Golf
Burmester stong at Mauritius Open─── 09:04 Fri, 08 May 2015
Bloemfontein’s Dean Burmester tees-off in today’s second round of the lucrative Mauritius Open in a strong position after carding a solid opening round yesterday.
The Zimbabwean-born golfer fired a five birdies and a bogey on the 18th to finish on four under par 67 to end the day in joint 6th.
The tournament which is the first ever tri-santioned event between the Sunshine, European and Asians Tours and has attracted some of the top golfers on the three tours.
However, the big names had a quite first round, and South Africa's Ollie Bekker finished his round in tied fourth on five under par.
With a possible European Tour card on offer for Burmester, the payer said there is a lot to play for.
"It saves you from Tour School, so I think it's on anybody's mind really when they come here, even guys who want to hold their cards that are playing in Europe at the moment, so do the best you can and hope you lift the trophy on Sunday,"Burmester said after his first round at the Heritage Golf Club.
The player who is currenltly sixth on the Sunshine Tour's Order of Merit standings with over R1,9 million in earnings since February wants to keep his good start to the season going.
"I like to think it's been a good start to the year, I've been playing nicely for a while, so it's great to be out here and keeping the good golf going," he said.
"Ive given myself a chance to get into the Nedbank, so these big money events like here in Mauritius are everything for us on the Sunshine Tour. I'm off to a good start, and we'll see how it goes for the rest of the week," he added.
A short while ago South Africa's George Coetzee snuck into the top 10, with three birdies in first 8 holes of this second round.
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