Marco Penge capitalised on Rasmus Hojgaard’s outstanding mid-round collapse to clinch his second DP World Tour title on the Danish Golf Championship.
Hojgaard seemed set to breeze to his second victory on this occasion in three years when he opened up a four-shot lead by the sixth gap.
Nonetheless Penge, who birdied the third and eighth, was in a share of the lead after the Dane dropped a shot on the seventh and double bogeyed on the ninth.
The Englishman moved forward when Hojgaard bogeyed the tenth and prolonged his result in two with an excellent birdie on the thirteenth.
Penge left the door ajar along with his solely bogey of the day on the sixteenth, however immediately responded with a birdie on the penultimate gap to revive his two-shot benefit at 15 underneath.
Hojgaard piled on the stress with a clutch eagle on the par-five final to attract degree, however Penge stored his cool to empty his birdie putt and triumph at Fureso Golf Klub.
“I’ve been playing so well this year,” Penge mentioned. “Getting back from my day without work, to have received so quickly [after that] and to attain what I’ve achieved since I received.
“My main goal after I won was to not get complacent and drop off basically. My team have been a massive support for me, my family, everyone involved really.
“It is made me preserve striving for extra and that is superb. And Rasmus, he is some participant, to hit the shot he hit into the final and make eagle and principally make me should win it was unbelievable.”
Ben Schmidt, who hails from Rotherham, parred the 72nd gap to earn solo third at 12 underneath following a final-round 68.
Penge had two extra causes to have a good time in Copenhagen after his success noticed him high the Closing Swing rankings, incomes $200,000 [£148,000] and entry to the ultimate 9 occasions of the DP World Tour marketing campaign, along with claiming the $10,000 [£7,400] on supply for setting the course spherical of 64 throughout his first spherical.
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