PGA Tour: Sam Burns claims second win of 2021 after spirited cost from Nick Watney

Sam Burns fired a final-round 67 to clinch a one-shot victory over Nick Watney on the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi, with in a single day chief Sahith Theegala shedding his method after the flip within the closing spherical.

Sam Burns clinched a one shot win

Sam Burns collected his second PGA Tour title of 2021 after holding off a late cost from Nick Watney on the Sanderson Farms Championship.

In a single day chief Sahith Theegala heading for a maiden victory in Jackson, Mississippi when he cruised to the flip in three underneath solely to drop three pictures in 4 holes on the again 9 to open the door for Burns.

And the younger American seized his likelihood as he stormed into the outright lead with a birdie at 11 adopted by three in a row from the thirteenth, giving him the posh of a two-shot result in take up the final.

Burns chopped his second into the front-right bunker and splashed out to 9 toes, however he was pleased to make use of the 2 putts he wanted for victory, his second on Tour having damaged his duck on the Valspar Championship in Could.

Nick Watney nearly landed his first win since 2012

Watney had earlier threatened to land his first win in nearly 9 years because the world No 660 closed with a bogey-free 65 which gave him the clubhouse lead on 21 underneath, a rating matched by Cameron Younger (68) however not sufficient to disclaim an impressed Burns.

Watney needed to be content material along with his finest end result since 2018, whereas Henrik Norlander simply missed out on a podium place after a 64 highlighted by a 40-foot putt for eagle on the 14th in a back-nine 31.

Theegala cruised to the flip in 33 earlier than dropping his first shot of the day on the tenth, and he then blocked his second into water on the lengthy eleventh earlier than compounding his errors with a three-putt bogey from inside 15 toes on the thirteenth.