Sam Burns beats Davis Riley in playoff to win Valspar Championship
Sam Burns successfully defended his Valspar Championship title after a dramatic playoff win over Davis Riley on Sunday.
Burns, who started the final day three shots behind the leader, posted a decent 2-under 69 in 18 holes game to force a playoff against Riley, who couldn’t manage to maintain his 2-shot advantage and even lost the game in a playoff to finish second.
Riley started the day quite modestly with four straight pars, but a triple bogey on par-5 5th hole dented his confidence though he didn’t make any mistake in the next seven holes and even struck two birdies, a bogey on 13th again rolled him out from under or even-par score.
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The 25-year-old Riley, with a never-give-up approach, shot four straight pars followed by a birdie on the 17th.
Although Riley needed a birdie to win the event but he only managed to post a par to be in a playoff against Sam Burns.
While the young Burns was in a mood to write the history as he struck three birdies against a single bogey in his final round and climbed up from overnight third to first and then finally won the event in the playoff.
With rounds of (64-67-67-69), Burns finished the event at 17-under 267, matching his tally from the previous year.
With this victory, Burns moves up to 10 in the World Official Golf Rankings, knocking the former No.1 Dustin Johnson out of the top-10.
Four-time major champion Justin Thomas finished at tied-3rd alongside Matthew NeSmith.
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