England’s Marco Penge has received the 2025 Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted the DP World Tour participant of the 12 months by his friends.
The 27-year-old loved a breakthrough season which noticed him document three wins, end second to Rory McIlroy within the Race to Dubai rankings, and transfer into the highest 30 within the Official World Golf Rating.
Penge was the best ranked of the ten DP World Tour gamers to safe twin membership on the PGA Tour for the 2026 season, and can make his newest look on the US tour on the Genesis Invitational this week, stay on Sky Sports activities.
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After narrowly lacking out on the 2025 Ryder Cup, Penge shares simply how shut he got here to securing a spot, and his purpose of enjoying for Workforce Europe on the 2027 Ryder Cup
Penge stated: “I feel incredibly honoured to have won this prestigious award. I had a great season last year on the DP World Tour, but to have that recognised by my fellow competitors really means a lot. I want to say a big thank you to all of them.
“To go from combating to maintain my card to successful an award that carries Seve’s identify within the area of a 12 months is one thing I am extremely pleased with, and I am grateful to my staff for his or her assist – it provides me enormous confidence and motivation to maintain pushing for extra this season.”
Penge claimed his maiden DP World Tour victory on the Hainan Basic in April, earlier than following that up by successful the Danish Golf Championship in August and the Open de Espana in October.
These victories, together with 5 additional prime 10 finishes, noticed Penge be part of a star-studded checklist of names on the prime of the Race to Dubai standings.
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He was solely overwhelmed by McIlroy, however beat European Ryder Cup stars Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre to assert second.
Seve’s son, Javier Ballesteros, added: “I have always admired people who commit themselves fully and succeed both in golf and in life – something my father instilled in us from a young age. My siblings and I are absolutely delighted for Marco and send him our warmest congratulations.”
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