Sam Burns

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Sam Burns
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Burns in 2021
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Holland Burns
Born (1996-07-23) July 23, 1996 (age 28)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Choudrant, Louisiana
Spouse
Caroline Campbell
​
(m. 2019)​
Career
College Louisiana State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking 9 (May 29, 2022) [1]
(as of October 13, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour5
European Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T29: 2023
PGA Championship T20: 2022
U.S. Open T9: 2024
The Open Championship T31: 2024

Samuel Holland Burns (born July 23, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He played his college golf at Louisiana State University. He has won five times on the PGA Tour.

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Amateur career

Burns was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Todd and Beth Burns. During his prep career at Calvary Baptist Academy, he was a three-time individual state champion. He was named AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 2014. Burns played college golf at Louisiana State University, where he won four tournaments in 15 collegiate starts during his sophomore season. He was named a first-team All-American and was the NCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season. [2] Burns represented the United States on the winning 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup team and he qualified for the PGA Tour's 2017 Barbasol Championship, where he finished T6. [3] [4]

Professional career

In October 2017, Burns made his PGA Tour debut as a professional at the Sanderson Farms Championship. [5] After finishing T43, he played a week later at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and finished T20. Burns earned guaranteed starts for the first 12 Web.com Tour events of the 2018 season with his T10 finish at the final stage of the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. [6] He finished T2 at the Colombia Championship in February 2018. Burns finished T7 at the Honda Classic with Tiger Woods as his playing partner in the final round, earning Burns entry into the Valspar Championship, where he finished T12. [7] Burns earned his first professional win at the 2018 Savannah Golf Championship on the Web.com Tour when he birdied each of the final three holes to defeat Roberto Castro by one stroke. [8] He gained a place on the PGA Tour at the end of the 2018 Web.com season. [9]

Burns has played on the PGA Tour since the start of the 2018–19 season. In February 2021, he finished solo third place at the Genesis Invitational, one shot outside of the playoff with Tony Finau and Max Homa, Homa being the eventual winner. Burns held the solo lead at the end of each of the first three rounds but was ultimately caught on the back 9 during the final round. In May, Burns won the Valspar Championship for his first PGA Tour victory. Burns shot a final round 68 to win by three strokes over Keegan Bradley. [10] Two weeks later Burns finished runner-up to K.H. Lee at the AT&T Byron Nelson. [11]

On October 3, 2021, Burns won his second PGA Tour title at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. [12] On March 20, 2022, Burns won his second consecutive Valspar Championship title, beating Davis Riley in a playoff. [13] On May 29, 2022, Burns won the Charles Schwab Challenge after making a 38-foot birdie putt in a playoff against Scottie Scheffler. Burns overcame a seven stroke deficit to win, matching Nick Price in 1994 for largest comeback in a final round to win at Colonial Country Club. [14]

Burns qualified for the U.S. team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he tied two and lost three of the five matches he played. [15]

In March 2023, Burns won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, defeating Cameron Young 6 and 5 in the championship match. [16]

Burns was selected as one of Zach Johnson's six captain's picks for the 2023 Ryder Cup, which would mark Burns's first appearance in the event. [17]

In September 2023, Burns played on the U.S. team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Rome, Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Burns went 1–2–0 including a loss in his Sunday singles match against Rory McIlroy.

Personal life

Burns is a Christian. [18] He is married to Caroline Burns. [19]

Burns has been a supporter of Compassion International's "Fill the Stadium" initiative, an initiative "which seeks to provide food, medical supplies and other forms of support to children and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic." [18]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1May 2, 2021 Valspar Championship 67-63-69-68=267−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Bradley
2Oct 3, 2021 Sanderson Farms Championship 68-66-65-67=266−221 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Nick Watney, Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Young
3Mar 20, 2022 Valspar Championship (2)64-67-67-69=267−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Davis Riley
4May 29, 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge 71-68-67-65=271−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Scottie Scheffler
5Mar 26, 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play 6 and 5 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Young

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Flag of Mexico.svg Abraham Ancer, Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsuyama Ancer won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2022 Valspar Championship Flag of the United States.svg Davis Riley Won with birdie on second extra hole
32022 Charles Schwab Challenge Flag of the United States.svg Scottie Scheffler Won with birdie on first extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Apr 1, 2018 Savannah Golf Championship 72-65-65-65=267−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Roberto Castro

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTT41
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament CUTT29CUT
PGA Championship T29WDT20CUTCUT
U.S. Open CUTT27T32T9
The Open Championship NTT76T42CUTT31
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000031
PGA Championship 00000152
U.S. Open 00001164
The Open Championship 00000043
Totals0000121810

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2021202220232024
The Players Championship CUTT26T35T45

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play n/a6 and 5 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Young

Results timeline

Tournament202120222023
Championship
Match Play 1
Invitational T2
Champions NT1NT1

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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