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PHILADELPHIA – Shreveport native Sam Burns shot his ninth straight sub-70 round on the PGA Tour Thursday and his 65 matched his best 18-hole total of the spring as the former LSU All-American opened the Truist Championship in style.
Burns got going after a bogey on the fourth hole. He rebounded with an eagle on the par-5 fifth, then rolled in three straight birdie putts to surge to 4-under.
The former Calvary Baptist and LSU standout bogeyed the ninth, but posted back nine birdies at 11 and 16 for his 5-under total, good for an 11th-place tie, four shots off the 61 carded Thursday by Keith Mitchell on the 7,119-yard Wissahickon Course at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Burns finished fifth at last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas, shooting 67-67-68-65, extending a string of sub-70 rounds that began with four straight in the 60s at the RBC Heritage a week after The Masters.
This morning, Burns’ threesome tees off at 8:39 CDT with live coverage on ESPN+. Weekend coverage is on CBS.
The PGA Championship, the second major of the season, is next week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.