Dean Burmester

Representing South Africa on LIV Golf, Dean Burmester carries a 80 overall rating and a Tour Winner profile, built around power graded A+, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power A+ — top-tier in the 2025–26 pool; only 4 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• At B, Burmester's accuracy rating is a mild soft spot (42nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 55 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At B+, Burmester's iron play rating is a shade above the pool average (61st percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 37 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game B — a mild soft spot in the 2025–26 pool; 64 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at B+ for Burmester, on the stronger side of average across the 2025–26 pool: 30 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At B+, Burmester's course iq rating is on the stronger side of average (62nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve B+ — on the stronger side of average in the 2025–26 pool; 46 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At B+, Burmester's consistency rating is on the stronger side of average (56th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 42 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at B for Burmester, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 75 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Tour Winner. A solid tour winner's profile — no glaring weakness, a rating comfortably above the pool average, and enough all-around game to be a threat most weeks without a single standout attribute.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Gary Woodland, Thomas Detry and Jordan Spieth, in that order of similarity.

• Gary Woodland,
• Thomas Detry,
• Jordan Spieth

Of the 24 events on the schedule, The Sentry, Masters Tournament and PGA Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• The Sentry — Marquee
• Masters Tournament — Major
• PGA Championship — Major

At $6M (B tier), Dean Burmester leaves $39M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 32 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (accuracy, short game and engine) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Tommy Fleetwood ($10M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Tommy Fleetwood ($10M),
• Rory McIlroy ($10M)

Big-hitting South African; LIV #17 2026; 2024 LIV Miami winner. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.