# Marco Penge

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.

## Amateur career

Penge was educated at The Forest School, Horsham. He started playing golf at five, and enjoyed success already at junior level. 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. 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.
He was runner-up at the 2022 Kaskáda Golf Challenge before securing two titles in 2023 including the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, to top the Order of Merit and earn promotion to the 2024 European Tour.
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.

## 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
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## Professional wins (3)
### Challenge Tour wins (2)

* Legend
* Tour Championships (1)
* Other Challenge Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 17 Sep 2023 | Open de Portugal | −16 (65-68-69-70=272) | 4 strokes | Lorenzo Scalise, Julian Suri |
| 2 | 5 Nov 2023 | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | −10 (69-68-72-69=278) | 6 strokes | Tom Vaillant |

### PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 30 Aug 2019 | Prem Group Irish Masters | −12 (66-67-71=204) | 1 stroke | Alasdair Plumb |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 |
| Masters Tournament | | |
| PGA Championship | | |
| U.S. Open | | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | 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
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