{"id":33327,"date":"2026-04-29T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33327"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:27:19","slug":"burmester-shrugs-off-us-criticism-ahead-of-liv-golf-virginia-stop","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/burmester-shrugs-off-us-criticism-ahead-of-liv-golf-virginia-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Burmester shrugs off US criticism ahead of LIV Golf Virginia stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Dean Burmester says he is unfazed by what he describes as a strong media bias in the United States (US) against LIV Golf, as the tour heads to its next stop in Virginia, near Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Burmester acknowledged that the US market has been one of the league\u2019s most vocal critics, but said the reaction is nothing new for players competing on the breakaway circuit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is very biased in the media towards no disruption, let\u2019s call it that,\u201d he said, adding that the league has faced similar scrutiny since its launch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, he pointed to positive experiences at the Virginia course in previous visits, noting that crowds had been \u201cdecent\u201d and support was steady in parts of the US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a bit of a cult following in certain areas,\u201d he said, expressing hope for a strong turnout this time around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Burmester added that attracting fans remains the priority as LIV Golf continues to push for growth and wider acceptance in key markets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33328,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33327","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Dean Burmester says he is unfazed by what he describes as a strong media bias in the US against LIV Golf","published_date":"2026-04-29 17:23:25","news_description":"Dean Burmester says he is unfazed by what he describes as a strong media bias in the US against LIV Golf","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33329,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33327\/revisions\/33329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}