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Summary South African Branden Grace won the Joburg Open and his maiden European Tour title.
South Africas Branden Grace clinched his first European Tour title with a level-par final-round 72 on Sunday for a one-shot win at the Joburg Open.Grace had one bogey and a birdie on the East Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club to finish with a 17-under-par 270 total to edge out Englishman Jamie Elson.The 23-year-old Grace saw his three-shot third-round lead cut to one as Elson made a 30-foot putt for eagle on No. 18.But Grace, one of 27 players to complete his third round in the morning, held on with nine straight pars coming home for the $260,000 winners share. It was his second professional win.Scottish pair David Drysdale and Marc Warren were part of a six-way tie for third. Retief Goosen finished 16th on 10-under 277.
