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Sunday 10 August 2025LIV GolfYear in Review
Burmester wins LIV Golf Chicago
Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Illinois · Friday 8 to Sunday 10 August 2025 · Dean Burmester’s win no. 2 on the LIV Golf · purse $20,000,000 (individual); $5,000,000 team purse USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/22°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/23°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jon Rahm ESP · 204shot 69 with a birdie at the 18th to force a three-man playoff; lost when Burmester birdied the first extra hole Burmester, Stinger GC win dramatic playoffs at LIV Golf Chicago (LIV Golf)
- Josele Ballester ESP · 20421-year-old in his fifth LIV start shot 69 with a birdie at the 18th to make the playoff; lost to Burmester's birdie on the first extra hole Burmester, Stinger GC win dramatic playoffs at LIV Golf Chicago (LIV Golf)
54 started
Same week
LIV Golf event
LIV Golf Chicago
Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dean Burmester
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LIV Golf
10 August 2025
Read it right to left and it went right to left and then went right and lipped in,
LIV Golf
10 August 2025
After three bogeys in a row to start, I was like, fudge, I don’t know where I’m going. The head was nowhere. But I just kept at it,
LIV Golf
10 August 2025
When you lose in a playoff to a birdie, there’s not much you can do,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Burmester | 68 · 65 · 71 | 204 | −9 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | 68 · 67 · 69 | 204 | −9 |
| T2 | Josele Ballester | 69 · 66 · 69 | 204 | −9 |
| 4 | Carlos Ortiz | 72 · 65 · 68 | 205 | −8 |
| T5 | Harold Varner III | 72 · 69 · 65 | 206 | −7 |
| T5 | Branden Grace | 69 · 70 · 67 | 206 | −7 |
| T5 | Paul Casey | 70 · 67 · 69 | 206 | −7 |
| T8 | Thomas Pieters | 72 · 69 · 67 | 208 | −5 |
| T8 | Talor Gooch | 69 · 69 · 70 | 208 | −5 |
| T10 | Peter Uihlein | 70 · 72 · 67 | 209 | −4 |
| T10 | Sebastián Muñoz | 70 · 71 · 68 | 209 | −4 |
| T10 | Richard Bland | 70 · 68 · 71 | 209 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1989-06-02, Mutare, Zimbabwe; RSA; turned pro 2010; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet