South African Open R4

January 09-12
Randpark GC, Johannesburg, South Africa
ZAR 17,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Branden Grace shot a final-day 62 to deny compatriot Louis Oosthuizen back-to-back victories in the South African Open in Johannesburg.

Tour win number nine. @BrandenGrace #SAOpen pic.twitter.com/dWsLPTQB74
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) January 12, 2020

The home pair battled it out over the fourth round, with last year's champion Oosthuizen starting the day at 15 under par and with a one-shot advantage over second-placed Marcus Armitage with Grace two further behind.

Despite carding a bogey five at the second, it was Grace who produced a rousing finish, cancelling out his earlier error with an eagle three at the fourth along with eight birdies inside the first 14 holes to ease himself to 21-under on a day when he putted just 22 times.

It was his ninth European Tour victory and his first since the 2017 Nedbank Golf Challenge.

📽️ Highlights of Branden Grace's tournament-winning round of 62.@BrandenGrace #SAOpen pic.twitter.com/tqSiSCBPNe
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) January 12, 2020

Even a hole-in-one at the par three eighth could not keep Oosthuizen in touch as he finished with a round of 68 which included just a single birdie to trail the winner by three shots.

Englishman Armitage birdied the 18th to snatch third place with a round of 69 after bogey fives at the sixth and 16th holes.

He finished a shot ahead of compatriot Jack Senior and South African Jaco Ahlers, who tied for fourth on 15 under.

Grace's efforts at the Randpark Golf Club secured him a place at this summer's Open Championship at Royal St George's along with fellow qualifiers Armitage and Ahlers.

Grace told www.europeantour.com: "That was remarkable. I played flawless golf and I can't remember the last time the putter was that hot.

"This is the one I really wanted. This means so much to any South African, winning on home soil, the guys get so behind you and it's such an emotional feeling.

"It's the first win with the little one here so he's going to have a photo with the trophy and then it's a good birthday wish to my Mrs today, she's a birthday girl today so it's a good birthday present."

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Branden Grace	RSA	-21	64	70	67	62	263
2	Louis Oosthuizen	RSA	-18	65	69	64	68	266
3	Marcus Armitage	ENG	-16	65	72	62	69	268
T4	Jack Senior	ENG	-15	67	66	69	67	269
T4	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	-15	66	66	68	69	269
T6	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	-13	67	67	69	68	271
T6	George Coetzee	RSA	-13	65	69	68	69	271
T6	JC Ritchie	RSA	-13	63	72	67	69	271
T6	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-13	66	68	67	70	271
T6	Jayden Schaper	RSA	-13	65	67	69	70	271
T6	Martin Rohwer	RSA	-13	66	71	64	70	271
12	Harry Hall	ENG	-12	65	68	71	68	272
T13	Maverick Antcliff	AUS	-11	67	67	72	67	273
T13	Johannes Veerman	USA	-11	62	71	72	68	273
T15	Gavin Green	MAS	-10	68	67	71	68	274
T15	Lorenzo Scalise	ITA	-10	68	69	69	68	274
T15	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	-10	65	66	72	71	274
T15	Keith Horne	RSA	-10	69	65	69	71	274
T15	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-10	63	71	69	71	274
T15	Min-Woo Lee	AUS	-10	66	69	67	72	274
T15	Jacques Blaauw	RSA	-10	69	65	67	73	274
T22	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-9	70	68	70	67	275
T22	Jean Hugo	RSA	-9	70	68	70	67	275
T22	Garth Mulroy	RSA	-9	71	65	71	68	275
T22	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	-9	65	67	73	70	275
T22	Richard Bland	ENG	-9	70	67	67	71	275
T22	Connor Syme	SCO	-9	66	68	69	72	275
T28	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-8	70	68	73	65	276
T28	Thomas Detry	BEL	-8	68	68	74	66	276
T28	Clement Sordet	FRA	-8	71	67	69	69	276
T28	Luke Jerling	RSA	-8	67	70	68	71	276
T28	Oliver Farr	WAL	-8	68	68	69	71	276
T28	C. J. Du Plessis	RSA	-8	66	69	69	72	276
T28	Juran Dreyer	RSA	-8	69	68	67	72	276
T28	Peter Karmis	RSA	-8	64	70	69	73	276
T36	Casey Jarvis	RSA	-7	68	70	72	67	277
T36	Rhys Enoch	WAL	-7	69	67	73	68	277
T36	Hennie Otto	RSA	-7	66	71	72	68	277
T36	Jeff Winther	SWE	-7	65	71	72	69	277
T36	Shaun Norris	RSA	-7	68	69	70	70	277
T36	Mark Williams	RSA	-7	67	67	71	72	277
T36	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-7	65	70	70	72	277
T36	Steve Surry	ENG	-7	69	67	68	73	277
T36	Thriston Lawrence	RSA	-7	67	65	70	75	277
T45	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-6	70	68	71	69	278
T45	David Coupland	ENG	-6	71	67	71	69	278
T45	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-6	70	66	72	70	278
T45	Marc Warren	SCO	-6	70	68	65	75	278
T49	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-5	68	68	72	71	279
T49	Marcel Siem	GER	-5	66	69	72	72	279
T51	Philip Geerts	RSA	-4	66	70	75	69	280
T51	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-4	66	71	71	72	280
T51	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-4	70	67	71	72	280
T51	Sami Vaelimaeki	FIN	-4	67	70	71	72	280
T51	James Du Preez	RSA	-4	71	65	71	73	280
T51	Chase Hanna	USA	-4	70	68	69	73	280
T57	Deon Germishuys	RSA	-3	70	68	71	72	281
T57	Chris Paisley	ENG	-3	68	68	72	73	281
T57	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-3	68	69	71	73	281
T57	Rikard Karlberg	SWE	-3	70	67	71	73	281
T57	Jonathan Caldwell	NIR	-3	70	68	70	73	281
T62	Sam Horsfield	ENG	-2	64	68	75	75	282
T62	Jarryd Felton	AUS	-2	67	71	68	76	282
T64	Matias Calderon	CHI	-1	64	72	72	75	283
T64	Hurly Long	GER	-1	70	66	70	77	283
T66	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	Par	66	72	74	72	284
T66	Wynand Dingle	RSA	Par	68	67	74	75	284
T66	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	69	67	70	78	284
T69	Estiaan Conradie	RSA	1	72	66	75	72	285
T69	David Micheluzzi	AUS	1	65	72	71	77	285
T71	Philip Eriksson	SWE	2	70	68	72	76	286
T71	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	2	64	74	73	75	286
T73	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	3	66	72	74	75	287
T73	Ross McGowan	ENG	3	69	68	72	78	287
75	Daniel Greene	RSA	5	67	66	78	78	289
76	Christo Lamprecht	RSA	8	70	68	77	77	292
CUT	Anton Haig	RSA	-3	71	68	-	-	139
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	-3	72	67	-	-	139
CUT	Daniel Young	SCO	-3	69	70	-	-	139
CUT	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	-3	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	Garrick Higgo	RSA	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	James Kamte	RSA	-3	72	67	-	-	139
CUT	Jovan Rebula	RSA	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	Justin Harding	RSA	-3	69	70	-	-	139
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	-3	73	66	-	-	139
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	-3	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	Luke Brown	NZL	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	Musiwalo Nethunzwi	RSA	-3	67	72	-	-	139
CUT	Neil Schietekat	RSA	-3	69	70	-	-	139
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	-3	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	Rasmus Hoejgaard	DEN	-3	65	74	-	-	139
CUT	Ricardo Santos	POR	-3	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	Richard Sterne	RSA	-3	71	68	-	-	139
CUT	Sean Crocker	USA	-3	67	72	-	-	139
CUT	Toto Thimba Jr.	RSA	-3	64	75	-	-	139
CUT	Wil Besseling	NED	-3	73	66	-	-	139
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	-3	69	70	-	-	139
CUT	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-2	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	Anthony Michael	RSA	-2	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	Anton Karlsson	SWE	-2	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	Caylum Boon	RSA	-2	68	72	-	-	140
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	-2	73	67	-	-	140
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-2	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	-2	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	David Howell	ENG	-2	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	Doug McGuigan	RSA	-2	68	72	-	-	140
CUT	Garrick Porteous	ENG	-2	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	Jbe Kruger	RSA	-2	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	MJ Viljoen	RSA	-2	66	74	-	-	140
CUT	Nicolai Hoejgaard	DEN	-2	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	Robin Petersson	SWE	-2	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	-2	68	72	-	-	140
CUT	Toby Tree	ENG	-2	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-1	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	Brandon Stone	RSA	-1	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Callum Mowat	RSA	-1	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Damien Perrier	FRA	-1	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Fredrik From	SWE	-1	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Jake Redman	RSA	-1	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	-1	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	-1	67	74	-	-	141
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-1	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Merrick Bremner	RSA	-1	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	Niklas Lemke	SWE	-1	73	68	-	-	141
CUT	Ockie Strydom	RSA	-1	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Ruan Conradie	RSA	-1	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Stefan Wears-Taylor	RSA	-1	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	RSA	-1	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Benjamin Poke	DNK	Par	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Chris Swanepoel	RSA	Par	74	68	-	-	142
CUT	Conor Purcell	IRL	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Dylan Naidoo	RSA	Par	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Jonathon Agren	SWE	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Jordan Wrisdale	ENG	Par	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Louis Albertse	RSA	Par	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Merrick van As	RSA	Par	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	Par	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	Par	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Riekus Nortje	RSA	Par	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	1	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	1	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	Danie van Tonder	RSA	1	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	David Law	SCO	1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Dylan Kok	RSA	1	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	Lars van Meijel	NED	1	68	75	-	-	143
CUT	Madalitso Muthiya	ZMB	1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Makgetha Mazibuko	RSA	1	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	Paul Boshoff	RSA	1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Richard McEvoy	ENG	1	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	Ryan Tipping	RSA	1	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	GER	1	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	Stephen Ferreira	POR	1	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	Bennie van der Merwe	RSA	2	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Dale Whitnell	ENG	2	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Derick Petersen	RSA	2	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Duane Keun	RSA	2	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	2	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Francesco Laporta	ITA	2	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Jacques P. de Villiers	RSA	2	67	77	-	-	144
CUT	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	FRA	2	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Jordan Duminy	RSA	2	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Keenan Davidse	RSA	2	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Morten Orum Madsen	DEN	2	68	76	-	-	144
CUT	Quintin Wilsnach	RSA	2	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	Ryan Cairns	ZWE	2	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Teaghan Gauche	RSA	2	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Theunis Bezuidenhout	RSA	2	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Yurav Premlall	RSA	2	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	3	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	3	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	Christiaan Basson	RSA	3	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	Craig Howie	SCO	3	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Daan Huizing	NED	3	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	Dwayne Basson	RSA	3	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Heinrich Bruiners	RSA	3	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Herman Loubser	RSA	3	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	3	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	James Kingston	RSA	3	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	Keelan van Wyk	RSA	3	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	Kieron van Wyk	RSA	3	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Lee Slattery	ENG	3	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	Lyle Rowe	RSA	3	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	Max Schmitt	GER	3	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	Stanislav Matus	CZE	3	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Thabiso Ngcobo	RSA	3	68	77	-	-	145
CUT	Aaron Zemmer	ITA	4	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	Allister De Kock	RSA	4	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Andre Nel	RSA	4	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	Andrew Van der Knaap	RSA	4	70	76	-	-	146
CUT	Chris Wood	ENG	4	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	4	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	SCO	4	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	Franklin Manchest	RSA	4	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	POR	4	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	Martin Vorster	RSA	4	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Martin Leth Simonsen	DEN	4	70	76	-	-	146
CUT	Oliver Bekker	RSA	4	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Robin Roussel	FRA	4	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	Alex Haindl	RSA	5	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Benjamin Follett-Smith	ZIM	5	79	68	-	-	147
CUT	Combrinck Smit	RSA	5	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	David Dixon	ENG	5	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Gregory Havret	FRA	5	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	5	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Kyle Barker	RSA	5	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	Roberto Lupini	RSA	5	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Basil Wright	RSA	6	69	79	-	-	148
CUT	Coert Groenewald	RSA	6	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	David McIntyre	RSA	6	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	Kyle de Beer	RSA	6	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	Peetie van der Merwe	RSA	6	69	79	-	-	148
CUT	Samuel Simpson	RSA	6	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	6	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	Dylan Mostert	RSA	7	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Gerrit Foster	RSA	7	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Titch Moore	RSA	7	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	James Allan	ENG	8	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	Jesper Sandborg	SWE	8	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	Kyle McClatchie	RSA	8	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	Marc Cayeux	ZWE	8	70	80	-	-	150
CUT	Tom Gandy	IMN	8	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	Wallie Coetsee	RSA	8	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	Jacquin Hess	RSA	9	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	Terence Mogapi	RSA	9	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	10	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	Clayton Mansfield	RSA	10	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	Gary Stal	FRA	10	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	Adriel Poonan	RSA	11	73	80	-	-	153
CUT	Keelan Africa	RSA	11	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	Cameron Esau	RSA	12	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	Chris Cannon	ENG	12	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	12	81	73	-	-	154
CUT	Clinton Grobler	RSA	14	77	79	-	-	156
RET	Pieter Moolman	RSA	Par	75	72	-	-	147

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