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Sunday 12 October 2025DP World TourYear in Review
Penge wins Open de España
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2025 · Marco Penge’s win no. 3 on the DP World Tour · purse $3,250,000 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
11 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/14°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 0.1 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
- Daniel Brown ENG · 269Started five back, closed with 67 and birdied the 72nd hole to force a playoff, then lost to Penge's birdie on the first extra hole. Marco Penge wins Spanish Open playoff, earns spots in 2026 Masters, Open Championship (AP, via NBC Sports)
132 started · cut E, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de España
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Marco Penge
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press
12 October 2025
It doesn't matter the putts, I think I used them all yesterday, but obviously holing that one there was worth the wait.
Associated Press
12 October 2025
It's crazy. It's a golf course that I've always wanted to play, because I feel like my game sets up really good for it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Penge | 66 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Daniel Brown | 69 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Joel Girrbach | 69 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | Tom McKibbin | 71 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | Joakim Lagergren | 71 · 64 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Jayden Schaper | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 68 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Ugo Coussaud | 65 · 73 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Jon Rahm | 72 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Calum Hill | 73 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Alex Fitzpatrick | 71 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | David Puig | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Angel Ayora | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Alexander Levy | 67 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1998-05-15, Crawley, England; ENG; turned pro 2017; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 55 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Mizuno ST-X 230 9.5°, Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade BRNR Copper 13.5°, Fujikura Ventus TR Black 8 X
- Utility Iron Mizuno Pro Fli Hi 15°, Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
- Irons Mizuno Pro S3 4-PW, KBS V10 130 X
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design SM10 50°, KBS V10 130 X
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design SM10 56°, Project X Wedge 7.0
- Wedge Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks 60°, Project X 7.0
- Putter Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.2 Tour Prototype
- Ball Titleist Pro V1
verified for this week