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Thanks to a career year on the DP World Tour in 2025, England\u2019s Marco Penge<\/a> earned his PGA Tour card by finishing in the top 10 in the Race to Dubai. Starting this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, he\u2019ll embark on his first full season as a PGA Tour pro.<\/p>\n And what do you do as a European pro who is coming over to play a full schedule in the States? You move to Florida, obviously.<\/p>\n RELATED: Patrick Reed and others leave LIV Golf, seek reinstatement with PGA Tour<\/a><\/p>\n Specifically, West Palm Beach, where Penge, his wife Sophie as well as their son and their dog, set up shop earlier this month. The move was made extra-hectic by the fact that Sophie is eight months pregnant with their second child, and Penge is now on the other side of the country and slated to play in all four events on the West Coast Swing before high-tailing it back to his new home.<\/p>\n When he\u2019s not teeing it up on tour, Penge will be working on his game at Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, where he recently became a member. Apparently, it was the only place that would take him.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m actually at Old Palm,\u201d said Penge when asked where he\u2019ll play and practise. \u201cThey\u2019ve been really \u2013 they\u2019re like a real family-orientated golf club and super-chilled.\u201d<\/p>\n FROM AGD\u2019S FEBRUARY ISSUE (ON-SALE NOW): Marco Penge \u2013 from zero to hero<\/a><\/p>\n You\u2019ll notice Penge used the phrase \u201csuper-chilled\u201d to describe Old Palm. That was not the case at a few other places Penge attempted to join upon his arrival in America\u2019s Sunshine state.<\/p>\n \u201cI did try and join a couple of others, but kind of got turned away a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cYeah, I was kind\u00a0of a little too casual, I think. But myself and Old Palm is a good match and facilities are great there. So yeah, it\u2019s nice to be at a golf club that wants to have me there, so yeah, it\u2019s cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Given the fact that there are a number of clubs in the Palm Beach\/Jupiter<\/a> area that are tour pro factories, you\u2019d think Penge would have had no issue securing multiple memberships. But maybe he was just a little too casual. Are we talking sneakers? A big-lettered hat? A t-shirt? Or does too casual mean something else? Who knows.<\/p>\n Perhaps those \u201ccouple of clubs\u201d just didn\u2019t know who Penge was. His play might change that soon.<\/p>\n