{"id":21990,"date":"2025-08-11T16:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/?p=21990"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:03:43","slug":"dean-burmester-cashes-in-with-liv-golf-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/dean-burmester-cashes-in-with-liv-golf-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Burmester Cashes In with LIV Golf Chicago Victory and Team Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South African golfer Dean Burmester will have plenty to celebrate and a significantly heavier bank account after clinching the LIV Golf Chicago title on Sunday, along with the coveted team trophy for the Stingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-playoff-drama-at-chicago\"><strong>Playoff Drama at Chicago<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Burmester sealed his win in thrilling fashion, prevailing on the first playoff hole against Spanish stars Jon Rahm and Josele Ballester. All three finished regulation play tied at nine-under-par after three rounds. On the deciding hole, Burmester made a birdie three, while Rahm and Ballester could only manage pars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"gaute-1909345200\" class=\"gaute-inbetween-content gaute-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"gaute-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1852772760112594\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1852772760112594\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1819787043\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-massive-payday\"><strong>Massive Payday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory earned Burmester a cool $4 million (around R70.88 million), marking his second career win on the LIV Golf circuit after triumphing in Miami last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Stinger teammates also enjoyed strong performances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Branden Grace<\/strong> \u2013 Tied 5th, earning <strong>$700,000<\/strong> (about <strong>R12 million<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charl Schwartzel<\/strong> \u2013 Tied 25th, earning <strong>R3.3 million<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Louis Oosthuizen<\/strong> \u2013 Tied 29th, earning <strong>R2.9 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stingers-take-the-team-crown\"><strong>Stingers Take the Team Crown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebrations didn\u2019t end with the individual win. The Stingers emerged victorious in the team competition, edging out Torque in a playoff after both sides finished on 17-under-par. The four-man South African side will split an additional $3 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LIV Golf season continues later this month with the Michigan event from 22 to 24 August. Excitement is also building at home South Africa will host its first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/sport\/how-much-money-dean-burmester-will-bank-after-winning-liv-chicago-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIV Golf<\/a> tournament in March next year at Steyn City in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want, I can also make a table breaking down all the players\u2019 earnings for this event so it\u2019s visually clear. That would make the article more engaging for sports readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/liv-golf-comes-to-south-africa\/\">LIV Golf Comes to South Africa: How Steyn City Will Redefine Pro Golf in the Country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African golfer Dean Burmester will have plenty to celebrate and a significantly heavier bank account after clinching the LIV Golf Chicago title on Sunday, along with the coveted team trophy for the Stingers. Playoff Drama at Chicago Burmester sealed his win in thrilling fashion, prevailing on the first playoff hole against Spanish stars Jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"South African golfer Dean Burmester will have plenty to celebrate and a significantly heavier bank account after clinching the LIV Golf Chicago title on...","footnotes":""},"categories":[56,64],"tags":[6720],"class_list":{"0":"post-21990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"category-sports-news","9":"tag-liv-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21996,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21990\/revisions\/21996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}