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Sam Burns Needs a Good Showing at Pebble Beach to Shift Fleeting Momentum
It has now been three straight events, two of them in the new season, of losing strokes on the greens for Sam Burns. He was the leading player in strokes gained putting last season, and that power seems to be on the struggle bus to start the year. The 29-year-old will be making his fourth start in this week's Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he has established a useful course history to justify DFS consideration. Last week in Phoenix, Burns lost more than four shots on and around the green over the first two rounds before missing the cut. The good news is that his short game was the biggest contributor to stinking it up in the desert, but it's still a concern nonetheless. While his overall appeal has been diminished, he's still more than capable of turning things around, as his ball-striking has still been crisp outside of last week.
Source: Data Golf
Source: Data Golf
