Marco Penge

Marco Penge secured his third win of 2025 at the Open de España presented by Madrid, and with it earned a spot at The 154th Open.

One Royal Birkdale place was available at the event in October as part of the Open Qualifying Series (OQS).

The triumph came after a play-off with fellow Englishman Daniel Brown, and followed victories for Penge on the DP World Tour at the Hainan Classic and Danish Golf Championship.

Birkdale will represent his fourth appearance at The Open after competing at St Andrews in 2022, Royal Liverpool the following year and Royal Portrush in 2025.

He described his Open debut as “the best week of my life” and added: “I remember leaving that week – I didn’t play well and was quite disappointed – and saying to my team I want to be back. The feeling that you get is something else.”

Penge won the Scottish stroke play title in 2015, aged 17, and was the winner of the boys Order of Merit that season.