Dean Burmester’s world ranking may prevent him from qualifying for next summer’s British Open, but after Sunday he won’t have to.
Burmester, who is currently an LIV Golf member and plays at Stinger GC, won the Joburg Open at Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg by three strokes on Sunday, earning him one of the three spots in the Open qualifying series and earning the Royal・I bought a ticket to Troon.
“Words can’t really describe what happened,” said Burmester, who finished with a 6-under 64. “The fans are always great at home in South Africa and it’s great to come and play at home.” Eat some braai meat and have a good time. ”
The 34-year-old South African quit his membership of the DP World Tour in May after joining LIV earlier this year.He competed in every Stinger event, recording five top-10s and finishing 14 times.th Individual points. Also, in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of last year, it has fallen from the top 60 to 154th place this week, but this is because LIV Golf has not yet earned any world ranking points from tournaments. This is because the acquisition was refused for the following reasons. Format issue.
Because the Joburg Open was jointly sanctioned by DP World and the Sunshine Tour, Burmester was able to compete using one of dozens of domestic exemptions. With this win, he became the second active LIV player to win the DPWT, following Cam Smith’s Australian PGA win last year.
Runner-up Darren Fitchard and third place Dan Bradbury were the two remaining players to qualify for the British Open.