Brumlow wins state championship; Canes runner-up, Lady Canes 9th
Cartersville’s Buck Brumlow shot rounds of 73 and 68 Monday and Tuesday for a 2-under-par total at Green Island Country Club in Columbus to win the 2021 Class 5A State Championship individual title by one shot over Carter Loflin of St. Pius X. Finley Burke of Wayne County finished third with a 2-over-par total of 144.
Brumlow, a University of Georgia signee, was tied with Woodward Academy’s Wyatt Seilkop after the opening round. Seilkop shot 76 Tuesday and dropped to a tie for seventh place.
Brumlow’s round on Tuesday included back-to-back birdies on No. 8 and No. 9 to closed the front nine at 2-under-par 33. He then picked up additional birdies at No. 14 and No. 16 on the inward nine. His only flaw of the day was a bogey at No. 15.
Meanwhile the Canes, who shared the overnight lead with St. Pius X, improved their team total by three shots Tuesday but the Golden Lions pulled away with a 10-shot win.
For St. Pius, who won the Class 4A title in 2019, it was their second boys golf title. The state tournament was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Jake Lawson shot 74 Tuesday for Cartersville. Anderson McCary followed with a 75 and Camden Meadows also contributed one of the four counting scores with a 79. Jake Wehunt shot 81 and Blane Davis finished with an 85 for the Hurricanes.
McCary (77-75) finished tied for 11th in the 78-player field. Meadows (74-79) tied for 13th, Lawson (80-74) tied for 15th, and Wehunt (76-81) finished in a tie for 19th place.
Also at Green Island Country Club, the Cartersville girls finished ninth in Class 5A.
Woodward Academy won Class 5A with a 488 two-day total. Northview was runner-up and three shots back. Starr’s Mill finished third and was 10 shots behind.
Ella Manley of Calhoun and Morgan Ellison of Woodward Academy were co-medalist in the individual competition with even-par totals of 146. Brooklyn Heath led the Lady Canes with a round of 78 Tuesday and a 161 finish for 36 holes. She placed 7th overall. Brianna Kim shot 92-99 to finish tied for 23rd and Aimee Odom shot 113-118 to place 45th.
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