Branden Grace

Branden Grace
Personal information
Full nameBranden John Grace
NicknameGracie
Born (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceGeorge, South Africa
Tequesta, Florida
Spouse
Nieke Coetzee
(m. 2016)
Children1
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
LIV Golf
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking10 (14 February 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour9
Sunshine Tour6
LIV Golf1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT18: 2013
PGA Championship3rd: 2015
U.S. OpenT4: 2015
The Open ChampionshipT6: 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.

  1. ^ "Week 07 2016 Ending 14 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "With This Win – Branden Grace". PGA European Tour. 7 October 2012.