Title-chasing Grace answers free-drop critics at Wentworth


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 27 May 2017

Britain Golf - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England - 26/5/17 South Africa's Branden Grace tees off on the 5th during the second round Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic

VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - South African Branden Grace shrugged off criticism about a free drop he took 24 hours earlier to maintain his title push in the second round of the $7 million BMW PGA Championship on Friday.

On Thursday, the 29-year-old's ball became plugged on an awkward upslope in a greenside bunker at the par-four 13th hole.

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