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Cape Town - Branden Grace was South Africa’s best performing golfer at this past weekend’s US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Grace shot a one over par 71 on Sunday to finish with an even par score of 280 for the tournament.
He finished tied for fifth spot and was only four shots behind eventual champion Dustin Johnson of America, who claimed his first major title.
Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel were the other South Africans who made the cut, with both finishing tied for 23rd spot with seven over par 287s.
The other South Africans taking part in the event - Ernie Els (+10), Retief Goosen (+10), Jaco van Zyl (+13) and Thomas Aiken (+13) - all failed to make the cut for the final two rounds.
Collated final round scores Sunday at the US Open, played at par-70 Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania: (USA unless stated)
276 - Dustin Johnson 67 69 71 69
279 - Jim Furyk 71 68 74 66, Shane Lowry (IRL) 68 70 65 76, Scott Piercy 68 70 72 69
280 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68 70 72 70, Branden Grace (RSA) 73 70 66 71
281 - Kevin Na 75 68 69 69
282 - Jason Day (AUS) 76 69 66 71, Zach Johnson 71 69 71 71, Jason Dufner 73 71 68 70, Daniel Summerhays 74 65 69 74
283 - David Lingmerth (SWE) 72 69 75 67
284 - Brooks Koepka 75 69 72 68, Kevin Streelman 69 74 69 72
285 - Brendan Steele 71 71 70 73, Andrew Landry 66 71 70 78, Bryson De Chambeau 71 70 70 74
286 - Adam Scott (AUS) 71 69 72 74, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 72 71 71 72, Sung Kang (KOR) 70 72 70 74, Marc Leishman (AUS) 71 69 77 69, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 71 67 75 73
287 - Chris Wood (ENG) 75 70 71 71, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 76 68 69 74, Byeong-Hun An (KOR) 74 70 73 70, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 75 65 74 73, Derek Fathauer 73 69 70 75, Andrew Sullivan (ENG) 71 68 75 73, Jon Rahm (ESP) 76 69 72 70, Russell Knox (SCO) 70 71 73 73, Yusaku Miyazato (JPN) 73 69 71 74
288 - Justin Thomas 73 69 73 73, Billy Horschel 72 74 66 76, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 74 70 69 75, Lee Westwood (ENG) 67 72 69 80, Ryan Moore 74 72 72 70
289 - Jason Kokrak 71 70 74 74, Charley Hoffman 72 74 70 73, Danny Willett (ENG) 75 70 73 71, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 70 76 72 71, Martin Kaymer (GER) 73 73 72 71, Harris English 70 71 72 76, Daniel Berger 70 72 70 77, Rob Oppenheim 72 72 72 73, Jordan Spieth 72 72 70 75
290 - Matteo Manassero (ITA) 76 70 71 73, Patrick Rodgers 73 72 68 77, Matt Kuchar 71 72 71 76
291 - James Hahn 73 71 75 72, Kevin Kisner 73 71 71 76
292 - Bill Haas 76 69 73 74, Bubba Watson 69 76 72 75, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 70 76 74 72
293 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 73 70 75 75, Andrew Johnston (ENG) 75 69 75 74, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 73 70 79 71
294 - Danny Lee (NZL) 69 77 74 74, Lee Slattery (ENG) 72 68 78 76
295 - Cameron Smith (AUS) 71 75 70 79, Brandon Harkins 71 74 73 77
296 - Matt Marshall 72 73 75 76, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 71 75 75 75
297 - Romain Wattel (FRA) 71 75 75 76
298 - Chase Parker 75 70 72 81
299 - Ethan Tracy 73 70 79 77, Spencer Levin 73 72 77 77
304 - Justin Hicks 73 72 78 81
