Marco Penge

Marco Penge
Personal information
Born (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998
Horsham, West Sussex, England
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceClitheroe, Lancashire, England
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking73 (17 August 2025)[1]
(as of 17 August 2025)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT28: 2025
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2022, 2023, 2025
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner		2023

Marco Penge (born 15 May 1998) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In 2023, he won the Open de Portugal and Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final.[2] Penge won his first event on the European Tour in 2025, at the Hainan Classic. He recorded his second victory at the Danish Golf Championship.[3]

Early life and amateur career

Penge was born in Horsham on 15 May 1998,[4] to Marie and Angelo Penge.[5] His father Angelo, an aerial engineer, was born in Italy.[6] Penge showed talent in football as a child. He was a prolific goalscorer for Chesworth Rovers in Horsham, and received trials with Reading F.C. and Southampton F.C.. Influenced by his Italian father, Penge stated in 2014 that he supported Italy rather than England in that year's World Cup.[7]

Introduced to golf at age five, Penge had success at junior level and became a scratch handicap aged 13.[8] 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 won the Jacques Léglise Trophy three times with the Great Britain & Ireland team.[9]

Penge attended the Forest School in Horsham.[10] He left school at the start of 2014 to pursue golf full-time.[7] 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 finished runner-up at both the Spanish Amateur and the NSW Amateur.[9]

Professional career

Penge turned professional in 2017 and joined the PGA EuroPro Tour.[11] 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.[12]

He was runner-up at the 2022 Kaskáda Golf Challenge before securing two titles in 2023 including the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final,[13] to top the Order of Merit and earn promotion to the 2024 European Tour.[14][15]

In his third European Tour start, he tied for 4th at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.[2] He finished 110th in the 2024 Race to Dubai, the last position for full DP World Tour status for 2025.

In December 2024, Penge received a three-month ban from competing in European Tour events for breaching the tour's "Integrity Programme" in relation to betting on golf tournaments.[16][17] From 2022 to 2023, he had placed bets with an average stake of £24. He made a profit of around £250 on these wagers, and the bookmaker subsequently notified the tour of his activity. None of Penge's bets were placed on tournaments in which he played.[6]

After his return from suspension, Penge finished third at the South African Open in March. The following month, he shot 17-under 271 to win the Hainan Classic by three shots over Sean Crocker. This was Penge's first victory on the European Tour.[18] The win came in his 47th start on the tour and moved him from 344th to 194th in the Official World Golf Ranking.[19]

He recorded his second victory at the Danish Golf Championship in August 2025, which also secured him the title of winner of the 2025 DP World Tour Closing Swing.[3]

His caddie is Max Bill, with whom he has worked since February 2024. Bill has been a caddie on the DP World Tour since 2018.

Personal life

In 2016, Penge won the Sunningdale Foursomes with his girlfriend and fellow golfer Sophie Lamb.[20] They married in 2023 and had their first child in 2024.[21]

Penge stated in 2025 that he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.[6]

Amateur wins

Source:[9]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 27 Apr 2025 Hainan Classic1 −17 (68-71-65-67=271) 3 strokes United States Sean Crocker, Norway Kristoffer Reitan
2 17 Aug 2025 Danish Golf Championship −16 (64-68-69-67=268) 1 stroke Denmark Rasmus Højgaard

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

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 Italy Lorenzo Scalise, United States Julian Suri
2 5 Nov 2023 Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final −10 (69-68-72-69=278) 6 strokes France 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 England Alasdair Plumb

Results in major championships

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T28
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources:[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 33 2025 Ending 17 Aug 2025" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile Marco Penge". European Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Marco Penge enjoys triple delight after victory in Denmark". European Tour. 17 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Marco PENGE - Players - European Tour". www.europeantour.com. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  5. ^ "AAH - All About Horsham". www.aahorsham.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Corrigan, James (10 May 2025). "Golfer who faced career-threatening hell for £24 bets". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Sixteen-year-old Horsham golfer goes professional". Great British Life. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Marco Penge and his Masters dream". All About Horsham Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Marco Penge". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Penge determined to achieve Walker Cup dream". The Argus. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Marco Penge Player Profile". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  12. ^ "McElroy takes up home challenge at Prem Group Irish Masters". Irish Golfer Magazine. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ Bruxo, Michael (19 September 2023). "British golfer Marco Penge wins Open de Portugal". Portugal Resident. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ Dempster, Martin (6 November 2023). "Marco Penge reflects on journey from star in making in Lossiemouth to DP World Tour card holder". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. ^ Leighfield, Jonny (5 November 2023). "Marco Penge Claims Challenge Tour Double And Secures 2024 DP World Tour Card". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Official statement from the DP World Tour". European Tour. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  17. ^ "England's Penge banned for betting breach". BBC Sport. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Hainan Classic: Marco Penge claims maiden DP World Tour title". BBC Sport. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  19. ^ "With this win: Marco Penge - Hainan Classic - Articles - DP World Tour". www.europeantour.com. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Penge and his partner seal foursome title". SussexWorld. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  21. ^ By; Romine, Brentley; By; Romine, Brentley (27 April 2025). "Stronger than ever after suspension, Marco Penge notches first DP World Tour win". NBC Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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