Three of golf’s biggest tournaments are now complete.
Needless to say, there’s been strong LSU representation in each one by Shreveport native Sam Burns.
After a rough start to the year where he was cut from three of the four tournaments to open the season, Burns ripped off a T13 at the Players Championship, T7 at the Masters, T26 at the PGA Championship, T4 at the Memorial, and came just one putt short from a playoff at the U.S. Open this past weekend at Shinnecock Hills in New York.
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Burns played solid golf all weekend long, shooting +1 on Thursday and a -2 on Friday to keep him in the mix. Saturday was a step in the wrong direction with another +1, but the final round was a dazzler on one of the sport’s toughest courses.
Burns had four birdies on his opening nine and another on 16 after bogeying the prior hole, but tough pars on 17 and 18 kept him at -3 for the day and for the tournament.
Wyndham Clark, who led from the jump on Thursday, would hang on to win the major by just one stroke.
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