Sam Burns vs Corey Conners Prediction: Corey Conners’ swing is all about tempo over power

Sam Burns vs Corey Conners: Prediction for the match on December 07, 2025

The Hero World Challenge takes place from December 4th to December 7th, with a $50 million purse. Sam Burns and Corey Conners will face off in a fourth-round two-ball matchup. The previous winner of this tournament was Scottie Scheffler with a prize money of a million dollars. All events will be held at Albany Golf course, Albany. Excitement is high for this matchup. Who will win? At TelecomAsia, we review the match and offer free betting opportunities. Let's take a closer look at the golfers' performances and make a prediction.

Sam Burns: recent form

Samuel Holland Burns is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He gained recognition early, winning three individual state titles at Calvary Baptist Academy. His junior golf success earned him the 2014 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year award. Burns continued his golf career at Louisiana State University (LSU), where in his second year, he won four tournaments out of 15 starts. This performance led to him being named a first-team All-American and the NCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season. He debuted on the PGA Tour at the Sanderson Farms Championship in October 2017. A year later, in May 2018, he won his first PGA Tour victory at the Valspar Championship, defeating Keegan Bradley by three strokes. Burns finished second to K.H. Lee at the Byron Nelson Tournament two weeks later. Burns’ success continued with a second PGA Tour win at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi, on October 3, 2021. He followed this by winning his second Valspar Championship on March 20, 2022, in a playoff against Davis Riley. His remarkable performance at the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge in May included a 38-foot birdie putt in a playoff against Scottie Scheffler, marking his third PGA Tour win. Burns made a stunning comeback in the final round at Colonial Country Club, tying Nick Price's 1994 seven-stroke comeback.

Sam Burns strength

Sam Burns is a winning machine with an excellent golf swing. In 2024, He broke his driver with 9 holes to go.

Corey Conners: Form and Statistics

Nick Taylor and Corey Conners both carded rounds of 3-under 67 on Friday at the TOUR Champ. He made 19 of 20 cuts (pays the bills), and his best finish was the 3rd at the API. He hit his stride on the Florida swing. A career-best finish from The Open Championship for Corey Conners. Back-to-back rounds of 66 propelled Corey to a Top-10 finish at Royal Portrush. Corey Conners is a top 5 golfer of all time. He played for the International team in the Presidents Cup 2022 & 2024. Corey Conners cut across all 4 majors - had to WD after the 3rd round at the US Open, but still deserves to be on this list. He is coming off losing roughly 3 strokes with the putter after an unimpressive T50 finish at the FedEx St Jude. He loves a good back door top 5 coming from barely cutting. Corey Conners was the lone Canadian to make the cut at The Open. He finished T9, carding back-to-back 5-under 66s on Saturday and Sunday. It was his best finish at the Open and his sixth career top 10 in a major. A career-best finish from The Open Championship for Corey Conners. Back-to-back rounds of 66 propelled Corey to a Top-10 finish at Royal Portrush. He carded a two-under-par score of 70 and was the leader in the clubhouse after birdieing three of his last four holes. In 2020, Corey Conners shot the lowest score ever recorded by a Canadian at The Masters this morning with a 7-under-par 65 in his second round. He has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Canada, the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and the Web.com Tour in recent years. His last match in 2024 ended in a win against USA Tony Finau with a score line 5:10. He won the 2010 Ontario Amateur in his amateur years and holds the record for the best-scoring amateur at +5.

Corey Conner's strength

Conners has a very similar player profile to Morikawa: accurate off-the-tee, elite iron player, struggles with the putter. He was a better course fit in Memphis because accuracy mattered with a missed fairway penalty.

Sam Burns vs Corey Conners Match Tips & Odds

• Corey Conners just one shot back of the lead after the opening day at the Hero World Challenge.
• Sam Burns, a 28-year-old golfer from Shreveport, has won five PGA Tour victories so far in his career. His game, however, isn't perfectly balanced.
• Lately, his ball striking has improved, but he still ranks 148th in approach shots. When it comes to driving, Burns shows strength off the tee. He is a top 50 distance driver but is barely in the top 100 for accuracy.
• Conners scored a 3&1 victory over former world No.1 Dustin Johnson to claim third place at the World Golf Championships in Austin, Texas. He finished the competition with a record of 6-1.

Sam Burns vs Corey Conners Expert Betting Tips

The match is expected to be closely contested, with both golfers performing at their peak. Conners is one of the better T2G players, which suits this course fit well. I expect him to be very consistent over the four rounds and finish high, as long as his putting doesn't let him down too much. I prefer to play Conners on courses that are tougher and not ones where we anticipate scoring being in the mid-20s. I am backing Corey Conners to win.

Our first prediction is Corey Conners to win - 2.20 odds for Bet365

Our second prediction is Sam Burns to win 1 Hole - 3.10 odds for 1Xbet

Our third prediction is Corey Conners to take the lead first - 1.90 odds for Betway