Burns beats Bradley for Valspar title

Sam Burns outdueled fellow American Keegan Bradley over the back nine on Sunday to win the Valspar Championship and capture his first US PGA Tour title.

Burns, 24, fired a final-round three-under par 68 to finish 72 holes on 17-under 267 and defeat Bradley by three strokes at Innisbrook resort’s Copperhead course in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Burns took his breakthrough victory in his 76th PGA start with his wife, parents and siblings among those there to celebrate with him and caddie Travis Perkins.

“It’s just, you work so hard for this moment,” Burns said, wiping his eyes.

He finished 15-under for the week on the course’s par-5 holes, including three birdies on Sunday.