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Marco Penge took advantage of Rasmus Højgaards dramatic collapse to secure his second DP World Tour title at the Danish Golf Championship.
The Englishman has enjoyed a breakout 2025 campaign and he has not looked back since winning his maiden crown at the Hainan Classic in April.
However, even Penge would have been surprised at how he secured victory at Furesø Golf Klub, having been four shots behind the home favourite through six holes.
They were level at the turn following a dropped shot at the seventh and double bogey at the ninth from the Dane before Penge hit the front, only to drop his first shot of the day at the 16th hole to leave the door ajar for his 24-year-old rival.
A stunning approach into the 17th restored the World Number 97's two-stroke lead, which was wiped out by Højgaards clutch eagle at the last.
Penge kept his cool to birdie from three feet to triumph with a -16 and also top the Closing Swing Rankings breaking the Danish fans hearts in the process !!!
"I've been playing so well this year," Penge said. "You know, coming back from my time off, to have won so soon (after that) and to achieve what I've achieved since I won.
"It's made me keep striving for more and this is amazing. And Rasmus, he's some player, to hit the shot he hit into the last and make eagle and basically make me have to win it was unbelievable.
Højgaard began the final round with a one-shot lead over Penge at -13, but a brilliant early burst of scoring saw the Dane cruise ahead. He hit a stunning approach to close range at the third to set up eagle, holed a 20 foot putt at the next for birdie and when he added another at the sixth, the 24-year-old led by four at -17.
Penge was biding his time with a birdie at the third and he cut the gap to two shots when Højgaard bogeyed the eighth and he picked up a shot at the same hole.
The pair reached the turn in a share of the lead after the home favourite could not get up and down from the bunker, missing the short putt for bogey to slip back to -14.
The Englishman was then handed the outright lead when Højgaard overshot his lengthy putt at the tenth and could not save par from eight feet.
It was to get better for Penge when rolled in a brilliant 37 foot birdie putt at the 13th to open up a two-shot advantage over his playing partner.
Højgaard responded with his first birdie of the back nine at the 14th to halve the deficit, only to give that shot back at the next after three-putting from 23 feet.
Penge left the door open with his first bogey at the 16th, but re-established his two-shot lead with a remarkable approach to two feet at the penultimate hole to return to -15.
The Dane piled on the pressure by eagling the last to draw level, but the Englishman kept his cool to drain his birdie putt from three feet to win for the second time this season.
He also wins an bonus $200,000 for winning the Closing Swing an an additional $10,000 for his course record 64 on Thursday !
England's Ben Schmidt parred the last to earn solo third at -12 following a final-round 68, with Sweden's Mikael Lindberg and Italian Gregorio De Leo one shot further back in a share of fourth on -11.
Australian Elvis Smylie and Norway's Kristoffer Reitan were at -9, with Finnish pair Oliver Lindell and Sami Välimäki wrapped up the top ten alongside Norway's Mats Ege and American Johannes Veerman.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
It was a dramatic week for Rasmus Hojgaard at home in Denmark after his world travels during this 2025 season, He dramatically holed out twice in 3 holes, and finished today's round with a flourish after a stunning approach to the par 5 18th to ten feet, and the resulting eagle 3, to delight the huge Danish gallery.
However his -15 total 66 64 70 69, 19 birdies, 3 eagles, was offset by 6 bogey's and 2 doubles, just one too many to defeat the candidate for Player of the Year, Englishman Marc Penge 19 birdies, 5 bogey's and 1 eagle in his 64 68 69 67 -16
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