{"id":62844,"date":"2025-10-12T18:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/englands-penge-wins-spanish-open-in-play-off"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:31:52","slug":"englands-penge-wins-spanish-open-in-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/englands-penge-wins-spanish-open-in-play-off","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Penge wins Spanish Open in play-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Spanish Open final leaderboard<\/p>\n<p>-15 D Brown (Eng), M Penge (Eng)*; -14 J Girrbach (Swi); -12 T McKibbin (NI)<\/p>\n<p>*Penge wins after first hole of sudden-death play-off<\/p>\n<p>Selected others: -10 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), C Hill (Sco), J Rahm (Spa); -9 P Reed (US), G Forrest (Sco), T Clements (Eng)<\/p>\n<p>Marco Penge held his nerve in a play-off to defeat fellow Englishman Daniel Brown and take the Spanish Open title in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Penge held a four-shot lead over nearest challenger Joel Girrbach going into the final round, while he was five shots better off than Brown.<\/p>\n<p>However, he only had a one-shot advantage going to the 18th on Sunday after his lead was trimmed.<\/p>\n<p>After Penge made par to finish with a one-over 72 for his final round at the Club de Campo, Brown sank a birdie putt for a 67 which forced a play-off as both finished on 15 under.<\/p>\n<p>At the first time of asking in the sudden-death play-off, Penge birdied the 18th with an eight-foot putt to secure a third European Tour title of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Penge&#8217;s victory in Spain also means he has automatically qualified for the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale next year as well at the Masters at Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a strange day for me,&#8221; said Penge, who carded 66, 67 and 64 in his first three rounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had it in my head that the golfing gods were kind of against me in a way. Dan and Joel played great, they were holing putts and putting the pressure on me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just couldn&#8217;t get it in the hole. It felt like I was really up against it, but I felt like I managed myself really well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Penge was given a three-month ban in December 2024 for placing bets on multiple events, with one month suspended for a year.<\/p>\n<p>He has resumed his career in fine fashion and said: &#8220;I think tee to green I played solid and it was just a matter of the putts &#8211; I think I used them all yesterday, but holing that one [on the play-off hole] was worth the wait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland&#8217;s Girrbach finished with a 69 as he ended up in third place on 14 under.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time champion Jon Rahm carded a closing 65, which included seven birdies and a bogey, as the Spaniard finished tied for ninth at his home Open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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