Cape Town - Branden Grace carried the South African flag at the year’s fourth and final golf major.
Grace shot a three under par 67 in Sunday's final round to finish tied for fourth in the PGA Championship at Baltusrol, Springfield.
He closed on nine under par, five shots behind champion Jimmy Walker from America.
Louis Oosthuizen (-4) was the next best South Africa, finishing tied for 22nd. He was followed by Charl Schwartzel (-2, tied for 42nd), George Coetzee (+1, tied for 60th) and Ernie Els (+2, tied for 66th).
Brandon Stone and the South African-born Johan Kok had earlier missed the cut.
Scores on Sunday after the final round of the 98th PGA Championship at par-70 Baltusrol Golf Club (USA unless noted):
266 - Jimmy Walker (USA) 65-66-68-67
267 - Jason Day (AUS) 68-65-67-67
270 - Daniel Summerhays (USA) 70-67-67-66
271 - Branden Grace (RSA) 70-68-66-67, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 69-67-67-68, Brooks Koepka (USA) 68-67-66-70
272 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 67-67-67-71, Martin Kaymer (GER) 66-69-71-66, Robert Streb (USA) 68-63-72-69
273 - Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 71-68-66-68, Paul Casey (ENG) 69-69-68-67, William McGirt (USA) 70-67-66-70
274 - Padraig Harrington (IRL) 71-70-65-68, Webb Simpson (USA) 69-69-66-70, Jordan Spieth (USA) 70-67-69-68, Patrick Reed (USA) 70-65-70-69, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 66-67-73-68
275 - Kevin Kisner (USA) 71-69-65-70, John Senden (AUS) 68-70-69-68, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 69-68-69-69, Adam Scott (AUS) 70-67-69-69
276 - Justin Rose (ENG) 70-72-66-68, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 71-70-68-67, Kyle Reifers (USA) 70-70-70-66, Russell Knox (SCO) 70-70-67-69, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 68-71-70-67, Russell Henley (USA) 68-72-68-68, Kevin Na (USA) 71-68-71-66, David Lingmerth (SWE) 68-70-69-69, K.J. Choi (KOR) 68-70-71-67, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-70-70-68, Billy Hurley (USA) 72-65-69-70
277 - Joost Luiten (NED) 72-70-70-65, Phil Mickelson (USA) 71-70-68-68, Vaughn Taylor (USA) 68-71-70-68, Soren Kjeldsen (SWE) 70-69-73-65, Jon Curran (USA) 69-69-69-70, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 71-66-73-67, Zach Johnson (USA) 71-66-71-69, Yuta Ikeda (JPN) 70-67-73-67, Rickie Fowler (USA) 68-68-71-70
278 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 73-69-66-70, Ryan Palmer (USA) 71-71-69-67, Keegan Bradley (USA) 73-68-71-66, Ross Fisher (ENG) 66-73-70-69, Steve Stricker (USA) 69-70-67-72, Scott Hend (AUS) 68-70-68-72, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 69-67-72-70
279 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 72-70-70-67, Jason Kokrak (USA) 70-72-69-68, Patton Kizzire (USA) 71-71-68-69, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 72-70-70-67, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 70-70-71-68, Andy Sullivan (ENG) 67-71-72-69, Alex Noren (SWE) 70-68-71-70
280 - Bill Haas (USA) 70-70-68-72, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 73-66-70-71, Song Young-Han (KOR) 71-68-73-68, Danny Lee (NZL) 69-70-70-71
281 - Jason Dufner (USA) 71-71-70-69, Bubba Watson (USA) 71-69-70-71, Marc Leishman (AUS) 71-69-67-74, George Coetzee (RSA) 72-67-74-68, Andrew Johnston (ENG) 70-69-71-71, Harris English (USA) 67-69-74-71
282 - Roberto Castro (USA) 72-70-69-71, Ernie Els (RSA) 73-69-69-71, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 70-72-69-71, Justin Thomas (USA) 69-72-72-69
283 - Colt Knost (USA) 69-73-68-73, James Hahn (USA) 67-73-70-73, Ryan Moore (USA) 71-67-74-71
284 - Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 71-71-70-72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 72-70-73-69, Jim Furyk (USA) 74-67-69-74, Rich Beem (USA) 69-72-72-71, Daniel Berger (USA) 71-69-71-73, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 71-68-72-73
285 - Matt Jones (AUS) 74-68-70-73, Billy Horschel (USA) 72-70-71-72, Danny Willett (ENG) 71-70-74-70, Brian Stuard (USA) 70-70-75-70, Bradley Dredge (WAL) 69-71-75-70
286 - Cameron Tringale (USA) 72-68-77-69
287 - Lee Westwood (ENG) 69-70-73-75
290 - Thomas Pieters (BEL) 71-70-75-74