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Sunday 17 August 2025DP World TourYear in Review
Penge wins Danish Golf Championship
Furesø Golfklub, Birkerød, Denmark · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2025 · Marco Penge’s win no. 2 on the DP World Tour · purse $2,750,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 45 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rasmus Højgaard DEN · 269Led by four midway through the front nine, dropped four shots in four holes from the 10th, then eagled the 18th from 10 feet; Penge birdied from 3 feet to win by one. Penge beats Hojgaard in final-day duel to win Danish Golf Championship (AP, KSL.com)
156 started · cut -1, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Danish Golf Championship
Furesø Golfklub, Furesø Golfklub, Birkerød, Denmark
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Marco Penge
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (via KSL.com)
17 August 2025
He's some player — to hit the shot he hit into the last there and make eagle and basically make me have to win it
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Penge | 64 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Rasmus Højgaard | 66 · 64 · 70 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Ben Schmidt | 69 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Mikael Lindberg | 69 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Gregorio De Leo | 68 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Kristoffer Reitan | 74 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T6 | Elvis Smylie | 68 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Sami Välimäki | 72 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Oliver Lindell | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Johannes Veerman | 69 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1998-05-15, Crawley, England; ENG; turned pro 2017; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 97 that week (OWGR rankBefore for Danish Golf Championship (finish 1), OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Mizuno ST-X 230 9.5°, Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
- Driver TaylorMade BRNR Copper mini driver, Fujikura Ventus TR Black 8 X
- Utility Iron Mizuno Pro Fli Hi 2-iron, Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
- Irons Mizuno Pro S3 4-PW, KBS V10 130 X
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM10 Raw 50° (F grind), KBS V10 130 X
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM10 Raw 56° (M grind), Project X Wedge 7.0
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM10 Raw 60° (A+ grind), Project X 7.0
- Putter Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.2 (Tour Proto)
- Ball Titleist Pro V1 2025
standard bag, not confirmed for this week