Marco Penge wins Spanish Open, earns Masters, Open bids

MADRID — Marco Penge beat fellow Englishman Daniel Brown in a playoff to win the Spanish Open on Sunday and safe a spot in subsequent yr’s Masters and Open Championship.

Penge relinquished a four-shot lead however got here out on prime with a birdie on the primary playoff gap to win his third European tour title this yr.

„Dan and Joel [Girrbach] performed nice right this moment. They had been holing putts, and I simply could not actually get it within the gap. It felt like I used to be actually up in opposition to it,“ Penge mentioned. „However I felt like I managed myself rather well, and I really suppose tee to inexperienced, I really feel like I performed actually stable. It would not matter the putts; I believe I used all of them yesterday, however clearly holing that one there was definitely worth the wait.“

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It was the primary time the nationwide match provided the winner an automated spot for the Masters and The Open.

„It is loopy,“ Penge mentioned about enjoying within the Masters. „It is a golf course that I’ve all the time needed to play, as a result of I really feel like my recreation units up actually good for it.“

Penge, who shot a 1-over 72 on Sunday, completed tied with Brown at 15 underneath for the match.

Brown, whose thirty first birthday was on Saturday, began 5 photographs again however made a run after capturing a 4-under 67 within the closing spherical. That was regardless of coping with a proper shoulder ailment that required remedy throughout the again 9. He pressured a playoff with a birdie on the ultimate gap.

The 27-year-old Penge additionally gained on the Danish Golf Championship and the Hainan Basic.

Girrbach (69) was 4 photographs again to begin the day. The Swiss participant completed third at 14 underneath for the match.

House favourite Jon Rahm, who was looking for a file fourth Spanish Open title, wasn’t in rivalry firstly of the ultimate spherical, however he closed with a 6-under 65 to complete in a tie for ninth.

Shane Lowry, who like Rahm was again in motion after serving to Europe win the Ryder Cup in New York final month, did not make the minimize on the Membership de Campo Villa de Madrid within the Spanish capital.