Sam Burns

Samuel Holland Burns (born July 23, 1996) is an American professional golfer. He played his college golf at Louisiana State University and currently plays professionally on the PGA Tour.

Sam Burns
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Holland Burns
Born (1996-07-23) July 23, 1996
Shreveport, Louisiana
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceTyler, Texas
Career
CollegeLouisiana State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT29: 2019
U.S. OpenT41: 2018
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Professional career

In October 2017, Burns made his PGA Tour debut as a professional at the Sanderson Farms Championship.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Amateur wins (6)
  • 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions, Junior PGA Championship
  • 2016 David Toms Intercollegiate, Sun Bowl Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic
  • 2017 Louisiana Classics, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Apr 1, 2018 Savannah Golf Championship 72-65-65-65=267 −21 1 stroke Roberto Castro

Results in major championships
Tournament 201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T41
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T29
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Sam Burns named Nicklaus Player of the Year". The Advocate. June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. Casey, Kevin (March 16, 2017). "Sam Burns, Hannes Ronneblad highlight 2017 Palmer Cup selections". Golfweek. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. Lang III, Roy (July 23, 2017). "Sam Burns captures 6th place at Barbasol on PGA Tour". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. DiMeglio, Steve (October 24, 2017). "Dustin Johnson headlines strong field at WGC event in Shanghai". USA Today. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  5. Martin, Sean (December 29, 2017). "Players to Watch: No. 3, Sam Burns". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  6. Herrington, Ryan (March 11, 2018). "Late stumble at Innisbrook puts Sam Burns' plans to join PGA Tour on hold ... for now". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  7. Rabalais, Scott (April 1, 2018). "Former LSU golfer Sam Burns birdies final three holes for Web.com Tour victory, his first". The Advocate. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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