grace gets no. 3
�winner branden grace,
who won consecutive events
in south africa in January,
earned his third european
tour victory of 2012 with a
three-stroke win over nicolas colsaerts at the volvo
china open. the 23-year-old
grace finished at 21-under
267 to join Johan edfors
(2006) as the only players
to win three times on tour
one year after graduating
from q school. grace had
a third-round 64 to take a
three-shot lead over colsaerts and both players shot
69 on the final day.
european tour // volvo china open
�noteworthy colsaerts,
of belgium, the defending champion of the volvo
china open, was fourth
when grace won the volvo
golf champions in south
africa. he also finished
t- 3 at sicilian open three
weeks ago. … peter hanson, who at 24th was the
highest-ranked player in the
china open field, finished
t- 14. … on the asian tour
lee westwood defended
his title in the indonesian
masters with a 16-under
272, two strokes better than
thaworn wiratchant.
�top five binhai lake gc, Tianjin, China
1. Branden Grace 67-67-64-69—267
2. Nicolas Colsaerts 68-67-66-69—270
3. Richard Finch 67-73-65-66—271
4. George Coetzee 72-67-64-69—272
Victor Dubuisson 69-68-68-67—272
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� quotable
“i thought my first win was around the corner [this season]. to have three before may is
literally unbelievable.” —brAnden GrAce
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