THE 154TH OPEN

July 18, 2026

Marco Penge

Mixed Zone

Q. Marco, thoughts on the round? Obviously disappointing on 18.

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, tee to green was really good. Just a really cold day with the putter and didn't feel great with the putter today. A little frustrating to kind of -- 1-under par is not a bad score, but I feel like the way I played, I should have shot 3 or 4.

Q. There was one highlight, that eagle on 14?

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, that was great. Obviously playing with a close friend of mine in Kristoffer Reitan, and he's obviously hit a great shot in there to like 12 feet, and it was kind of like, right, I need to try and follow him up, and we both made eagle. Yeah, it was a cool moment for us both.

Q. Just thoughts on the final round?

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, I mean, the wind was a bit all over the place this morning. It's kind of a bit more northwesterly now, so there's definitely some chances out there, but there is some pins that are tucked away. I think when the wind is up it's going to be playing a little bit different.

Obviously Foxy shot 62, so that was a great score -- a chance for a great score out there this morning, and the boys out there this afternoon are obviously playing great to be in that position, so I'm sure they'll shoot a couple of low ones.

Q. Did you have to get prepared last night because you weren't sure what time your tee time was?

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, it was a bit of a joke really. I'm staying at home this week, which is an hour away, and not getting a tee time until 11:00 p.m. is not great, really, when the tournament probably finished at -- we could have at least got a heads up for what time the first tee time was going to be. Obviously there was a lot of commotion, so that delayed things.

Q. Did you get an explanation as to the process of why that happened?

MARCO PENGE: I mean, clearly it was -- what I presumed on social media, that Bryson was deciding whether he was going to play or not. I presume until they were told whether he was going to play, then we wouldn't get the tee time until then.

Q. It seems unfair for it to affect you and other people.

MARCO PENGE: No, nothing to do with me. But yeah, that's what some players are like, or some people are like. It's one of them things. Hopefully we'll get told our tee time a little earlier tonight.

Q. What did you make of the ruling?

MARCO PENGE: Yeah, I mean, probably shouldn't give my opinion on it. Yeah, I mean, you can obviously see on the TV. Everyone has got their own opinion of the scenario. Yeah, it's really -- with it being so burnt out, as well. I remember day one, four times on the front nine I was in the semi-rough and I wasn't even -- I didn't ground the club or get anywhere near it because your club is slipping all over the place, so it's so easy to make a mistake by accident.

Yeah, that one was -- I'll leave that to everyone else.

Q. Do you think he knew what he was doing?

MARCO PENGE: If I was in that position, I'd just be very careful where I'm standing and how I get into the ball and make sure I don't improve my lie. Yeah, I would never want anyone to think I was doing that. That's how I would deal with it. But yeah.