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NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY GARY PLAYERNovember 11, 2017Branden GraceSun City, South Africa Q. Three double-bogey sixes in your first nine yesterday, out in 42; how have you bounced back? BRANDEN GRACE: I'm a grinder. Today wasn't the best of stuff. The first nine didn't really feel too good. Then mind over matter a little over that, and told myself, if I can get it to under par finishing the day yesterday, I'm still in this tournament. I knew I had to grind out a score today. It's a lot easier conditions but not easy to get all those birdies out there. I gave myself a chance and hopefully I'm in with a good shout tomorrow. Q. Did you set yourself a target today to shoot a score? BRANDEN GRACE: I think 5-under was my target but obviously disappointing bogeying the last. I think that was the only poor shot I hit all day off the tee. Those things happen. But it's still a good round. Tomorrow, anything can happen. You've seen some good scores and some bad scores on this golf course, and maybe I can pull an Alex off tomorrow. Q. 6-over on the front nine, 11-under for the back. If you get a good start tomorrow, watch out, field? BRANDEN GRACE: Hopefully. I spoke to my coach last night and he said, listen. Just get the first 9-under control and you can give yourself a push on the second. I managed to do that today with 1-under, which was great, and pushed on like all the other day. Q. How excited to win Africa's major tomorrow? BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, big time. This is my third chance so hopefully third time lucky. Still a long way to go. I have to go out there and grind away and make some putts. Q. You've played these nines almost as two different golf courses for the week: 6-over for the front nine, 11-under for the back nine. Do you try and work out why that is? BRANDEN GRACE: Not really. To be quite honest, like I said, I wasn't feeling too got front nine yesterday. I had a slip before I went out, and I maybe got a little bit of a shock to the body. Those things happen. I didn't read too much into it. But I had those goals and I am a grinder and I am a fighter; I thought that if I can put it back, I can do it. Obviously 11-under on the back nine is a big difference than maybe 1- or 2-over on the front. But I don't feel I've played that badly on the front. The scores are just not happening. I gave myself chances on the second almost every day -- well, the first day and today, but just didn't make those. Those are those momentum things you need to do: Make the birdie, get off to a good start and then you go into the round, and as soon as you come to a bogey, you catch up and I feel like that's what I've been doing. Q. Overall you must be very pleased with the way the overall round went. BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, definitely. I hit it great again today. From the back nine yesterday, leading into today, I was quite on song. A couple of bad shots, but those things happen. It's still tough out there. The wind is not a big factor today but it's swirling a little bit, so it's really hard to commit and trust yourself and what you're doing and hitting the shots. Hopefully I can do a couple of good birdies tomorrow and be in with a shot. Q. How much are you looking forward to tomorrow in contention for this big tournament? BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, big time. This is one of those events you grow up watching as a South African and this is probably the event as a South African you want to win in South Africa. It's Africa's major for a reason, and it's one of those you're going to have to play well to win, and hopefully I can do that tomorrow. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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