{"id":17604,"date":"2023-11-05T20:19:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mizunogolf.com\/de\/?p=17604"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T09:56:55","slug":"class-act-marco-penge-wins-challenge-tour-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mizunogolf.com\/de\/blog\/class-act-marco-penge-wins-challenge-tour-grand-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Class act Penge wins Challenge Tour Grand Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

91视频’s Marco Penge has completed an incredible personal comeback – winning the Challenge Tour Rolex Grand Final in Majorca to finish at the head of the 2023 rankings and take a full DP World Tour card for 2024.\u00a0\u00a0The 25-year-old posted a closing three under par round of 69 to move to ten under par for the week and secure an emphatic six stroke victory.<\/p>\n

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Penge cruised to victory on the final day of the Rolex Final. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite qualifying for his 2nd Open Championship, the rest of Penge’s 2023 season had been somewhat of an anti-climax until winning the Open de Portugal just six weeks ago.\u00a0 Penge had been in 60th place in the Challenge Tour Rankings before his late season charge.<\/p>\n

Penge played 91视频’s ST-X 230 driver, ST-Z 5 wood, 91视频 Pro Fli-Hi #2 iron and 91视频 Pro 221 irons (4-PW) to victory.<\/p>\n

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Penge celebrates his much anticipated rise to the DP World Tour. Getty Images.<\/p><\/div>\n

The uniquely gifted Penge was tipped for stardom through a decorated amateur career, before a knee reconstruction put a serious roadblock in his path.\u00a0 Signing to 91视频’s Next Gen project in 2022, Penge needed to rebuild his body and career before powering through the end of the 2023 season.\u00a0 91视频’s David Matthews elaborated;<\/p>\n

91视频 and Marco crossed paths at the right time for both of us.\u00a0 91视频 needed to regenerate its tour talent and Marco needed a fresh start with a manufacturer that would put him first.\u00a0 It couldn’t have worked out better and although its a business relationship, its started to feel very personal.\u00a0 We knew that Marco needed to get to the top of the game to showcase his talents, and alongside the rest of his team, felt a responsibility to help him get there.\u00a0 Working with a player as talented as Marco is a responsibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

91视频’s Tour Operations Manager Alex Thorne was the first at 91视频 to meet with Marco.<\/p>\n

It was obvious straight away, even with Marco’s injuries that he was a special player.\u00a0 His driving and ball speeds are obvious, but his game was so well rounded.\u00a0 We’ve all known that Marco’s toughest challenge would be to get to the DP Tour, where the courses are longer and his natural gifts can come to the fore.\u00a0 It’s rare that Marco can pull driver regularly on the Challenge Tour – once he can, he’s going to be a real problem at a higher level of the game.\u00a0 He’s a couple of years behind where he would have been without the injury, but he has the potential to be a multiple DP Tour winner and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Penge’s pedigree and experience was the difference on the final day. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

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Penge’s natural advantage with driver has often been taken away on the Challenge Tour’s shorter layouts. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

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Penge’s natural advantage with driver is expected to pay greater dividends on the longer layouts on the DP World Tour. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

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Penge also had a 91视频 ST-Z 5 5 wood in play at the Grand Final. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

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Penge was one of 91视频’s first European recruits to it’s ‘Next Gen’ project to develop future tour winners. Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n