It's hardly the first time, but with his dramatic one-stroke victory at the 2025 New Zealand Open, the Australian has punched his ticket into the 2025 Open at Royal Portrush. Peake secured the title thanks to an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to avoid a four-way playoff with Jack Thompson,

Ryan Peake, an Australian former motorcycle gang member who turned to golf to turn his life around, has earned a place at the British Open by winning the 104th New Zealand Open by one stroke.

Ryan Peake, a former member of an outlawed motorcycle gang who served five years in jail for assault, hit a five-under-par 66 to win the 104th edition of the New Zealand Open by a shot in Queenstown.