Branden Grace

​Grace was born in Pretoria. 20 May 1988.

As an amateur he participated in the Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation. He won the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2006 He turned professional in 2007.  
On 22 July 2017, Grace shot a 62 in the third round of the Open Championship at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, setting a record for the lowest round in a men's major championship.  In November 2017, Grace won the Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, North West province, South Africa. This victory was worth $1,166,660. 
In January 2019, Grace started working with Scottish caddie, Craig Connelly. January 2020, Grace fired a final round 62 to win the South African Open. The victory capped a unique milestone for Grace. Previously in his career, he had won every significant tournament in South African golf: Joburg Open (2012), Alfred Dunhill Championship (2014), the Dimension Data Pro-Am (2015) and the Nedbank Golf Challenge (2017).
​The national Open was the only one missing. In February,2021, Grace finished eagle-birdie at the Puerto Rico Open to claim his second PGA Tour victory.

PGA Tour                2
European Tour    9
Sunshine Tour      6