DP World Tour golfer shocks fans with unreal par save after breaking his club

Marco Penge was praised for being "fully committed" in a tricky situation during the third round of the Open de Espana. 

The 27-year-old Englishman, who held a one-shot lead after 36 holes at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, began his third round on Saturday with a safe par. 

But he was in a world of trouble after hitting his tee shot a smidge left at the very next hole. 

Penge suffered a stroke of bad luck when his golf ball came to rest against the stump of a tree. 

Still, Penge seemed unbothered and didn't hold back with his next stroke - but he ended up having to throw his pitching wedge in the bin. 

Penge advanced his second approximately 90 yards down the fairway then got up-and-down to keep the momentum, holing a putt from 14 feet to stay one ahead. 

"It's been a messy hole," said Tony Johnstone on Sky Sports Golf. "This would be like finding a bag of gold. If anything is going to settle you into your task [then] that's it right there. What a bonus."

What the a replay of the shot here:

Marco Penge closing in on first PGA Tour card

Penge has emerged as one of the most promising talents on the DP World Tour this season. 

The golfer turned professional in 2017 and spent the first part of his career playing on the developmental mini tours. 

He gained his first DP World Tour card in 2023 by topping the Challenge (now HotelPlanner) Tour's Road to Mallorca rankings, highlighted by victories at the Open de Portugal and at the season finale.  

This year, he has won the Hainan Classic and the Danish Golf Championship. 

The victories have propelled him to third in the Race to Dubai behind Tyrrell Hatton and Rory McIlroy.

It means that he has essentially locked up one of 10 PGA Tour cards on offer for the 2026 campaign.

Penge, who was forced to miss three months of the 2025 season for breaching the Tour's integrity programme by placing bets on golf, was somewhat unfortunate to miss out on a spot in the European Ryder Cup team. 

Denmark's Rasmus Højgaard secured the final automatic spot on Luke Donald's team at Bethpage Black, with the skipper choosing to retain the same lineup that triumphed in Rome two years earlier

Don't bet against Penge making the European team in two years' time if he continues to be at the top of leaderboards.