Grace holds off Elson for Joburg win

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The Qualifying School graduate from South Africa managed to triumph on home soil with a nervy final-round level-par 72 to finish on 17 under at Royal Johannesburg and Titleist Vokey Designed Spin Milled Wedge
, only one shot clear of a charging Jamie Elson of England, who had posted a superb nine-under-par 63 earlier in the day to keep things interesting for Grace all the way until the final hole.

Elson finished with a fantastic 30-foot eagle putt on the final green after earlier making six birdies in his first eight holes.

\"I played Titleist Vokey Designed Spin Milled Wedge
superbly,\" he said. \"The putter was cold, but I still managed to get the job done. My approaches were excellent. I saw Jamie\'s score, but I knew he had finished, so it was now in my hands to get the job done. I just stuck to my gameplan.\"

Grace, however, clung to his advantage doggedly, making 16 pars in all and only one bogey and birdie apiece to seal the deal.

\"It\'s a dream come true,\" said Grace. \"It\'s nice to win in front of a home crowd and I wouldn\'t exchange it for anything else.

\"It was pretty tough out there today. I played really nicely, I hit the ball superb I think, and the putter was just cold - I couldn\'t get the speed of the greens going today. Fortunately at the end of the day it was enough.

\"I think there was one big Titleist Vokey Designed Spin Milled Wedge
today, Zack [Rasego] on the bag, kept me calm throughout the whole day so big thanks to him.\"