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Sunny King first-time tandem Burgess-McCullum shoot 17 under to lead after one round. LeCroy-Hughston, also making their first SKCC run, tied with reigning champions Bussey/Montenegro at one stroke back.

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

SILVER LAKES — Two new teams have emerged to challenge the reigning Sunny King Charity Classic champion.

Garrett Burgess and Taylor McCullum teamed to shoot a 17-under-par 55 at Silver Lakes to lead after Friday’s first round.

Jacob LeCroy and Harrison Hughston, who haven’t played together in a competitive tournament since they were Donoho School teammates, stand one stroke back, tied with reigning champions Layton Bussey/Jesus Montenegro.

The 45th Sunny King will continue Saturday, with the leaders playing their second round at Cider RIdge. Between Friday’s first round and Sunday’s third and final round, the field of 210 two-man tandems will all take their turns at Anniston Country Club, Cider Ridge and Silver Lakes.

Burgess and McCullum are making their first appearance together in the Sunny King.

“I don’t know that we’ve only only played in one or two events, team wise,” Burgess said. “We’ve played around the state in various places with other friends and whatnot, but as far as competitively, I don’t know that we’ve ever really played any competitive golf as a team together,”

Burgess, who teamed with Cypress Hathorn to win the 2013 SKCC,  said he was “kind of on the ropes” about whether he would play in the Sunny King this year.

McCullum, a Pelham real estate man and an ACC member, reached out.

“We kind of lucked up,” Burgess said. “He was like, ‘You have a partner?’ I said no, and he was like, ‘Let’s play.’”

They produced combustible golf Friday, birdieing the first hole and the final 16. Their one birdie miss was No. 2.

“We hit pin-high, and it started left, so it ended up being about a 20-footer,” Burgess said. “We just kind of hit a bad putt altogether.

“We originally read it to go left, and it ended up going right. We didn’t realize that until I missed my first putt, and Taylor missed it by about two or three inches on the right side.”

Otherwise, the two stayed out of trouble, with Burgess doing most of his work off of the tee and from the fairways. Outside of Burgess’ 30-foot putt on the first hole, McCullum sank most of the putts.

“Taylor didn’t have to do much from the tee or from the fairway, but he was the one that hit most of the putts for the day,” Burgess said. “We had seven or eight holes where I don’t think we had outside of, maybe two foot.

“It was a fairly lax day, for the most part.”

LeCroy and Hughston played together on Donoho’s state-championship team of 2018 and runner-up team of 2019. Burgess was their coach.

This year’s Sunny King marks their first as a team, and they shot 16 under to tie the reigning champions for second through Friday.

They went on to play collegiately, LeCroy at South Alabama and Hughston at Montevallo. Hughston called their connection for the Sunny King “cool.”

“Jacob is my best friend coming out og high school,” Hughston said. “I really wouldn’t be the golfer I am today without him. That’s for sure. He was always there to do it just a little bit better than me, when I was a junior.

“I owe a lot to him, so it’s fun to team up with him for sure.”

LeCroy teammed with Jacob Harper to win the 2019 SKCC and would love win another one, with Hughston.

“I love it,” LeCroy said. “We’ve never gotten to play a bunch, like any type of two-mans or anything, just because we were always gone for school or whatever it might be. During the summers, we’d always be playing actual amateur golf, trying to better ourselves.”

As for the reigning champions, Bussey and Montenegro shot 28s on the front and back nines, including eagles on the par-5 ninth and 16th holes.

“It’s our best start, so far, at Silver Lakes,” Bussey said. “I think the best we had done was 15 last year and maybe 13 the year before.

“This (scramble) has historically been our worst format, so I’m really happy with our start.”

Championship – Grand Highlander

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Burgess/McCullum	55	55
LeCroy/Hughston	56	56
Bussey/Montenegro	56	56
Brooks/Rogers	57	57
Cole/Wigington	58	58
Daugherty/Wilborn	58	58
Calvert/Wells	59	59
Hollinsworth/Carr	59	59
Reaves/Reaves	60	60
FIte-King	60	60
Waugh/Harris	60	60
Brown/Travis	60	60
Parmer/Harrell	60	60
Lipscomb/Johnson	60	60
Svensen/Rothwell	61	61
Howard/Murphree	62	62
Edwards/Jenkins	61	61
Poole/Clark	62	62
Cunningham/Third	63	63
Robinson/Entrekin	63	63
Clay/McGatha	63	63
Woodard/Thomas	63	63
Cameron/Ghee	63	63
Chandler/Chandler	64	64
Knight/Gee	64	64
Key/Cotney	64	64
Messer/Turner	64	64
Huckaby/Jones	65	65
Davie/Goggans	65	65
Wright/Morrow	65	65
Gibson/Brown	66	66
Whitlow/Dillon	67	67
Okins/Cunningham	68	68
Suco/Walker	69	69
Hurst/Chandler	70	70

First-Toyota Tacoma

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Autaullah/Ledbetter	59	59
Miller/Gregerson	60	60
Boozer/Boozer	60	60
Askew/Broome	61	61
McNeely/Hughston	61	61
Chandler/Crumly	61	61
Winfrey/Waits	62	62
Hunter/Key	62	62
Hollingsworth/O’Connor	63	63
Dyar/Dyar	63	63
Hubbard/Hubbard	64	64
Gardner/McElroy	64	64
Romine/Romine	64	64
Black/Steward	65	65
Munroe/Munroe	65	65
Tyson/Morris	65	65
Archer/Young	65	65
Svensen/Romano	66	66
Rollins/Borrelli	66	66
Estes/Carden	67	67
Stout/Lambert	67	67
Oliver/Oliver	67	67
Huff/Lindsey	67	67
Boyd/Wood	67	67
Couch/McKenzie	67	67
Webber/Reeves	68	68
Mize/Glover	68	68
Williams/Peters	70	70
Smith/Key	71	71
Woodfin/Van Sandt	71	71
Prickett/Jackson	72	72
Jones/Jones	75	75

Second – Honda Accord

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Tabor/Daugherty	58	58
Chapple/Bonner	62	62
Bowen/Slick	64	64
Calkins/Calkins	64	64
Cates/Bates	65	65
Blackwell/Clonts	66	66
Whitman/Slick	66	66
Owens/Jones	66	66
Jones/Thornton	67	67
Pearce/Jenkins	67	67
Hood/Stringer	68	68
Haywood/Drummond	68	68
Lett/Lett	68	68
Howell/Howell	68	68
Towns/Snow	68	68
Franklin/Chandler	68	68
Carter/Smith	68	68
Northcutt/Swindle	69	69
Gardner/Patty	69	69
McCaig/Caldwell	69	69
Vines/Mann	69	69
Duckett/Gore	69	69
Ray/Ray	70	70
Lilly/Dunn	70	70
Black/Benefiel	72	72
Martin/Ayers	73	73
Millican/Cash	73	73
Wiginton/Shatus	73	73
Monroe/Morrison	74	74

Third – Acura MDX

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Pritchett/Elders	64	64
Jenkins/Gaines	66	66
Vera/Vera	66	66
Gregerson/Good	67	67
Okins/Flowers	67	67
Harrell/Coker	67	67
Price/Price	68	68
TenEyck/Hill	68	68
Masters/Hancock	68	68
Whitlow/McQuagge	68	68
Strickland/Tillman	69	69
Ingram/Bullard	69	69
Turner/Turner	69	69
Copus/McCauley	69	69
Wakefield/Edwards	69	69
Chandler/Ray	70	70
Bedwell/Bedwell	70	70
Ledbetter/Ledbetter	70	71
Humphries/Pilkington	71	71
Primm/Sexton	72	72
Scott/Lawson	72	72
Miller/Miller	73	73
McKinney/Lowry	72	72
Pool/Pollard	73	73
White/White	73	73
Kirkpatrick/Owens	73	73
Moore/Hollingsworth	74	74
Johnson/Merritt	74	74
Clough/Miller	74	74
Turner/Gaines	74	74
Murphree/Hechart	75	75
Tant/Tant	77	77

Fourth – Ford Mach E

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Jinks/Gray	64	64
Hayes/Raph	65	65
Harper/Ray	66	66
Brown/Thompson	67	67
Haywood/Bonilla	68	68
Carden/Pollard	68	68
Wright/Wright	69	69
Wright/Wilkins	69	69
Whaley/Whaley	69	69
Turner/Foster	70	70
Cotton/Willingham	70	70
Rudledge/Ray	70	70
Collins/Britt	70	70
Price/Kirby	71	71
Greenwood/Ortiz	71	71
Jones/Wooten	71	71
Reaves/Johnson	72	72
Caben/Kurecka	72	72
Gibson/Newman	72	72
Clutter/Fellows	72	72
Clark/Hollis	72	72
Robinson/Brewer	74	74
Bussey/Bussey	74	74
Dawson/Beuckens	75	75
Moody/Arnold	75	75
Smith/Stroud	76	76

Fifth – Toyota Tundra

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Barnwell/Jones	66	66
Gendron/Johnson	67	67
Milligan/Miles	67	67
Kline/Kline	67	67
Muncher/Coker	68	68
Johnson/Encinias	69	69
Mosley/Williams	69	69
Taylor/Haynes	70	70
McKenzie/Dickson	70	70
Whitaker/Stewart	70	70
Williams/Stephens	70	70
Sumner/Sumner	71	71
Mathison/Busby	71	71
Johnson/Parker	72	72
Lyons/Underwood	72	72
Young/Cassady	72	72
Waldrop/Rainey	72	72
Gaddy/Kelley	72	72
Bryant/Cobb	72	72
Parrish/Skelton	73	73
Alderman/Alderman	73	73
Cobb/Ray	73	73
Dyar/Hamilton	75	75
Cochrum/Rogers	76	76
Black/Dover	76	76
Watson/Jones	77	77
Parris/Rankin	77	77
Dorroh/Dorroh	77	77

Sixth – Honda Odyssey

TEAM	RD. 1	TOTAL
Bowman/Cobb	68	68
Jordan/Criss	68	68
Vernon/Nunnally	69	69
Tinney/Peacock	69	69
Joiner/Baker	70	70
Jones/Littleton	71	71
Martin/Martin	71	71
Brown/Winn	71	71
Newton/Butler	71	71
Yates/Goodson	71	71
Hamlet/Whitten	72	72
Sprayberry/Sprayberry	72	72
Wells/Wells	72	72
McQuagge/Williamson	72	72
Fillingim/Cates	73	73
Lindsey/Lindsey	73	73
Adams/Shell	73	73
Reaves/Burns	74	74
Forbus/Roberts	74	74
Cash/Freeman	75	75
Wright/Wright	76	76
Varner/Stokes	76	76
Huckaby/Holt	77	77
Whitlow/Whitlow	77	77
Carter/Slay	78	78
Mittelmark/Adams	79	79

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