Last updated: August 2026
| Net Worth | Approximately $14 million |
| Born | June 23, 1996 (age 30), Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Profession | Professional golfer, PGA Tour |
| Nationality | 🇺🇸 American |
Sam Burns is an American professional golfer with five PGA Tour victories and career earnings on tour approaching $36 million. His overall net worth, factoring in prize money, endorsements and appearance fees, is estimated at roughly $14 million as of 2026.
Early Life & Family
Burns was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Todd and Beth Burns. He picked up golf at age four after his older brother Chase taught him to hit a ball in the family’s backyard using junior clubs he’d received for Christmas.
He attended Calvary Baptist Academy, where he was a three-time individual state champion, and was named AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 2014 after winning the Rolex Tournament of Champions, the Junior PGA Championship, and helping the U.S. win the Junior Ryder Cup.
Rise to Fame
Burns played college golf at LSU from 2015 to 2017. His sophomore season was a breakout year: he won four tournaments in 15 starts, broke the school’s single-season and career scoring-average records, and earned the Jack Nicklaus Award as national player of the year along with SEC Player of the Year honors.
He turned professional in 2017, and after building his game on the Korn Ferry Tour, earned his PGA Tour card and began contending regularly.
Career History
Burns has won five PGA Tour events, including the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, and has been a consistent top-50 earner on the tour’s all-time money list, with official PGA Tour earnings of roughly $36 million as of 2026.
He has represented the United States in team competition and remains a fixture near the top of world golf rankings, known for his aggressive short game and putting.
How They Built Their Wealth
The core of Burns’ income comes from PGA Tour prize money, supplemented by a strong endorsement portfolio that includes Callaway Golf, Peter Millar, PAYNTR Golf, Mastercard, NetJets, RBC, ADP, Raising Cane’s, Topgolf and Discovery Land Company.
Personal Life
Burns is married to Caroline Campbell, whom he met at church in Shreveport when they were five years old and later reconnected with at LSU. The couple got engaged in April 2019 and married in December 2019.
Sam and Caroline have two children: a son, Bear, born in 2023, and a daughter, Belle, born in July 2026.
With five PGA Tour titles, tens of millions in career prize money, and a growing family, Sam Burns has built an estimated $14 million net worth as one of the steadiest performers on the PGA Tour.