Houston Open: Sam Burns in position for first PGA Tour win

Sam Burns has been solid all week at the Houston Open. If he can continue that trend on Sunday, he has a chance to earn his first PGA Tour win.

Sam Burns is making his 65th start on the PGA Tour this week at the Houston Open. Burns has never won a tour event. In fact, he’s never be a runner-up, either.

The best finish of his young career came at the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship, where he tied for third place. Burns has seven top 10 finishes so far on the PGA Tour.

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But at this week’s Houston Open, Burns is trying to change all of that. And with 18 holes left to play in the event, he’s in position to do exactly that.

Burns holds a one-shot lead over Jason Day and Carlos Ortiz with one round left to be played in Houston. Sepp Straka is two shots behind Burns and Dustin Johnson is lurking, just three shots behind.

So far this week in Houston, Burns has played very solid golf. The Shreveport, Louisiana, native opened with a 2-under par 68 on Thursday, not a spectacular round but enough to keep him in the mix.

On Friday, Burns put himself in contention.

His second round included five birdies and no bogeys and a round of 65 that gave him the lead after 36 holes. He entered the weekend with a chance at his first win.

Burns did nothing to hurt his chances on Saturday. He was solid again, just as he had been all week.

He did falter early in his Saturday round, but was able to bounce right back. After a par on the first hole, Burns bogeyed the second to slip back to 8-under for the event.

Burns then bogeyed the third hole and it appeared that the moment might be too much for him. But he quickly dispelled that thought as he birdied the fourth hole to get back to 8-under.

The turning point in the round, and perhaps the week, came on the eighth hole. Burns just missed the par five in two, but from about 90 feet away, he chipped in for eagle. That got him to 1-under on his round. He would bogey the ninth, but was able to finish the front nine at even par.

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Burns had a stretch of three birdies in four holes on the back nine that allowed him to grab the lead back. And in the end, it was another round of 68 for the 24-year-old Burns.

If he can be solid again tomorrow, Burns could bring home his first PGA Tour win.

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