PGA star makes final decision on future after LIV | Golf News

Marco Penge, the breakout star of {the golfing} world, has put to relaxation rumors of a transfer to LIV Golf by confirming his participation in the PGA Tour next season.

The English golfer has had an distinctive season, clinching his third DP World Tour victory of the 12 months at the Spanish Open on Sunday. The 27-year-old powerhouse narrowly defeated Dan Brown in a playoff to secure the $552,000 title at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. It comes after Jon Rahm determined to end his season after the event.

Beginning the 12 months outdoors the top 400 in the global rankings, Penge’s victories in China, Denmark, and Spain have catapulted him to the thirty first spot worldwide. His efficiency is all the more exceptional given that he missed the start of the season due to a three-month suspension for betting on golf tournaments he wasn’t collaborating in.

Currently, Penge holds the second place in the DP World Tour’s Race To Dubai rankings, trailing only Masters champion Rory McIlroy. The top-10 finishers in the rankings who aren’t already PGA Tour members earn the privilege to play stateside in 2026.

Penge’s excellent kind has already secured his PGA Tour card, but there have been whispers that he would possibly be a part of LIV Golf at the end of the season. This would have seen him observe in the footsteps of Adrian Meronk, who declined the chance to be a part of the PGA Tour two years prior.

LIV is poised to launch a important recruitment drive this offseason, with quite a few roster spots left open after seven gamers had been relegated at the conclusion of the 2025 marketing campaign.

Rising stars like Penge match the invoice for LIV groups trying to bolster their rosters, but he confirmed after getting his fingers on the trophy in Madrid on Sunday that he has his coronary heart set on enjoying in America next 12 months.

“I’m going to America tomorrow with my wife to find a place for when we move in January,” he told Ten Golf. “So as far as I’m aware, I’m playing the PGA Tour next year and hopefully I’ll have a great season and finish in the playoffs there and then come back to the DP World Tour and play the rest of the season here.

“I really like enjoying golf and I’d play every week if my workforce let me. So yeah, I need to be enjoying against the best gamers in the world and I need to be enjoying national opens like this. When you win a couple of national opens, that’s one thing that I’ll never neglect and one thing that my household will never neglect. So, that’s my plan.”

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Penge still has a lot to compete for on the DP World Tour this 12 months, though. He isn’t scheduled to take part in the final regular-season tournaments, which can happen in India and South Korea, respectively, over the next two weeks.

But he’s sure to be a major contender in the playoffs, which kick off with the Abu Dhabi Championship on Nov. 6, adopted by the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Nov. 13.