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Sam Burns’ Season Could Go from Good to Great

By Tim Letcher

OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 26: Sam Burns of the United States and Abraham Ancer of Mexico shake hands after finishing on the 18th green during the first round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club on August 26, 2021 in Owings Mills, Maryland. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 26: Sam Burns of the United States and Abraham Ancer of Mexico shake hands after finishing on the 18th green during the first round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club on August 26, 2021 in Owings Mills, Maryland. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) /
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Sam Burns has already had a special 2020-21 season on the PGA Tour. This week at the BMW Championship, he’s threatening to take that season to a whole new level.

The former LSU Tiger has been solid on tour all year long. Burns has started 24 events and made 17 cuts in the process. He has 11 finishes in the Top 25 and seven in the Top 10.

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Burns earned his first PGA Tour win in May at the Valspar Championship. It came in the middle of a torrid stretch when Burns finished T4 in New Orleans, won at the Valspar and was second at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Burns did struggle a bit down the stretch but he appeared to get things in order late in the season. He finished T2 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and, in the first round of the playoffs last week, he was T21.

On Thursday, Burns was very good all day long.

He started with a par on the first hole, then birdied the second to get into red figures. He would then par the par-3 third hole to stay at 1-under on his round.

Then, Burns heated up a bit. He birdied the fourth and fifth holes to get to 3-under on his round. After a par at the sixth hole, Burns birdied the seventh.

He would close his first nine with pars on the eighth and ninth holes. He shot a 4-under par 32 on his front nine.

Burns started his second nine with a par on the 10th hole. Then, he got hot. He birdied the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th holes to get to 8-under par on his round.

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Unfortunately for Burns, that was as low as he would go. He closed with four consecutive pars to shoot an 8-under par 64.

He’s tied with Jon Rahm for the lead through 18 holes. There’s still a long way to go but a win in the playoffs would take Burns’ year from very good to great.

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