Dan Brown was left wincing in pain during his final round at the Open de Espana due to a neck injury.The DP World Tour star even required treatment on a tee box before making a birdie in Madrid on Sunday.GettyBrown battled through the pain barrier to finish second at the Open de Espana[/caption]Brown was visibly struggling with the injury during the closing stages of his round at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.His discomfort appeared peak before the 15th hole as Brown was forced to receive medical attention.He was seen laid on his back whilst a physio treated his neck prior to taking his tee shot.The 31-year-old then winced after teeing off on the 375-yard par four.Despite the pain, though, Brown went on to make a birdie as he reduced the gap to leader Marco Penge.Another birdie followed on the 18th as the world no.102 finished with a four-under par 67.As a result, he ended the day level with Penge on 15-under to force a sudden death play-off.However, Brown was unable to secure his third DP World Tour victory.Instead, Penge made a birdie on the first play-off hole, with his rival only able to make a par.Speaking after his win, Penge admitted: “It was a strange day for me.DP World TourBrown required medical treatment on the 15th tee box as he battled with a neck injury[/caption]View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenEspana?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw“I had it in my head that the golfing gods were kind of against me in a way. Dan and Joel played great, they were holing putts and putting the pressure on me.“I just couldn’t get it in the hole. It felt like I was really up against it, but I felt like I managed myself really well.”The win sees the Penge take home £415,000 in prize money as well as earning a place at next year’s Masters.It will be the Englishman’s first appearance at Augusta National, meanwhile, Brown misses out on his own debut entry.He also missed out on almost £150,000 in prize money, with the runner-up instead earning just under £270,000.Brown has already tasted victory on the DP World Tour this year.DP World TourBrown could be seen wincing after his tee shot but went on to make a birdie[/caption]His triumph at the BMW International Open in July was the fourth professional win of his career.It followed a top ten finish in his first major championship back in 2024.Brown finished tied-tenth at Royal Troon, but missed the cut at Royal Portrush in July of this year.Those two Open Championship appearances remain his only majors to date, having turned professional back in 2017.