Sam Burns fired a 5-under 67 to win the Sanderson Farms Championship by a shot Sunday at the Country Club of Jackson. Here’s everything you need to know from Sunday’s finish in Mississippi.
Leaderboard: Sam Burns (-22), Nick Watney (-21), Cameron Young (-21), Henrik Norlander (-20), Hayden Buckley (-20), Andrew Landry (-20), Trey Mullinax (-20)
How it happened: Beginning Sunday at 17 under, a shot back of 54-hole leader Sahith Theegala, the 25-year-old Burns showed why he’s considered one of the best rising stars in the game. It was a final-round leaderboard filled with recent Korn Ferry Tour grads and PGA Tour rookies, and many of them, including Burns' former college peers in Young and Buckley, didn’t back down.