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Defending champ Sam Burns closed his week with a 2-under 68 to reach 5-under 275 which was good for a T6 finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Burns entered the week off back-to-back missed cuts but flipped the script at Colonial Country Club. His short game and course management where the start of the show this week as he put himself in position to gain 6.1 strokes around-the-green (3rd) which was needed as he ranked just 41st in approach and 48th putting. This was his fourth time defending a title on the PGA TOUR and he's now finished T30 or better in all four attempts (Win at 2022 Valspar Championship, T30 at the 2022-23 Sanderson Farms Championship, 6th at the 2023 Valspar Championship).
Sam Burns didn't have his best stuff in round one of the Charles Schwab Challenge but still managed to piece together a 3-under 67, good for a share of third place at the end of wave one.
Burns was sloppy at times today but did well to hold his round together. "I wouldn't say I had my best stuff at all, but just was able to get it around and shoot a score. I think that's the beauty of this game. You don't have your stuff all the time, and it's the ability to be able to push the good number when you don't have your A-game." He lost more than 0.4 strokes on six of his approach shots today but made up for it with his short game. He gained 2.8 strokes around-the-green and 1.4 strokes putting. Burns was just T57 after round one of his 2022 CSC win so he's well ahead of last year's winning pace.
Sam Burns missed the cut last week but is optimistic about a rebound this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge where he'll play the role of defending champion.
The LSU product has a long relationship with this event, "A lot of really good memories from last year, and even memories as a kid. We were just talking about David Toms, and I remember being here in 2011 when he won. I can remember a lot of the shots that he hit that day. This was always an event that I grew up coming to as a kid, so it's really special." His pro appearances have returned a missed cut,T31, and a win. It's been a mixed bag for him. More recently he's missed back-to-back cuts but hopes that Colonial is the cure, "I love this golf course. It's very similar to a golf course that I grew up on, kind of small, tree-lined. It's very penal in certain spots."
Sam Burns tossed together a 4-under 68 in round one of the Masters, giving him an early share of sixth place.
The LSU product opened birdie-eagle-birdie but slowed his pace from there (2 birdies, 2 bogeys). "Overall solid. A little frustrated in the way I putted it, but other than that, solid." Burns walked off the course losing about half a stroke with the putter. Burns missed the cut in his 2022 Masters debut but is off to a much better start this time around. He'll start day two just three shots off the leaders at the top (Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Viktor Hovland).
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