September 10-13
Silverado Resort and Spa North, Napa, California
$6,600,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Sam Burns ran into trouble early on after his tee shot on the par-3 11th found the water but he recovered and birdies his next three holes. Another six birdies got him the lead at 15-under.

''Woke me up, I guess,'' said Burns. ''It picked me up, like 'Hey let's go.'' Just kind of stuck with it and the golf course opened up for me the rest of the day.''

Burns, who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, is focusing on a steady comeback from a right ankle injury he suffered in mid-2019.

''I think for me I'm just going to go out tomorrow and focus on what I can control,'' Burns said. ''For me, that's on my mind and that's picking good targets and hitting shots.

''I've made zero adjustments other than just trying to stick with the practice routine that we have in place,'' Burns said. ''A lot of what we do is just making sure the ball's starting online, and we do stuff around the hole (to) get the feel of visualizing the putts breaking. Just trying to get the feel of these greens and they're rolling really nice.''

Three shots back is Harry Higgs who closed his round with an albatross on the 564-yard, par-5 9th for a 62, the best round of the day.

''What a wonderful way to end the day and also just really weird. Being the last hole, it's so final. I hope that I can like calm down. My brother and I were joking, I was looking forward to a nap all day long and I might be too jacked up now to actually fall asleep.''

Higss didn't see the ball drop into the cup and with no spectators to provide a reaction he wasn't sure it had happened.

''The volunteer off the left just started screaming and then he said, 'It's in the hole, it's in the hole!''' Higgs said. ''I don't really remember what I did. I just took my club and threw it on the ground. It was just full panic. I'm sure it looked funny and ridiculous. I mean, what a great way to finish.''