Superb Sam Burns can maintain his march to the top

Sam Burns
The world greeted Samuel Holland Burns 22 years ago and the future looks extremely bright for the burly Louisiana boy, who graduated from the Web.com Tour to the US Tour last season.

Burns starred for Louisiana State University before finishing tied sixth in the 2017 Barbasol Championship as an amateur. Whenever he was invited to show off his wares on the US Tour, he typically took advantage of the opportunity, finishing eighth in the Honda Classic in February, then 12th in the Valspar Championship.

It did not take long for Burns to crack the Web.com Tour – he fired a pair of weekend 65s to win the Savannah Championship on April Fool's Day – and only a fool would doubt his ability to quickly move on to US Tour glory. Burns finished third in the Sanderson Farms Championship in just his second start as a US Tour member and looks the most dangerous maiden on the circuit.

Sungjae Im
South Korea has been consistently producing decent players in the last few years and it may not be long before Sungjae Im proves himself the best of the bunch.

Im spent two seasons impressing as a teenager on the Japan Tour, before moving to the Web.com Tour at the start of this year and winning his first event. The cocksure youngster closed with a 65 to win the Great Exuma Classic by four shots before finishing second, losing by just a shot, the following week. Another victory and two more runner-up spots followed as Im took Web.com Tour Player of the Year honours.

The Safeway Open in October was Im's first start as a US Tour member and he finished fourth, a shot outside the playoff, immediately establishing himself as a title contender on the toughest tour of them all. Silverware can be expected for Im in the next 12 months.

Wyndham Clark
The Denver-born 25-year-old has shown he is good enough to compete on the Web.com Tour, posting four top-fives this season in his first year as a professional, and the powerhouse has probably got the tools to become a US Tour champion before long.

A form dip in the second half of this year has seen Clark drop to 368th in the world rankings, but the close-season – which should amount to almost two months for Clark – may allow him to reset and regroup for the season ahead.

Punters should be sniffing around him at fancy prices whenever he tackles a long, wide-open course in a weak field. He can make mincemeat of par-fives.

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