Branden Grace won after losing his father

Five weeks after losing his father Peter to Covid, Branden Grace wins his second career title on the PGA Tour. Almost five years after his first success (RBC Heritage in April 2016) the South African player in Rio Grande thanks to an eagle and a birdie in the final match made the Puerto Rico Open his own. Important success for the 32-year-old from Pretoria who returns to the top 100 players in the world jumping from 147 / a to 83 / a position.

Branden Grace, Puerto Rico Open

On the course of the Grand Reserve Country Club (par 72), in an event that involved many of the second lines of men's golf - with the big protagonists at the WGC - Grace with a partial bogey free final highlighted by a 66 (-6) on a total of 269 (-19) outperformed Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas in the photo finish, second with 270 (-18). Third place (272, -16) for the American Grayson Murray and the Puerto Rican Rafael Campos, both in the lead after the "moving day". The feat at the Puerto Rico Open also earned Grace a check for $ 540,000 on a total prize money of 3,000,000.

Meanwhile, Collin Morikawa wins the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession in Florida and emulates his legend of all time, Woods, becoming the only player - along with Tiger - to win a Major (the PGA Championship in 2020) and a WGC before of 25 years. In Bradenton, Morikawa's show company dedicates its success to "The Big Cat", in the most difficult days for Woods, involved in a serious car accident.

"Tiger means everything to me. Luckily he is better now and I hope he can recover as soon as possible. Every time in life we ​​lose people we love without thanking them enough for what they did. My grandfather passed away a month ago and this I want to dedicate victory to him and to Woods ". This is Morikawa's tribute at the end of the race.

After having mortgaged the success on the "moving day" the 24-year-old from Los Angeles with a partial final of 69 (-3) out of a total of 270 (-18), he crossed the line first with three strokes ahead of a trio of 'pursuers composed of compatriots Brooks Koepka and Billy Horschel, as well as the Norwegian Viktor Hovland, all second with 273 (-15). Fifth place (274, -14) for Scottie Scheffler, 6 / o (276, -12) for Rory McIlroy (for him the "WGC Slam is postponed), Louis Oosthuizen and Webb Simpson. Top 10 for Patrick Reed (defending champion) , 9 / o (277, -11) as Jason Kokrak.

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