Branden Grace
| Branden Grace | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Branden John Grace |
| Born | 20 May 1988 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (170 lb; 12.3 st) |
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Residence | George, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Sunshine Tour | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T43: 2009 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Branden John Grace (born 20 May 1988) is a professional golfer from South Africa.
Grace was born in Pretoria and turned professional at the end of 2007, since then he has played the majority of his golf on the Sunshine Tour, where he has won twice, but in 2011 came through the qualifying school to earn his card for the 2012 European Tour season. His best finish on the Sunshine Tour through 2009 came at the 2009 Africa Open, where he finished tied for second, one stroke behind winner Retief Goosen. He equalled that finish at the 2010 Nashua Masters before recording his first win two weeks later at the Coca-Cola Charity Championship. He earned his card for the 2012 European Tour season after coming through the qualifying school.
In January 2012 he won for the first time on the European Tour, at the Joburg Open. He won by a single stroke from Jamie Elson, after shooting a final round 72, which included sixteen pars, one birdie and one bogey. He then won the Volvo Golf Champions the following week to make it back-to-back European Tour victories, beating his veteran compatriots Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a playoff with a birdie on the first hole. Grace became the first player since Fred Couples in 1995 to follow his first victory with another consecutively. As a result Grace moved inside the world's top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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[edit] Professional wins (3)
[edit] European Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Jan 2012 | Joburg Open | –17 (67-66-65-72=270) | 1 stroke |  Jamie Elson |
| 2 | 22 Jan 2012 | Volvo Golf Champions | –12 (68-66-75-71=280) | Playoff | Ernie Els, Retief Goosen |
[edit] Sunshine Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Nov 2010 | Coca-Cola Charity Championship | –7 (68-71-70=209) | 2 strokes | Ulrich van den Berg, Justin Walters |
| 2 | 15 Jan 2012 | Joburg Open | –17 (67-66-65-72=270) | 1 stroke | Jamie Elson |
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2009 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T43 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Branden Grace at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Branden Grace at the European Tour official site
- Branden Grace at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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