Sam Burns
Height: 6'1" (1.85 m)
Weight: 185 (83 kg)
Age: 24 (July 23, 1996)
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana
Residence: Tyler, Texas
Family:
Wife, Caroline
Education:
Louisiana State University
Turned Professional:
2017
City plays from:
Shreveport, LA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2019-20 FedExCup standings (thru 2020-21)
Career Victories
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2018 (1) Savannah Golf Championship.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
63 - 2020 The American Express (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#7 : 2021 Safeway OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#78 : 2021 Puerto Rico OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$641,700 : 2021 The Genesis Invitational (Finished 3)2020-21 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
Safeway Open - Held a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Safeway Open before finishing T7. Marked his first lead/co-lead after any round on the PGA TOUR. 36-hole score of 129 was his first such score of 130 or better. Vivint Houston Open - Led after the second and third rounds of the Vivint Houston Open en route to a T7. Co-led the field in Par-5 Scoring Average (4.33). The Genesis Invitational - Held the outright lead after each of the first three rounds of The Genesis Invitational before finishing solo-third. Led by five strokes after the second round, becoming the first player in tournament history to hold a 36-hole lead of five strokes or more and the first to do so in a PGA TOUR event since Brooks Koepka at the 2019 PGA Championship (7). 36-hole score of 130 was the fourth such score in tournament history and first since Mike Weir and Shigeki Maruyama in 2004.
National Team Selections
Arnold Palmer Cup : 2017
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 73 | 223 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 44 | 27 | 2 | $3,675,650 | ||||
| 2021 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 52 | $1,304,922 | ||||
| 2020 | 19 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 111 | $757,500 | |||||
| 2019 | 26 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 94 | $1,117,312 | |||
| 2018 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | $495,916 | ||||||
| 2017 | 1 (A) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 1 (A) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 2 (A) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2021 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2020 | CNL | ||||||||
| 2019 | T29 | ||||||||
| 2018 | T41 | ||||||||
| 2016 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NORTHERN TRUST | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2020 | CUT | |||
Personal
- Watching David Toms win 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational is his favorite golf memory.
- Loves to hunt and fish.
- Is passionate about charities helping those with Juvenile Diabetes. Best friend is a type 2 diabetic.