{{cite news |last=Bruxo |first=Michael |title=British golfer Marco Penge wins Open de Portugal |url=https://www.portugalresident.com/british-golfer-marco-penge-wins-open-de-portugal/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Portugal Resident |date=19 September 2023}} to top the Order of Merit and earn promotion to the 2024 European Tour.{{cite news |last=Dempster |first=Martin |title=Marco Penge reflects on journey from star in making in Lossiemouth to DP World Tour card holder |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/marco-penge-reflects-on-journey-from-star-in-making-in-lossiemouth-to-dp-world-tour-card-holder-4398719 |access-date=29 May 2024 |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=6 November 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Leighfield |first=Jonny |title=Marco Penge Claims Challenge Tour Double And Secures 2024 DP World Tour Card |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/live/challenge-tour-grand-final-leaderboard-and-live-updates-marco-penge-leads-as-21-dp-world-tour-cards-are-up-for-grabs |access-date=29 May 2024 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=5 November 2023}}
In his third European Tour start, he tied for 4th at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/official-statement-from-the-dp-world-tour-181224/ |title=Official statement from the DP World Tour |publisher=European Tour |date=18 December 2024 |access-date=18 December 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cr56r57edd5o |title=England's Penge banned for betting breach |work=BBC Sport |date=18 December 2024 |access-date=18 December 2024}}
Amateur wins
- 2013 Fairhaven Trophy, McGregor Trophy, Sussex Amateur Championship
- 2014 Fairhaven Trophy
- 2015 Faldo Series Wales, Peter McEvoy Trophy, Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters
Professional wins (3)
=European Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|align=right|27 Apr 2025 |−17 (68-71-65-67=271) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Sean Crocker, {{flagicon|NOR}} Kristoffer Reitan |
1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour
=Challenge Tour wins (2)=
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| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other Challenge Tour (1) |
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|align=right|17 Sep 2023 |−16 (65-68-69-70=272) |4 strokes |{{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Scalise, {{flagicon|USA}} Julian Suri |
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|align=center|2 |align=right|5 Nov 2023 |Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final |−10 (69-68-72-69=278) |6 strokes |{{flagicon|FRA}} Tom Vaillant |
=PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|align=right|30 Aug 2019 |Prem Group Irish Masters |−12 (66-67-71=204) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ENG}} Alasdair Plumb |
Results in major championships
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!Tournament !2022!!2023!!2024!!2025 |
| align=left|Masters Tournament
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| align=left|PGA Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T28 |
| align=left|U.S. Open
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| align=left|The Open Championship
|CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Young Masters (representing England): 2013
- Boys Home Internationals (representing England): 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015, 2016 (winners)
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013 (winners), 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners), 2016
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 2013, 2014, 2015
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2016
See also
References
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External links
- {{EuroTour player|42054}}
- {{OWGR|22465}}
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Category:European Tour golfers
Category:Sportspeople from Horsham