Dean Burmester

## **Dean Burmester: LIV Golf winner with a big-hitting reputation** At the age of 33, Dean Burmester finally earned his PGA Tour card – then he made the move to LIV Golf. Burmester had played just eight events in his rookie PGA Tour season – making seven cuts – when in February 2023 he announced he was joining Louis Oosthuizen’s Southern Guards GC. At that stage of his career, the Zimbabwe-born pro was a two-time DP World Tour winner, had eight victories in the Sunshine Tour to his name and sat 62nd in the Official World Golf Ranking. So why did he walk away from that hard-earned spot on the PGA Tour? It was a call from the Southern Guards captain at the start of the year that changed Burmester’s career path forever. Oosthuizen was looking for a permanent team member to join him, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel in an all-South African lineup. “Louis phoned me the week of the Amex on the Wednesday,” Burmester told "Fairway To Heaven," LIV Golf’s official podcast. “He said, ‘Branden and Charl have both told me to give you a call. I’m looking for a fourth guy and basically you’re the guy, so it’s yours if you want it’.”