Sam Burns

United States · born July 23, 1996, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

2Ryder Cup points from 6 matches

Ryder Cup2 Cups
U.S. Open1 2nd
The Open1 top 10
PGA Tour 2024–263 2nds, 3 seasons of stats

Summary

Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 1-3-2 · 2 points (33.3%)
Singles 0-1-1 · Foursomes 0-1-0 · Four-ball 1-1-1
Best major finish runner-up, 2026 U.S. Open
Open top 10s 2026 (3)
PGA Tour runner-up, 2024–26 3 times
2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 20 events · 6 top 10s · FedEx Cup No. 18

Near misses

2024 BMW Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Keegan Bradley · margin 1 stroke
2025 RBC Canadian Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Ryan Fox · margin Playoff
2026 U.S. Open Shinnecock Hills G.C. · runner-up to Wyndham Clark
2026 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished 3 · 272 (-8)
2026 U.S. Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Wyndham Clark · margin 1 stroke

Ryder Cup

2 Cups, 6 matches: 1 won, 3 lost, 2 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 1-1-1, singles 0-1-1.

2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · captain's pick
2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 0-1-2, 1 point · captain's pick

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Wyndham Clark's rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

2026 Open lowest 18 holes (tied) · 62 (Lucas Herbert (R2), Sam Burns (R2), Ryan Fox (R3))
2026 Open lowest two consecutive rounds · 127 (62-65, R2-R3)

Results by championship

Best day

2026 U.S. Open

Runner-up to Wyndham Clark.

Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2026.

Career line, 2023–2026

U.S. Open

2026 U.S. Open: runner-up to Wyndham Clark

The Open

2026 The Open: finished 3

Ryder Cup

2023 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-2-0 2025 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-2

PGA Tour 2024–26

2024 BMW Championship: runner-up2025 RBC Canadian Open: runner-up2026 U.S. Open: runner-up

20242026

7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

Runner-up
Top 10
Ryder Cup, USA

Sam Burns was born on July 23, 1996, in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Burns' best major finish was second, at the 2026 U.S. Open. Burns finished second 3 times on the PGA Tour from 2024 to 2026. Burns played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (2023, 2025), winning 1, losing 3 and halving 2 of 6 matches for 2 points. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Burns played 20 events, had 6 top-10 finishes and stood No. 18 in the FedEx Cup standings.

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The record

Near misses

Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

2024 BMW Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Keegan Bradley · margin 1 stroke
2025 RBC Canadian Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Ryan Fox · margin Playoff
2026 U.S. Open Shinnecock Hills G.C. · runner-up to Wyndham Clark
2026 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished 3 · 272 (-8)
2026 U.S. Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Wyndham Clark · margin 1 stroke

Ryder Cup

Burns played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 1 won, 3 lost, 2 halved, 2 points (33.3% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 1-1-1, singles 0-1-1 (won-lost-halved).

2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club USA · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · captain's pick
2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 0-1-2, 1 point · captain's pick

Partners, with matches played together: Patrick Cantlay (2), Scottie Scheffler (1), Collin Morikawa (1).

PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

2024 Season 21 events · 0 wins · 8 top 10s · 18 cuts made · $6,185,830 official money (No. 12) · FedEx Cup No. 12 · strokes gained total 1.003 (No. 13) · driving distance 307.4 (No. 39)
2025 Season 25 events · 0 wins · 6 top 10s · 22 cuts made · $6,801,982 official money (No. 21) · FedEx Cup No. 7 · strokes gained total 0.997 · driving distance 307.5 (No. 52)
2026 In progress 20 events · 0 wins · 6 top 10s · 17 cuts made · $9,356,540 official money (No. 12) · FedEx Cup No. 18 · scoring average (adjusted) 69.718 (No. 9) · strokes gained total 0.939 (No. 15) · driving distance 314.9 (No. 22)

2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

2026 Open lowest 18 holes (tied) · 62 (Lucas Herbert (R2), Sam Burns (R2), Ryan Fox (R3))
2026 Open lowest two consecutive rounds · 127 (62-65, R2-R3)

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.