Branden Grace going strong as play disrupted again in Johannesburg

Branden Grace justified his position as pre-tournament favourite before bad weather disrupted play for the second day running in the BMW SA Open in Johannesburg.

Grace was two over par after three holes of his opening round before recovering to card a 69 and the world number 14 – the highest ranked player in the field - carried on where he left off.

The 27-year-old fired four birdies in a row from the second at Glendower Golf Club and bounced back from a bogey on the sixth by picking up further shots on the 10th and 11th shortly before play was suspended at 3pm local time.