SA’s Branden Grace in the mix at LIV Golf event at Steyn City: ‘What dreams are made of’

Branden Grace of the Southern Guards LIV Golf team celebrates a dropped putt during his second round of the tournament at Steyn City on Friday. Picture: Johan Rynners/Getty Images American crowd-pleaser Bryson DeChambeau is the man to catch at the LIV Golf tournament at Steyn City this weekend. The big-hitting member of the Crushers team fired a second round six-under-par 65 on Friday to go with his opening 63 to be 14-under-par after the first two rounds of the first LIV tournament on African soil.

He leads by two from Spain’s David Puig (Fireballs), who shot a second round 64 to go with his opening 66, while also lurking is South Africa’s own Branden Grace (Southern Guards), who went round the par-71 layout in 66 shots on Friday. He also shot a 64 in the opening round Thursday. Grace’s second round included six birdies and the one dropped shot at the par-four 15th.

He and the other three South African players were loudly cheered on by thousands of fans who turned up at Steyn City on Friday. “This is what dreams are made of,” said Grace in a television interview after his round. “It’s the best day I’ve experienced on a golf course in South Africa.

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What a day, just phenomenal, it’s what we (the South African players on the LIV Golf tour) dreamed it would be. “The closest to this (experience) is the Presidents Cup, but this is a notch up on that.” Grace said he was very much in the mix and needed to stay focused over the next two days. “I’m trying to win this thing. I’m going to need to keep going after shots.” Also very much in the mix for the individual prize at the end of the week is another South African from the Southern Guards team, Dean Burmester, who fired the round of the day, a thrilling 64 to go with his first round 67.

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