ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 6, 2025

Marco Penge

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. Marco, 67 to start your week here in Abu Dhabi. Give us an assessment of your day out there.

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, pretty solid. Obviously got off to a hot start, which was nice. Just made a couple of errors on 3 and 4. I think I made seven or eight birdies out there, six birdies and an eagle. Plenty of good stuff.

Yeah, I played great. Just a couple of 3-putts, left a couple chips. It was my first round back after three weeks off, and also playing with Rory and Tyrrell. So there's a different environment for me, in a way. I loved it. It was great.

Q. Playing with Rory, an idol of yours growing up. What was it like to test your game almost against his?

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, it was great. I mean, obviously what I think of my game compared to obviously playing with him today, probably keep to myself, but it was good. It was good. Rory maybe wasn't firing on all cylinders, but yeah, it was cool to play with like a Grand Slam winner and a legend of European golf, world golf.

Yeah, nice to have a chat, also, on the way around.