{"id":195635,"date":"2025-10-12T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195635\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:31:09","slug":"open-de-espana-marco-penge-qualifies-for-open-and-masters-after-winning-dramatic-title-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195635\/","title":{"rendered":"Open de Espana: Marco Penge qualifies for Open and Masters after winning dramatic title | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Penge qualified for the Open and the Masters after holding off fellow Englishman Daniel Brown&#8217;s brave challenge to win a dramatic Open de Espana.<\/p>\n<p>A procession to victory appeared on the cards as Penge went into the final day at Club de Campo with a four-stroke lead after Saturday&#8217;s blistering 64.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a one-over-par 72 on Sunday, he remained three clear after 12 holes and with Brown needing treatment to his right shoulder and neck, there seemed little threat to Penge.<\/p>\n<p>It even appeared at one point that Brown may have to retire from second place &#8211; but he dug deep to birdie three of the last six holes to force a play-off.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He could not match Penge&#8217;s birdie at the first extra hole, however, as the long-time leader finally got over the line.<\/p>\n<p>It was Penge&#8217;s third win of the DP World Tour season and brought with it qualification for next year&#8217;s Open as well as an invitation to Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a golf course that I&#8217;ve always wanted to play, because I feel like my game sets up really good for it.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dan and Joel (Girrbach &#8211; who finished a shot further back in third) played great today, they were holing putts and I just couldn&#8217;t really get it in the hole, it felt like I was really up against it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I felt like I managed myself really well and I actually think tee to green, I feel like I played really solid. 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