Golf World Monday - January 16, 2012

� winner;branden grace
completed a workmanlike,
even-par 72 in the final
round of the Joburg open
to finish at 17-under 270
and win the first european
tour title of his career by
one stroke over Jamie elson.
grace made one birdie,
one bogey and 16 pars to
hold off elson, who shot his
second 63 of the week, fin-
ishing at 16 under with a 30-
foot eagle putt on the 18th
hole. “it’s a dream come
true,” said the 23-year-old
grace. “it’s nice to win in
front of a home crowd, and
i wouldn’t exchange it for
anything else.”

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� noteworthy; thunderstorms the first two days forced play to fall behind schedule, and grace played the last three holes of his third round sunday morning. he birdied two of the three holes to take a three-shot lead into the final round. … charl schwartzel (ninth) and retief goosen (50th) were the only top- 50 players in the field. schwartzel missed the cut; goosen was 16th.