DP World Tour member Marco Penge has been suspended for 2 months after the circuit discovered that he had positioned bets on a number of occasions.
The tour’s disciplinary panel discovered that the 26-year-old Englishman didn’t wager on himself or throughout any event days whereas he was competing, figuring out that “the integrity of such occasions had not been compromised.”
Nevertheless, Penge nonetheless violated the tour’s integrity program and was suspended till mid-February. He was additionally fined roughly $2,500. His penalties, the tour stated, had been mitigated due to his cooperation and fast admission of the breaches. The suspension took impact on Dec. 13.
Penge, who most not too long ago performed on the Australian Open in late November, is ranked No. 414 on this planet and is coming off a 12 months by which he missed 19 cuts in 28 occasions. He was not too long ago featured on the DP World Tour’s social channels after he made a 5-foot par putt on his closing gap to make the lower on the Genesis Championship to provide himself an opportunity to safe his taking part in privileges for 2025. He known as the putt probably the most nervous he had ever been in his profession – “I used to be s—ing myself, to be truthful,” he stated.
Penge in the end completed 110th within the season-long Race to Dubai standings, simply sufficient to maintain his card.
Penge has not but publicly commented on the suspension.
