Sam Burns

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. In 2021, he won the Valspar Championship and the Sanderson Farms Championship.

For other people named Sam Burns, see Sam Burns (disambiguation).

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)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceChoudrant, Louisiana
Spouse
Caroline Campbell
​
(m. 2019)​
Career
CollegeLouisiana State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking10 (January 2, 2022)[1]
(as of May 1, 2022)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT29: 2019
U.S. OpenT41: 2018
The Open ChampionshipT76: 2021

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] He entered the final round one shot behind the leader but took the lead and then pulled away with a stretch of four birdies in five holes on the back nine.

On March 20, 2022, Burns won his second consecutive Valspar Championship title, beating Davis Riley in a playoff.[13]

Personal life

Burns is a Christian.[14] He is married to Caroline Burns.[15]

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."[14]

Amateur wins
  • 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 (4)

PGA Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 May 2, 2021 Valspar Championship 67-63-69-68=267 −17 3 strokes Keegan Bradley
2 Oct 3, 2021 Sanderson Farms Championship 68-66-65-67=266 −22 1 stroke Nick Watney, Cameron Young
3 Mar 20, 2022 Valspar Championship (2) 64-67-67-69=267 −17 Playoff Davis Riley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Abraham Ancer, Hideki Matsuyama Ancer won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2022 Valspar Championship Davis Riley Won with birdie on second extra hole

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

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T41
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019202020212022
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T29 WD
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT T76
  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

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20212022
The Players Championship CUT T26

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20212022
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T2
Champions NT1

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Week 1 2022 Ending 2 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  2. "Sam Burns named Nicklaus Player of the Year". The Advocate. June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. Casey, Kevin (March 16, 2017). "Sam Burns, Hannes Ronneblad highlight 2017 Palmer Cup selections". Golfweek. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. Lang III, Roy (July 23, 2017). "Sam Burns captures 6th place at Barbasol on PGA Tour". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  5. DiMeglio, Steve (October 24, 2017). "Dustin Johnson headlines strong field at WGC event in Shanghai". USA Today. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  6. Martin, Sean (December 29, 2017). "Players to Watch: No. 3, Sam Burns". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. September 23, 2018.
  10. Ferguson, Doug (May 2, 2021). "Sam Burns pulls away at Innisbrook, claims first PGA title". Associated Press. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  11. "K.H. Lee wins rainy Byron Nelson, earns PGA spot". ESPN.com. May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  12. "Sam Burns pulls away in Mississippi for 2nd PGA Tour win of the year". Sportsnet.ca. Associated Press. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  13. Ferguson, Doug (March 20, 2022). "Burns repeats at Innisbrook after playoff win over Riley". Assoicated Press. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  14. Doering, Joshua. "Sam Burns wins first PGA Tour event while helping 'Fill the Stadium'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  15. Athreya, Arjun. "Who Is Sam Burns' Wife? Meet His Childhood Sweetheart Caroline Campbell Burns". Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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