United States team member Sam Burns reacts after his birdie putt on the 5th hole during their fifth round singles match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Montreal Golf Club on Sunday, September 29, 2024 in Montreal. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At Montreal, former Calvary and LSU star Sam Burns was the only unbeaten player for the week at the Presidents Cup. His 3-0-1 record helped the United States smack around the Internationals, 18 1/2 to 11 1/2.
"The majority of the people out here are not rooting for us, and we knew that coming in," said Burns, whose only match halve came in a Sunday singles showdown against Tom Kim. "We tried to embrace it, use it as fuel. Overall I think we did a good job of that.
I'm proud of our guys." Burns, 28, entered the week with a 1-5-2 personal mark in two prior international team competitions. With the Burns-Kim match tied after 16 holes Sunday, the 22-year-old South Korean looked to take a 1-up lead with a tee shot into 3 feet on the par-3 17th.
However, Burns hit pitching wedge also next to the flag for matching birdies. U.S.
captain Jim Furyk raised the gold trophy before a team that dressed in red shirts that filled the scoreboard early with red scores. The Presidents Cup is one trophy the Americans own, for two decades and counting. It didn't feel like another rout at Royal Montreal, not with 20 of the 30 matches — nine of them Sunday — not decided until at least the 17th hole.
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