Joshua Berry embarks on his third season on the DP World Tour in Australia today – and he’s only 20-years-old.

The Doncaster lad had his first professional win on the HotelPlanner.com Tour (formerly the Challenge Tour) in India in March and he will again flit between the continent’s top two circuits as he bids to establish himself among the elite.

Berry played nine times on the DP World Tour last season, with a sixth-place finish at the Delhi Challenge - two weeks after he’d won in Kolkata - marking his second top-10 placing and best result of the year.

He tees off at the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Queensland on Thursday alongside two other Yorkshiremen still in pursuit of a first win at the top level in what is also their third season on the DP World Tour.

Joshua Berry of England with the ranking coin on day four of the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A 2025 at Club de Golf Alcanada on November 2, 2025 in Alcudia, Spain. (Picture: Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)

placeholder image — Joshua Berry of England with the ranking coin on day four of the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A 2025 at Club de Golf Alcanada on November 2, 2025 in Alcudia, Spain. (Picture: Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)

Sheffield’s Sam Bairstow had a flurry of top-10s to start the year but dropped off after May, while Alex Fitzpatrick finished a difficult year with his best form, posting third place at the India Championship. With brother Matt having won the final event of the 2025 season in Dubai a fortnight ago, it would offer a neat bit of symmetry were Alex to win the opening event of the 2026 campaign.

One of the men who will inspire Berry, Bairstow and the younger Fitzpatrick into believing anything is possible this season is Lancashire’s Marco Penge.

After securing his card in the final weeks of his rookie campaign 12 months ago, Penge won three times in 2025 to transform his career. He finished second on the money list to Rory McIlroy and earned a card on the PGA Tour to boot.

Where Harrogate’s John Parry is going to devote all his time to the top American circuit next year, 27-year-old Penge is going to try and play both tours.

“The DP World Tour is close to my heart, it’s what I resonate to and tournaments that I watched as a kid, so I want to play here as much as possible,” said Penge, who with a world ranking of 30 is the highest-placed in the field for the season-opening Australian PGA.

“To be in contention to win the Race to Dubai is a big goal of mine and on the PGA Tour, to be in contention as much as possible. I know that is going to be a challenge.”