TITLE CONTENDER. South African Dean Burmester in action during the PIF Saudi International at the Riyadh Golf Club last year. He won the LIV Golf Miami last April. (Asian Tour photo)
MANILA – South African Dean Burmester and Australian Marc Leishman are among the LIV Golf stars joining the International Series Philippines set at the Sta. Elena Golf Club in Santa Rosa, Laguna from Oct. 23 to 26
Burmester is coming off a breakthrough victory at LIV Golf Miami, where he beat heavyweights Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann in a dramatic playoff last April.
Leishman, a member of the all-Australian Ripper GC, has won six times on the PGA Tour.
Others in the line-up are Cleeks GC’s Richard Bland of England, Iron Heads GC standout Jinichiro Kozuma of Japan, rising star Danthai Boonma of Thailand, and American John Catlin.
Bland is a two-time Senior Major champion and top-10 finisher at the International Series England last year. He had six top 15 finishes this season on the LIV Golf League, including an impressive fifth place in Adelaide, Australia.
Kozuma, who originally earned his spot through the LIV Golf Promotions event in 2023, had three top 10 finishes, including a runner-up result in Dallas this season.
Boonma is currently No. 5 on the International Series rankings and No. 8 on the Asian Tour Order of Merit after a runner-up finish at the International Series Morocco.
Catlin has a standout 2024 season, ruling the Asian Tour Order of Merit and securing back-to-back wins at the International Series Macau.
Range Goats GC captain Bubba Watson, 4Aces GC’s Patrick Reed, Stinger GC’s Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen, and Filipino Miguel Tabuena are also seeing action in the International Series Philippines, which is the seventh of 10 enhanced events on the Asian Tour.
The 2025 season covers India, Macau, Japan, Morocco, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. (PNA)
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