Englishman Marco Penge has been suspended by the DP World Tour after a disciplinary panel discovered he positioned bets on a number of golf occasions, the circuit mentioned on Wednesday.
The DP World Tour mentioned Penge, 26, didn’t wager on himself or throughout event days when he was competing, main the panel to find out that the integrity of such occasions had not been compromised.
World No. 414 Penge was given a three-month ban that took impact on Dec. 13, though one month has been suspended for a yr pending additional breaches of the tour’s integrity program. Penge was additionally fined £2,000 ($2,539).
The DP World Tour mentioned Penge’s penalties have been mitigated resulting from his rapid admission of breach and co-operation all through the investigation.
Penge, who most lately performed on the Australian Open in November the place he completed in a share of twenty seventh place, can return to DP World Tour participation from Feb. 13.
