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Burmester ready for Wentworth

───   MORGAN PIEK 16:44 Tue, 23 May 2017

Burmester ready for Wentworth | News Article
Dean Burmester - Petri Oeschger

The Bloemfontein professional golfer, Dean Burmester, was left impressed with the Wentworth Golf Course in England in the build up to the BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour.


The Tour’s flagship event is, without doubt, the biggest tournament the golfer will be competing in since securing his exemption by winning the Tshwane Open earlier this year.

On Sunday Burmester played on the course for the first time and he told Voice that it already feels like a World championship event.

“Sunday was the first time I’ve seen the course. It’s really strong, you really have to play well to score well and I can see why the players rate it so highly.

“As far as the event goes you’re normally not at the golf on a Sunday, but I was treated like royalty. It kind of feels like a World Cup championship and it’s nice to see such big grandstands around the course, so it’s going to be an exciting week.”

The 27-year-old golfer added that he is sure he will be ready to tee it up on the first event of the Rolex Series come Thursday.

“I’m excited to play well. The game feels like it is shaping up pretty nicely.

“It should be great fun and it will be good to see a lot of the celebrities, cricketers and the likes of coming out on Wednesday for the pro-am.

“Come Thursday hopefully all the preparation will be done and I’ll be ready.

No South African has won this prestigious tournament before, however, Ernie Els finished as the runner-up three times, Gary Player twice and once each by Dale Hayes, John Bland and Trevor Immelman.

The 2017 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in Virginia Waters tees off on Thursday.


Morgan Piek/OFM Sport


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