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The Advertiser
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Penge holds his nerve to beat Hojgaard in Danish duel
English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for a birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No.10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from three feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot four-under-par 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No.6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Australia's Elvis Smylie carded an impressive final round 68 to finish nine under and in a share of sixth place, seven shots adrift of the winner. Compatriot Jason Scrivener was three shots further back after a closing-round 71. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points. English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for a birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No.10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from three feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot four-under-par 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No.6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Australia's Elvis Smylie carded an impressive final round 68 to finish nine under and in a share of sixth place, seven shots adrift of the winner. Compatriot Jason Scrivener was three shots further back after a closing-round 71. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points. English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for a birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No.10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from three feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot four-under-par 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No.6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Australia's Elvis Smylie carded an impressive final round 68 to finish nine under and in a share of sixth place, seven shots adrift of the winner. Compatriot Jason Scrivener was three shots further back after a closing-round 71. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points. English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for a birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No.10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from three feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot four-under-par 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No.6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Australia's Elvis Smylie carded an impressive final round 68 to finish nine under and in a share of sixth place, seven shots adrift of the winner. Compatriot Jason Scrivener was three shots further back after a closing-round 71. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points.
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Penge holds his nerve to beat Hojgaard in Danish duel
English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for a birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No.10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from three feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot four-under-par 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No.6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Australia's Elvis Smylie carded an impressive final round 68 to finish nine under and in a share of sixth place, seven shots adrift of the winner. Compatriot Jason Scrivener was three shots further back after a closing-round 71. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Penge beats Hojgaard in final-day duel to win Danish Golf Championship
COPENHAGEN (AP) — English golfer Marco Penge tapped in for birdie at the 18th hole to win the Danish Golf Championship on Sunday by a stroke from Rasmus Hojgaard, who missed a chance to climb into the automatic qualifying positions for Europe's Ryder Cup team. Hojgaard looked on course for the title in his home country when he powered into a four-shot lead midway through his front nine, only to drop four strokes in four holes from No. 10 and allow Penge to take the lead. Penge walked down the par-5 18th with a two-shot cushion over Hojgaard in the final pairing, but saw his partner roll in an eagle putt from 10 feet to the delight of the crowd at Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. The 97th-ranked Penge needed to hole a birdie putt from 3 feet for the win and he held his nerve to shoot 4-under 67, finish on 16 under for the week and seal a second European tour title. Both victories have come this year, with the first at the Hainan Classic in April. Hojgaard (69) was the runner-up and will remain outside the six automatic qualifying spots, just behind No. 6 Sepp Straka, in the race to get into Europe's team for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. There is one qualifying event left for both players next week. Hojgaard will play at the British Masters on the European tour and Straka is scheduled to play on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship, which offers more qualifying points. ___ AP golf:
RTÉ News
5 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Marco Penge sets course record to hit front in Denmark
Marco Penge set a new course record to earn a two-shot lead at the Danish Golf Championship. The Englishman was blemish-free in his seven-under-par 64 after recording an eagle and five birdies during the first round at Fureso Golf Klub. Penge needed to birdie the 18th hole during the second round of the Genesis Championship in South Korea last October to ensure his playing rights for this season, and he has not looked back since. Despite a three-month enforced break due to a breach of DP World Tour betting regulations earlier in the campaign, the 27-year-old has enjoyed a breakout year which has seen him lift his maiden title at the Hainan Classic and finish in the top 30 in six of his last seven starts. Home favourite Rasmus Hojgaard carded eight birdies, a double bogey and a dropped shot to surge into a share of second place at five under alongside Francesco Molinari – the 2018 Open champion – who chipped in for eagle to reach that mark. Germany's Jeremy Paul, Canadian Aaron Cockerill and Scotland's Marc Warren also carded opening rounds of 66 to sit two adrift of Penge. Hojgaard's identical twin brother, Nicolai, holed out for two eagles in the space of three holes on the back nine during his 68 in Copenhagen. Conor Purcell carded a one-under par 70 to sit tied-41st after the opening round. The Dubliner recorded birdies at the third, eighth and 14th, with dropped strokes on the second and sixth holes. Ballymena's Dermot McElroy is three-over par after a round of 73, which contained five bogeys and just two birdies at the first and sixth. "It's a really good test of golf, especially the back nine," Penge said. "You can't afford to hit it off line. "Luckily I didn't miss a shot for the whole round. There's a score out there but you have to play really well. I think you'll see that in the scoring, it'll be quite separated. "I enjoyed playing some good golf again and executing my shots how I saw it before I pulled the trigger. "You don't have many days like that. I'm going to end up in some trouble at some point this week, I'm glad I got through 18 holes without being in that trouble, so we'll see how we go over the next three days."
Scotsman
04-06-2025
- Health
- Scotsman
Scottish golfer returns to DP World Tour action after being 'floored' by virus
Richie Ramsay opens up on being made to realise 'how important health is for you' Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Richie Ramsay returns to DP World Tour action this week in the KLM Open after being unable to even pick up a club for more than a fortnight as a virus left him feeling 'floored'. The four-time winner pulled out of the Turkish Airlines Open prior to the opening round in Belek a month ago before also being forced to miss both the Soudal Open in Belgium and last week's Austrian Alpine Open. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Ramsay is now ready to get back to work and joins Ewen Ferguson, Calum Hill, Connor Syme, Grant Forrest and Scott Jamieson in flying the Saltire this week at The International in Amsterdam. Richie Ramsay pictured in action during the Hainan Classic last month |'I caught a virus coming back from China (where he played in both the Volvo China Open and Hainan Classic) and went to Turkey but didn't play as it just floored me,' said the 41-year-old. 'I was shivery, achy and, though I passed a Covid test, it felt very much like Covid. 'I just couldn't shake it off, so I didn't play Turkey, Belgium or Austria and only really picked up a club again at the end of last week. I feel like I have had three or four weeks out, two and a half of those weeks feeling not great at all. 'But I'm on the mend and feel quite fresh again. I've just got to get my legs back as the muscles were really sore from whatever I picked up. I need to get the strength back in them for walking 18 holes as that was a bit of a challenge to start off with, which I never really think about.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Focus is on 'big tournaments coming up' Ramsay, who has held a DP World Tour card for 17 successive seasons, sits 82nd in the Race to Dubai Rankings, having tied for fourth in the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship in February. 'Yeah, it was disappointing that I missed some tournaments, but I just need to focus on the ones I've got ahead,' added the Edinburgh-based Aberdonian. 'There's some big ones coming up and I will be aiming to push on from my good start to the year. 'Normally where I push on is from the middle of the summer, probably because we are playing on courses in Europe that suit me a bit more and then when I come home I can practice in similar conditions as the weather is better. Four-time winner 'feeling in quite a good place' 'All in all, I'm feeling in quite a good place. I know the season is long. It's a marathon, not a sprint. So there are lots of points up for grabs and I just need to get back on track. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'My main aim is to enjoy being back and, though it sounds funny, just being healthy. Something like that definitely knocks you for six and makes you realise how important health is to you.' This week marks the 105th edition of the KLM Open, with Dutch football legend and keen golfer Ruud Gullit involved as co-tournament director, taking on the role during Amsterdam's 750th anniversary celebrations.
