English golfer Marco Penge has claimed the title of Closing Swing champion on the DP World Tour after victory on the Made in Denmark Championship, which additionally sees him transfer to second within the Race to Dubai.
The win was his second of the season, following his triumph on the Hainan Championship in China again in April.
The Closing Swing contains six tournaments, together with two every in Scotland and america, and one every in Northern Eire and Denmark, the place Penge gathered a complete of 1,051 factors.
Along with the title, Penge earned an additional $200,000 in prize cash and secured qualification for the “Again 9” sequence, which options 9 of the season’s strongest tournaments over the subsequent two months. These lead as much as the “DP World Tour Play-Offs” within the UAE, with consecutive occasions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to crown the general “Race to Dubai” champion.
On the Made in Denmark Championship, Penge completed 16 underneath par after a good battle with Danish golfer Rasmus Højgaard, who completed 15 underneath par. Højgaard earned 389 factors, rising to thirty seventh within the “Race to Dubai” rankings with 790 factors and strengthening his possibilities of qualifying for the Finals, which characteristic the highest 70 gamers.
This season, the DP World Tour travels the globe underneath the banner of the “Race to Dubai,” staging no less than 42 tournaments throughout 26 nations and a number of continents.
Gamers compete to complete within the prime 70 of the “Race to Dubai” rankings to qualify for the Finals, starting with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Hyperlinks from sixth to ninth November. The highest 50 within the rankings then advance to the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates from thirteenth to sixteenth November, the place the season champion will probably be topped.
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