Sam Burns
Height: 6'1" (1.85 m)
Weight: 185 (83 kg)
Age: 25 (July 23, 1996)
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana
Residence: Choudrant, Louisiana
Family:
Wife, Caroline
Education:
Louisiana State University
Turned Professional:
2017
City plays from:
Shreveport, LA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTournament winner (thru 2023-24)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (2):
2021 (1) Valspar Championship. 2022 (1) Sanderson Farms Championship.Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2018 (1) Savannah Golf Championship.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#1 : 2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#11 : 2022 Sentry Tournament of ChampionsCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,260,000 : 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship (Finished 1)2021-22 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
Sanderson Farms Championship - Won the Sanderson Farms Championship to earn his second PGA TOUR victory in his 87th start at the age of 25 years, 2 months, 10 days. Victory came in his first start of the season and fifth start at Sanderson Farms Championship, site of his professional debut (T43/2017). At 22-under, became the first player with a 72-hole total of 22-under or better at the Sanderson Farms Championship since the event moved to Country Club of Jackson in 2014. Moved to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings for the first time in his PGA TOUR career. Led the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (1.538 per round).
National Team Selections
Arnold Palmer Cup : 2017
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 1) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 91 | 285 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 60 | 28 | 3 | $9,597,789 | ||
| 2022 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | $2,067,031 | |||||
| 2021 | 26 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 18 | $5,160,030 | |
| 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 | W/D | T76 | T2 (P) | |||||
| 2020 | CNL | ||||||||
| 2019 | T29 | ||||||||
| 2018 | T41 | ||||||||
| 2016 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2021 | T21 | 8 | T18 | |
| 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.