MADRID – Marco Penge defeated fellow Briton Daniel Brown in a playoff to win the Spanish Open on Sunday and qualify for subsequent yr’s Masters and British Open Championship.
Penge relinquished a four-shot lead, however birdied the primary gap of the playoff to take the lead and win his third European Tour title of the yr.
“Dan and Joel (Gerbach) performed nice right now. They have been holed putts and I simply could not actually gap them. I felt like we have been actually up in opposition to it,” Penge stated. “However I felt like I had excellent management of myself and I really felt like I performed very stable from tee to inexperienced. It does not matter the putt. I believe I used all of it yesterday, however it was undoubtedly well worth the wait to maintain that putt within the gap.”
It was the primary time that the winner of a nationwide event was given an automated berth to the Masters and British Open.
“It is loopy,” Penge stated of taking part in on the Masters. “It is a golf course that I’ve at all times needed to play as a result of I really feel prefer it’s actually good for my recreation.”
Penge, who shot a 1-over 72 on Sunday, completed the event with Brown at 15 below.
Brown, who celebrated his thirty first birthday on Saturday, began 5 pictures behind however got here away with a 4-under 67 within the remaining spherical. That was regardless of coping with an ailment in his proper shoulder that required remedy throughout the again 9. He made a birdie on the ultimate gap and superior to the playoff.
Penge, 27, additionally received the Danish Golf Championship and the Hainan Basic.
Gilbach (69) began the day with a four-shot lead. The Swiss participant completed third within the event with a complete of 14 below par.
Native favourite Jon Rahm, aiming for a file fourth Spanish Open title, was out of competition at the beginning of the ultimate spherical, however completed tied for ninth with a 6-under 65.
Shane Lowry, like Rahm, returned to motion after serving to Europe win the Ryder Cup in New York final month, however was unable to function at Membership de Campo Villa de Madrid within the Spanish capital.
