Dean Burmester started the day two shot behind the lead and closed with a 68 to win the Investec South African Open Championship by three shots after also winning last week’s Joburg Open by the same margin.
“Back-to-back! I’ve never done that before so that was special.
“It’s obviously one as a South African that I’ve always wanted to win.
“To be involved in this tournament and to win it, with a bank that used to sponsor me and got me off the ground when I was just a kid, is super special.
“So to be the SA Open champion is something I’ll never forget.
“It’s a tournament I watched growing up and I watched a lot of legends.”
Fellow South African Ryan van Velzen who held a share of the overnight lead ran into trouble with two double bogeys ar the par-3 3rd and the par-4 14th and closed with a 73 for a share of second place at 8-under alongside Italy’s Renato Paratore (70) and Sweden’s Jesper Svensson (71).
South African Jayden Schaper who was tied for the overnight lead closed with a 74 and tied for fifth place at 7-under.
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ISPS HANDA Australian Open R4
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURMESTER, Dean | -11 | 70 | 74 | 65 | 68 | 277 |
| 2 | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | -8 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 280 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | -8 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 280 |
| | SVENSSON, Jesper | -8 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 280 |
| 5 | SCHAPER, Jayden | -7 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 281 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | -7 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 281 |
| | MANASSERO, Matteo | -7 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 281 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | -7 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 281 |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | -7 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 281 |
| 10 | LAPORTA, Francesco | -6 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 282 |
| LAWRENCE, Thriston | -6 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 282 | |
| 12 | LOMBARD, Zander | -5 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 283 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -5 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 283 |
| | NIENABER, Wilco | -5 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 283 |
| | PENGE, Marco | -5 | 75 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 283 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | -5 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 283 |
| 17 | SCHMID, Matti | -4 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 284 |
| | RAVETTO, David | -4 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 284 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | -4 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 284 |
| | BEZUIDENHOUT, Christiaan | -4 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 284 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | -4 | 75 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 284 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -4 | 74 | 67 | 74 | 69 | 284 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | -4 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 284 |
| | FISHER, Ross | -4 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 69 | 284 |
| 25 | COCKERILL, Aaron | -3 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 285 |
| SAMOOJA, Kalle | -3 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 285 | |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -3 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 285 |
| | VAN ZYL, Jaco | -3 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 285 |
| | FRIEDRICHSEN, Sebastian | -3 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 285 |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | -3 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 70 | 285 |
| 31 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -2 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 286 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | -2 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 286 |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | -2 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 286 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | -2 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 286 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -2 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 286 |
| | ALBERTSE, Louis | -2 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 286 |
| | ENEFER, Will | -2 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 286 |
| 38 | DE VILLIERS, Jacques P | -1 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 287 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | -1 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 287 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | -1 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 287 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -1 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 287 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -1 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 287 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -1 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 287 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -1 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 |
| 45 | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | Par | 72 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 288 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | Par | 70 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 288 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | Par | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 288 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | Par | 74 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 288 |
| | LAW, David | Par | 72 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 288 |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | Par | 72 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 288 |
| SHARMA, Shubhankar | Par | 73 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 288 | |
| 52 | JARVIS, Casey | +1 | 66 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 289 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | +1 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 289 |
| | MORRISON, James | +1 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 289 |
| | FILIPPI, Luca | +1 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 289 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | +1 | 68 | 76 | 76 | 69 | 289 |
| 57 | BRUINERS, Heinrich | +2 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 77 | 290 |
| | REBULA, Jovan | +2 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 290 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | +2 | 69 | 69 | 75 | 77 | 290 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +2 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 290 |
| | BRADLEY, Sean | +2 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 290 |
| | VAN DER MERWE, Altin (AM) | +2 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 290 |
| | EPSON, Hunter | +2 | 72 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 290 |
| | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | +2 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 290 |
| 65 | SMITH, Ethan | +5 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 293 |
| 66 | AHLERS, Jaco | +6 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 294 |
| | SCALISE, Lorenzo | +6 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 72 | 294 |
| 68 | KOFSTAD, Espen | +8 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 78 | 296 |
| 69 | SMIT, Combrinck | +9 | 68 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 297 |
| 70 | CELLI, Filippo | +11 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 299 |
| 71 | TARRIO, Santiago | +12 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 82 | 300 |
| CUT | |||||||
| 72 | VAN DER SPUY, Rourke | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| | JOHNSTON, Andrew | +1 | 77 | 68 | - | - | 145 |
| | BARKER, Kyle | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | +1 | 70 | 75 | - | - | 145 |
| | SORDET, Clément | +1 | 74 | 71 | - | - | 145 |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | +1 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| | KAMINSKI, Rupert | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| | ERICKSON, Dan | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| | PREMLALL, Yurav | +1 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | +1 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | +1 | 77 | 68 | - | - | 145 |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| 84 | WEARS-TAYLOR, Stefan | +2 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 |
| | MAAS, Christian (AM) | +2 | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
| | SIMPSON, Samuel | +2 | 76 | 70 | - | - | 146 |
| | DAVIDSON, Jack | +2 | 70 | 76 | - | - | 146 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | +2 | 76 | 70 | - | - | 146 |
| | VAN NIEKERK, Danie | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 |
| 91 | GOUNDEN, Aneurin | +3 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | +3 | 73 | 74 | - | - | 147 |
| | VENTER, Albert | +3 | 75 | 72 | - | - | 147 |
| | HUGO, Jean | +3 | 73 | 74 | - | - | 147 |
| | MICHAEL, Anthony | +3 | 72 | 75 | - | - | 147 |
| | DINGLE, Wynand | +3 | 71 | 76 | - | - | 147 |
| | WU, Ashun | +3 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
| 98 | BAWDEN, Bradley | +4 | 71 | 77 | - | - | 148 |
| | PEPLER, Gerhard | +4 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
| | DAVIDSE, Keenan | +4 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
| ROWE, Lyle | +4 | 70 | 78 | - | - | 148 | |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | +4 | 74 | 74 | - | - | 148 |
| | MOOLMAN, Pieter | +4 | 73 | 75 | - | - | 148 |
| | STRYDOM, Tristen | +4 | 71 | 77 | - | - | 148 |
| | VORSTER, Martin | +4 | 74 | 74 | - | - | 148 |
| 106 | SPACEY, Matthew | +5 | 78 | 71 | - | - | 149 |
| | HANNA, Chase | +5 | 73 | 76 | - | - | 149 |
| | MANLEY, Stuart | +5 | 76 | 73 | - | - | 149 |
| | PRINSLOO, Jaco | +5 | 77 | 72 | - | - | 149 |
| | AMM, David Rowland Montague | +5 | 76 | 73 | - | - | 149 |
| 111 | GIRRBACH, Joel | +6 | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 |
| | RUSCH, Benjamin | +6 | 73 | 77 | - | - | 150 |
| | FISHER JNR, Trevor | +6 | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 |
| | SIMON, Thabang | +6 | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 |
| | BLOMME, Adam | +6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | +6 | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | +6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | +6 | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 |
| | LAMPRECHT, Christo (AM) | +6 | 76 | 74 | - | - | 150 |
| 120 | BOSHOFF, William Louis | +7 | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 |
| | BENNETT, Daniel (AM) | +7 | 72 | 79 | - | - | 151 |
| | VILJOEN, MJ | +7 | 73 | 78 | - | - | 151 |
| | KARMIS, Peter | +7 | 75 | 76 | - | - | 151 |
| | BREMNER, Merrick | +7 | 81 | 70 | - | - | 151 |
| | REDMAN, Jake | +7 | 71 | 80 | - | - | 151 |
| | GRADECKI, Mateusz | +7 | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 |
| | ROHWER, Martin | +7 | 72 | 79 | - | - | 151 |
| | KARLSSON, Anton | +7 | 72 | 79 | - | - | 151 |
| | OTTO, Hennie | +7 | 73 | 78 | - | - | 151 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | +7 | 68 | 83 | - | - | 151 |
| | MOSTERT, Dylan | +7 | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | +7 | 71 | 80 | - | - | 151 |
| | BLAAUW, Jacques | +7 | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 |
| | BURNAND, Jordan (AM) | +7 | 80 | 71 | - | - | 151 |
| | WILSON, Oliver | +7 | 73 | 78 | - | - | 151 |
| 136 | SCHIETEKAT, Neil | +8 | 71 | 81 | - | - | 152 |
| | KORB, Ruan | +8 | 72 | 80 | - | - | 152 |
| 138 | STONE, Brandon | +9 | 75 | 78 | - | - | 153 |
| | RAMA, Nikhil | +9 | 73 | 80 | - | - | 153 |
| 140 | CROSBIE, Keagan (AM) | +10 | 76 | 78 | - | - | 154 |
| | BASSON, Christiaan | +10 | 79 | 75 | - | - | 154 |
| | HANSEN, Joachim B | +10 | 76 | 78 | - | - | 154 |
| | O'KENNEDY, Hennie | +10 | 74 | 80 | - | - | 154 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | +10 | 76 | 78 | - | - | 154 |
| | THOMAS, Keagan | +10 | 78 | 76 | - | - | 154 |
| | MITCHELL, Malcolm | +10 | 75 | 79 | - | - | 154 |
| 147 | VERSTER, Ivan (AM) | +11 | 78 | 77 | - | - | 155 |
| 148 | DU PREEZ, James Hart | +12 | 79 | 77 | - | - | 156 |
| | BESARD, Matthis | +12 | 75 | 81 | - | - | 156 |
| 150 | VAN WYK, Keelan | +13 | 74 | 83 | - | - | 157 |
| 151 | CHINHOI, Robson | +14 | 78 | 80 | - | - | 158 |
| 152 | THIMBA JNR, Toto | +17 | 77 | 84 | - | - | 161 |
| 153 | SITHEBE, Slenda | +18 | 83 | 79 | - | - | 162 |
| 154 | GALANT, Tristin | +19 | 80 | 83 | - | - | 163 |
| | DU PLOOY, Henning | +19 | 79 | 84 | - | - | 163 |
| RETD | BROWN, Daniel | +3 | 49 | - | - | - | 49 |
Simon Bale (Editor)
More postsUpdated: December 3, 2023
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