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Ryan Peake (golfer)
Ryan Peake (born 8 March 1993) is an Australian professional golfer. After a promising amateur career, he turned professional in 2012. Peake later joined the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club, and was sentenced to prison for assault in 2014. He was released in 2019 and made a return to golf, earning status on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He won the New Zealand Open in 2025 and finished second on the tour's Order of Merit, securing status on the European Tour.
Peake was born on 8 March 1993 in Perth, Australia, to Michelle and Mel Peake. He has British citizenship, as his father is originally from England. Mel was a bricklayer who later became a greenkeeper after his body deteriorated due to the bricklaying. Peake attended East Wanneroo Primary School and played sports such as football and cricket.
Peake's father, grandfather and cousin played golf recreationally at Lakelands Country Club in Gnangara, and he joined them at a young age. With a compact, left-handed swing, Peake showed immediate ability and found success in junior tournaments. He was an outcast in school and was bullied, to the point that his father would often escort him home. Peake eventually fought back against his main bully, after which the abuse stopped.
At age 13, Peake won the club championship at Lakelands for the first time. He received early tutelage from Ritchie Smith, known also as a coach of other Perth golfers such as Hannah Green, Minjee Lee, and Min Woo Lee. In 2009, Peake was runner-up at the South Australian Junior Masters and the Tamar Valley Junior Cup, and won the Tasmanian Junior Open Championship and West Australian Junior Championship.
As a 17-year-old, he was chosen to represent Australia alongside Cameron Smith in the boys' division of the 2010 Trans Tasman Cup, where he helped Australia to defeat New Zealand. Also in 2010, Peake won the Handa Junior Masters, and made the cut at the Australian Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He tied for first at the Kurnia-Saujana Amateur Championship in May 2011, losing in a playoff to Gavin Green. Later in 2011, Peake he finished tied-10th at the WA Open.
Peake turned professional in 2012, aged 19. He finished tied-36th in his professional debut at the 2012 WA Open. He also made a number of cuts on the Australian mini-tours, but failed to earn playing status during the 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia qualifying school at Peninsula Golf Club in Victoria. He experienced loneliness and depression while competing, and felt that he had let down his family, friends and coaches.
To fund his golf career, Peake worked in the mines in Western Australia, as well as other jobs such as plastering, bricklaying and cement mixing. He began to drink alcohol heavily, ballooned from around 95 kg (209 lb) to 130 kg (287 lb), and ceased to compete in golf. Around this time, he joined the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club he had interacted with since his teenage years. He later said: "It wasn't abnormal from where I was from to hang out in that sort of scene with my friends." After repeatedly requesting to become a member, he received his patch signifying full membership at age 21. He recalled in 2025: "Where I was at that stage in my life, it was the only thing that brought me comfort. I felt like I belonged."
In November 2014, Peake and five other members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club confronted a man who had allegedly threatened the Rebels. A fight ensued and the man was left with significant injuries, including a fractured skull. Peake was arrested three weeks later. At the time of the incident, he was out on bail for a separate assault charge. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for two counts of causing grievous bodily harm. Peake was initially imprisoned in Hakea Prison, a maximum-security facility, but served most of his sentence at Acacia Prison. While imprisoned, he lost the excess weight he had gained, studied to become an electrician, and gave golf tips to his fellow inmates. When Cameron Smith won the Australian PGA Championship in 2017, the tournament was shown on the prison televisions and other inmates needled Peake after learning that Smith was his childhood friend and former Australian national golf teammate.
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Ryan Peake (born 8 March 1993) is an Australian professional golfer. After a promising amateur career, he turned professional in 2012. Peake later joined the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club, and was sentenced to prison for assault in 2014. He was released in 2019 and made a return to golf, earning status on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He won the New Zealand Open in 2025 and finished second on the tour's Order of Merit, securing status on the European Tour.
Peake was born on 8 March 1993 in Perth, Australia, to Michelle and Mel Peake. He has British citizenship, as his father is originally from England. Mel was a bricklayer who later became a greenkeeper after his body deteriorated due to the bricklaying. Peake attended East Wanneroo Primary School and played sports such as football and cricket.
Peake's father, grandfather and cousin played golf recreationally at Lakelands Country Club in Gnangara, and he joined them at a young age. With a compact, left-handed swing, Peake showed immediate ability and found success in junior tournaments. He was an outcast in school and was bullied, to the point that his father would often escort him home. Peake eventually fought back against his main bully, after which the abuse stopped.
At age 13, Peake won the club championship at Lakelands for the first time. He received early tutelage from Ritchie Smith, known also as a coach of other Perth golfers such as Hannah Green, Minjee Lee, and Min Woo Lee. In 2009, Peake was runner-up at the South Australian Junior Masters and the Tamar Valley Junior Cup, and won the Tasmanian Junior Open Championship and West Australian Junior Championship.
As a 17-year-old, he was chosen to represent Australia alongside Cameron Smith in the boys' division of the 2010 Trans Tasman Cup, where he helped Australia to defeat New Zealand. Also in 2010, Peake won the Handa Junior Masters, and made the cut at the Australian Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He tied for first at the Kurnia-Saujana Amateur Championship in May 2011, losing in a playoff to Gavin Green. Later in 2011, Peake he finished tied-10th at the WA Open.
Peake turned professional in 2012, aged 19. He finished tied-36th in his professional debut at the 2012 WA Open. He also made a number of cuts on the Australian mini-tours, but failed to earn playing status during the 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia qualifying school at Peninsula Golf Club in Victoria. He experienced loneliness and depression while competing, and felt that he had let down his family, friends and coaches.
To fund his golf career, Peake worked in the mines in Western Australia, as well as other jobs such as plastering, bricklaying and cement mixing. He began to drink alcohol heavily, ballooned from around 95 kg (209 lb) to 130 kg (287 lb), and ceased to compete in golf. Around this time, he joined the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club he had interacted with since his teenage years. He later said: "It wasn't abnormal from where I was from to hang out in that sort of scene with my friends." After repeatedly requesting to become a member, he received his patch signifying full membership at age 21. He recalled in 2025: "Where I was at that stage in my life, it was the only thing that brought me comfort. I felt like I belonged."
In November 2014, Peake and five other members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club confronted a man who had allegedly threatened the Rebels. A fight ensued and the man was left with significant injuries, including a fractured skull. Peake was arrested three weeks later. At the time of the incident, he was out on bail for a separate assault charge. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for two counts of causing grievous bodily harm. Peake was initially imprisoned in Hakea Prison, a maximum-security facility, but served most of his sentence at Acacia Prison. While imprisoned, he lost the excess weight he had gained, studied to become an electrician, and gave golf tips to his fellow inmates. When Cameron Smith won the Australian PGA Championship in 2017, the tournament was shown on the prison televisions and other inmates needled Peake after learning that Smith was his childhood friend and former Australian national golf teammate.
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