This article is about the South African professional golfer. For the Irish comedian-singer, see Brendan Grace.
Branden Grace
Grace at the 2016 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
Personal information
Full name
Branden John Grace
Nickname
Gracie
Born
(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 35) Pretoria, South Africa
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality
South Africa
Residence
George, South Africa Tequesta, Florida
Spouse
Nieke Coetzee
(m. 2016)
Children
1
Career
Turned professional
2007
Current tour(s)
European Tour Asian Tour Sunshine Tour LIV Golf
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Challenge Tour
Professional wins
15
Highest ranking
10 (14 February 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
2
European Tour
9
Sunshine Tour
6
LIV Golf
1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T18: 2013
PGA Championship
3rd: 2015
U.S. Open
T4: 2015
The Open Championship
T6: 2017
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner
2012
Branden John Grace (born 20 May 1988) is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays for LIV Golf. He formerly played on the European Tour, the PGA Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. In 2012, he became the first player in the history of the European Tour to win his first four European Tour titles in the same year.[2]
On 22 July 2017, Grace became the first man to record a sub-63 score in a major when he shot a 62 (8 under par) in the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.
^"Week 07 2016 Ending 14 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^"With This Win – Branden Grace". PGA European Tour. 7 October 2012.
Branden John Grace (born 20 May 1988) is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays for LIV Golf. He formerly played on the European Tour...
second in which he led wire-to-wire (2015 Masters). In the third round, BrandenGrace scored 62 to set a new major championship record. This was the first...
and including that tournament. MENA − MENA Tour. Hennie du Plessis, BrandenGrace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra...
Ted Potter Jr., George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, BrandenGrace, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thaworn Wiratchant. 1. Past Masters Champions Ángel...
Wyndham Championship until the start of the championship Brian Gay BrandenGrace Lee Kyoung-hoon Hudson Swafford 11. PGA of America invitees An Byeong-hun...
on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 30, 2015 Paul Casey BrandenGrace Anirban Lahiri Bernd Wiesberger 20. International invitees None Wednesday...
Cabrera-Bello Tim Clark George Coetzee Luke Donald Ross Fisher Tommy Fleetwood BrandenGrace Emiliano Grillo Tyrrell Hatton David Howell Hiroshi Iwata Thongchai...
Kevin Streelman 12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 U.S. Open BrandenGrace (14,17,18) Louis Oosthuizen (13,16,17,18) Cameron Smith 13. Top 4 finishers...
Stricker 15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship BrandenGrace (16,18,19) Brooks Koepka (18,19) Daniel Summerhays 16. Winners of PGA...
achievement. In men's major championships the lowest rounds are 62 by BrandenGrace at the 2017 Open Championship and by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele...
On 22 July 2017, in the third round of the 2017 Open Championship, BrandenGrace became the first man in major championship history to record a score...
Branden John Currey. They started dating in 2019 and were engaged two years later. Francisco, Eric (March 14, 2023). "How Shazam! and Fall Gave Grace...
Joaquín Niemann 2 May 14, 2023 LIV Golf Tulsa1 −17 (63-63-67=193) Playoff BrandenGrace, Cameron Smith 3 Feb 10, 2024 LIV Golf Las Vegas −12 (67-62-69=198)...
Bryson DeChambeau (c) Hennie du Plessis Sergio García (c) Talor Gooch BrandenGrace Justin Harding Sam Horsfield Yuki Inamori Dustin Johnson (c) Matt Jones...
Bryson DeChambeau (c) Hennie du Plessis Sergio García (c) Talor Gooch BrandenGrace Justin Harding Sam Horsfield Charles Howell III Yuki Inamori Dustin...
January 2014, he retained the Volvo Golf Champions title by one shot over BrandenGrace. Oosthuizen finished as a joint runner-up in the 2015 Open Championship...
DeChambeau (c), Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri Dean Burmester, BrandenGrace, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel. Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra...
over Hennie du Plessis. His team, consisting of himself, du Plessis, BrandenGrace and Louis Oosthuizen, won the team portion of the event by fourteen...
list Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18) Ross Fisher (18) Matt Fitzpatrick (18) BrandenGrace (18) Tyrrell Hatton (18) Yuta Ikeda Yūsaku Miyazato Alex Norén (18)...
Chantananuwat (a) Hennie du Plessis Oliver Fisher Sergio García Talor Gooch BrandenGrace Justin Harding Sam Horsfield Dustin Johnson Matt Jones Sadom Kaewkanjana...
four-way tie for the lead and played in the penultimate group alongside BrandenGrace. He opened his final round with a bogey to fall behind, but then a run...
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