3 Rory McIlroy ahead of the 2023 Masters – the lone major championship missing from his career grand slam aspirations.Īn exclamation point put on the newly budding player-caddie relationship of Young and Paul Tesori would have made for a nice story with the parallels drawn to Scheffler and his caddie, Ted Scott, abundant and already in sharpie for some.Įven when Burns shot out in front of his pal Scheffler, 3 UP through the first three holes of the semifinals, the inevitability of the world No. The day began destined to crown defending champion Scottie Scheffler or heighten the expectations for world No. To come here for my first time and play as well as I did and get to compete against the best players in the world, I am so grateful and I don't know what else to say, I can't think straight right now.' 'Coming into this week I was really looking forward to this event - it's the first time I've played it and I knew I wanted to win it cause it's the last one. That didn't matter to the 26-year-old, however, as he throttled Cameron Young 6 & 5 in the championship match at Austin Country Club to claim the fifth, and biggest, title of his PGA Tour career. When the sun rose Sunday morning, Sam Burns was the least likely remaining candidate to claim the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
