New Zealand open | Ex-crimal peak qualifies for British Open with Jungfrau Sieg

This handout picture was recorded on March 2, 2025 by photos sports. NZ over New Zealand shows Australia's Ryan Peake, who celebrates his victory in the last round of the New Zealand Open Golf tournament in Millbrook Resort in Queenstown. | Photo credit: AFP

The former Australian Motorcycle Gang member Ryan Peak, who on Sunday (March 2, 2025) in New Zealand a “life-changing” victory in New Zealand (March 2, 2025) to qualify for this year's British Open.

Peak had his nerve for a first one-shot victory at the New Zealand Open and brought him a berth in the major in Portrush, Northern Ireland in July, until approval as a convicted criminal.

The 31-year-old from Perth celebrated animated and was showered with champagne by friends on the 18th Green of the Millbrook Resort Course near Queenstown after a history of salvation was rarely seen in sophisticated golf.

Peak held back the tears when he admitted to concentrate on Gulf, his life had turned.

“Yes, I am currently quite lost for words and change,” said the tattooed Peak.

“It is a damn good story, a damn good moment. Only the belief. I always knew that I could make it, it was only a matter of time when I wanted to do it.

“This is what I do now. I want to be here and just play golf. The story is what it is, but I'm just golf outside.”

Peak almost did not deny the tournament after he had initially delayed the entry into New Zealand by immigration officers because he was convicted of a severe attack as an 21-year-old.

He was sentenced to five years in prison, the highlight of his admittedly, a number of bad decisions, which led to it to join a forbidden motorcycle gang, the rebels.

The conviction means that it needs dispensation to travel to tournaments outside of Australia.

Peak only came to a discount on Thursday morning at the Australasian and Asian tour event on Thursday morning.

After a solid opening round of 67 on Thursday, the left -hander was flawless afterwards when he rose through the field in the last three rounds of 64, 64 and 66 and was under the conclusion with 23.

A birdie on the 17th Par-five lifted Peak from a four-way difference against 22 under a clutch, seven foot putt for the parameter victory, a blow that the compatriot Jack Thompson, the South African Ian Snyman and the Japan Kazuki Higa free.

The Big Hitter had started the last round in second place alone, four shots behind the South Korean Koh Gun-Taek, who stormed nine over the back, to shoot 72, and was fifth in 21 underneath alone.

Peakie, a rookie on the Australasian Tour, takes a winner of $ 201,600 for the win of the event, which from the Asian Tour with a co-set.

Leading scores after the last round of the co-sanctioned New Zealand of the Asian and Australasia Tour on Sunday (Par 71):

261-Ryan Peake (from) 67-64-64-66

262-jack Thompson (from) 69-64-66-63, Ian Snyman (RSA) 66-65-65-66, Kazuki Higa (JPN) 65-69-62-66

263-KOH Gun-Taek (KOR) 64-61-66-72

264 bobby Bai (CHN) 65-64-67-68

265-John Catlin (USA) 67-64-70-64

266-Taichi KHO (HKG) 69-66-67-64, Dylan Gardner (from) 67-68-65-66, James Marschesani (from) 63-65-70-68, Elvis Smylie (from) 66-65-69