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By Andrew McCarty
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Sam Burns entered the Memorial Tournament in good form, making the cut in seven straight tournaments while finishing inside the top 40 in each.
“I’ve played nice some weeks, put myself right there, but I haven’t quite been able to get it done yet,” he said. “My game’s trending, I feel healthy, and I’m excited for the second half of the year.”
He continued that solid form through the first two rounds of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, OH as he sat inside the top five heading into the weekend. Burns continued to catch fire in the early portion of his third round, carding birdies on two of his first three holes to move into solo third place.
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Inclement weather in the area halted play in the third round, which continued on Sunday morning and appears to have caught Burns at a bad time. After the restart on Sunday, the star golfer bogeyed No. 9 and then carded a double bogey on No. 11 after hitting the same tree twice with a shot.
He bounced back with birdies on No. 13 and No. 15 to move to one-under on the day and seven-under for the tournament.
Burns is tied for sixth on the Tour in strokes gained putting, and 15th in shooting under par at in a quarter of his rounds this season. Burns is 34th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 50th in FedEx Cup points, and has earned $2.5 million on tour this year.
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