Rebuilding his life and golf game, the now-31-year-old received his Australasian tour card in 2024-25 and now has his first professional victory to show for it. The win opens even more doors for Peake, who earned his Asian Tour membership with the win and put himself in contention for the Australian order of merit and a DP World Tour card.

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.