Soaker

Downpours had their say in second round of Sunny King Charity Classic, but Burgess/McCullum maintain one-stroke lead. LeCroy/Hughston, Bussey/Montenegro one stroke back, and Cole-Wigington make a move.

Late Sunday tee times

TIME	TEAM 1	TEAM 2
Noon	Brennan Clay/Jeremy McGatha	Allen Cameron/Marshall Ghee
12:10 p.m.	Kevin Daugherty/Chandler Wilborn	Seth Parmer/Marcus Harrell
12:20 p.m.	Chase Hollingsworth/Hunter Carr	Jackson King/Freeman Fite
12:30 p.m.	Chad Calvert/Tanner Wells	Tee Brown/Dustin Travis
12:40 p.m.	Gary Wiggington/Ty Cole	Jacob LeCroy/Harrison Hughston
12:50 p.m.	Garrett Burgess/Taylor McCullum	Layton Bussey/Jesus Montenegro

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Writer

CIDER RIDGE — The Sunny King Charity Classic’s 2021 move from mid-July to mid-September brought mostly good for Northeast Alabama’s long-standing gem of a charity golf tournament, but potential weather patterns was a wash.

The Sunny King traded July’s frequent afternoon thunderstorms for September’s potential tropical patterns.

Hurricane Francine’s outer bands left behind a tropical moisture pattern, and it laid tracks from southeast to northwest over Calhoun County during Saturday’s second round. The top three teams coming out of Friday’s first round, weathered the rain train reasonably well, all shooting 14 under par on Saturday to hold position.

The two-man tandem of Garrett Burgess/Taylor McCullum stands at 55-58—113 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Jacob LeCroy/Harrison Hughston (56-58—114) and defending champions Layton Bussey/Jesus Montenegro (56-58—114).

Ty Cole/Gary Wigington shot the day’s best round at 15-under 57 to move into fourth, one stroke back of LeCroy/Hughston and Bussey/Montenegro.

It sets up a Sunday showdown at Anniston Country Club, and the best news just might be that Mother Nature appears to have had her say in the 45th Sunny King. Forecasts call for overnight showers but only a 15 percent change of rain come early afternoon, when the leading teams will tee off.

That will come as a relief after Saturday’s soaker, which prompted organizers to briefly call teams off of the Cider Ridge on Saturday because of unplayable conditions.

“When the rain started falling, it was real tough,” McCullum said. “The course was pretty soft, so you could just hit it in the air, and the ball was just hitting and stopping.

“There was no wind, really. I mean, it was tough, but kind of let it get away from us there at the end, when the rain started falling. We drug our feet all the way to the house.”

After turning in their scorecard, Burgess and McCullum made a beeline to their car and headed off to change into dry clothes as soon as possible.

Burgess, a Sunny King regular who teamed with Cypress Hathorn to win in 2013, could not recall rain quite like Saturday’s in previous Sunny Kings.

“We’ve never in rain like this, I don’t think,” he said. “That rain we had on 6 through 9 coming in was almost impossible. It was unbelievable.”

Burgess/McCullum started their round on the back nine, shooting 28. After parring their seventh (16) and eighth (17) holes, they went into the turn with a birdie, the first of six in a row.

They parred three of the final four holes, 6-9 on the course.

“The rain was howling after we got done with 4,” Burgess said. “We ended up hitting driver-driver on No. 5, and I was able to get up and down for birdie.

“After 5, it was like, I do’n’t know how we’re going to be able to finish. There was water everywhere.”

Burgess-McCullum played later in the day than their two nearest competitors and got the worst of the rain. Could that end up playing a role in the final outcome?

“I would’ve liked to have had a few extra shots Jacob and Harrison and Jesus and them,” McCullum said. “We kind of messed up there. We could’ve at least made one or two more (birdies) and had a two- or three-shot lead.

“We’re going to do our best. I do’n’t know if we can hold those young bucks off, but we’re going to try.”

Bussey-Montenegro went 28-30 front to back with 14 birdies and no bogeys.

“On 10, it started raining, and by 12, it was really raining pretty hard all of the way through,” Bussey said. “Jesus played really, really good, and we made some good putts again.

“Some shots, I feel like we got affected by the rain a little bit. Some people, the rain really mentally affects them. so I really don’t know. The course is playing good. It’s in good shape. The greens were rolling great, but they got a little wet, and some of the tee boxes late in the round were just standing water.”

LcCroy-Hughston made 12 birdies and an eagle on No. 15.

“I didn’t have any expectations heading into it,” :LeCroy said. “I knew if we got it going, that type of thing, but we didn’t make near enough putts.

‘We still played pretty good. We made a bunch of good shots. I’m happy with 14.”

Championship – Grand Highlander

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Burgess/McCullum	55-58	113
LeCroy/Hughston	56-58	114
Bussey/Montenegro	56-58	114
Cole/Wigington	58-57	115
Calvert/Wells	59-59	118
Brown/Travis	60-58	118
Hollinsworth/Carr	59-60	119
Tabor/Daugherty	58-61	119
FIte-King	60-60	120
Parmer/Harrell	60-60	120
Edwards/Jenkins	61-61	122
Daugherty/Wilborn	58-64	122
Brooks/Rogers	57-65	122
Clay/McGatha	63-60	123
Svensen/Rothwell	61-62	123
Hollingsworth/O’Connor	63-61	124
Cunningham/Third	63-61	124
Autaullah/Ledbetter	59-65	124
Chapple/Bonner	62-62	124
Howard/Murphree	62-64	126
Reaves/Reaves	60-66	126
Pritchett/Elders	64-62	126
Waugh/Harris	60-66	126
Poole/Clark	62-64	126
Askew/Broome	61-65	126
Miller/Gregerson	60-66	126

Championship B-Honda Pilot

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Archer/Young	65-62	127
Key/Cotney	64-63	127
Chandler/Crumly	61-66	127
Rollins/Borrelli	66-61	127
Huckaby/Jones	65-62	127
Wright/Morrow	65-62	127
Chandler/Chandler	64-64	128
McNeelyHughston	61-67	128
Hubbard/Hubbard	64-64	128
Winfrey/Waits	62-67	129
Robinson/Entrekin	63-66	129
Lipscomb/Johnson	60-69	129
Boozer/Boozer	60-69	129
Bowen/Slick	64-65	129
Davie/Goggans	65-65	130
Steward/Black	65-65	130
Dyar/Dyar	63-68	131
Vera/Vera	66-65	131
Cameron/Ghee	63-68	131
Gardner/McElroy	64-67	131
Calkins/Calkins	64-67	131
Gibson/Brown	66-65	131
Harper/Ray	66-65	131

First-Toyota Tacoma

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Mize/Glover	68-64	132
Woodard/Thomas	63-69	132
Jenkins/Gaines	66-66	132
Knight/Gee	64-68	132
Vines/Mann	69-64	132
Boyd/Wood	67-66	133
Tyson/Morris	65-68	133
Oliver/Oliver	67-66	133
Lett/Lett	68-65	133
Romine/Romine	64-69	133
Hayes/Ralph	65-68	133
Masters/Hancock	68-65	133
Pearce/Jenkins	67-66	133
Whitlow/McQuagge	68-65	133
Estes/Carden	67-67	134
McCaig/Caldwell	69-65	134
Couch/McNickle	67-67	134
Franklin/Chandler	68-66	134
Ray/Ray	70-64	134
Milligan/Miles	67-67	134
Gregerson/Good	67-67	134
Svensen/Romano	66-68	134
Hunter/Key	62-72	134
Carter/Smith	68-66	134
Hood/Stringer	68-66	134
Jinks/Gray	64-70	134
TenEyck/Hill	68-66	134

Second – Honda Accord

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Haywood/Bonilla	68-67	135
Munroe/Munroe	65-70	135
Brown/Thompson	67-68	135
Messer/Turner	64-71	135
Webber/Reeves	68-67	135
Rutledge/Ray	70-65	135
Haywood/Drummond	68-67	135
Kline/Kline	67-68	135
Collins/Britt	70-65	135
Scott/Lawson	72-63	135
Duckett/Gore	69-66	135
Okins/Flowers	67-68	135
Hurst/Chandler	70-65	135
Barnwell/Jones	66-70	136
Jones/Thornton	67-69	136
Gendron/Johnson	67-69	136
Cotton/Willingham	70-66	136
Blackwell/Clonts	66-70	136
Stout/Lambert	67-69	136
Whitman/Slick	66-70	136
Vernon/Nunnally	69-68	137
Cates/Bates	65-72	137
Wright/Wilkins	69-68	137
Smith/Key	71-66	137
Turner/Turner	69-68	137
Okins/Cuningham	68-69	137
Owens/Jones	66-71	137
Carden/Pollard	68-69	137
Muncher/Coker	68-69	137
	69-69	138
	73-70	143
Monroe/Morrison	74-80	154

Third – Acura MDX

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Mosley/Williams	69-69	138
Northcutt/Swindle	69-69	138
Whitlow/Dillon	67-71	138
Tinney/Peacock	69-69	138
Howell/Howell	68-70	138
Whaley/Whaley	69-69	138
Harrell/Coker	67-71	138
Bedwell/Bedwell	70-68	138
Huff/Lindsey	67-71	138
Gardner/Patty	69-69	138
Bryant/Cobb	72-66	138
McKenzie/Dickson	70-69	139
Price/Price	68-71	139
Williams/Peters	70-69	139
Bowman/Cobb	68-71	139
Primm/Sexton	72-67	139
Strickland/Tillman	69-70	139
Towns/Snow	68-71	139
Martin/Ayers	73-66	139
Mathison/Busby	71-68	139
McQuagge/Williamson	72-67	139
Joiner/Baker	70-69	139

Fourth – Ford Mach E

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Whitaker/Stewart	70-70	140
Forbus/Roberts	74-66	140
Jones/Littleton	71-69	140
Lilly/Dunn	70-70	140
Lyons/Underwood	72-68	140
Ingram/Bullard	69-71	140
Newton/Butler	71-69	140
Yates/Goodson	71-69	140
Jones/Wooten	71-69	140
Clark/Hollis	72-68	140
Wakefield/Edwards	69-72	141
Reaves/Johnson	72-69	141
Jordan/Criss	68-73	141
Price/Kirby	71-70	141
Johnson/Encinias	69-72	141
Young/Cassady	72-69	141
Chandler/Ray	70-71	141
Cobb/Ray	73-68	141
Brown/Winn	71-71	142
Caben/Kurecka	72-70	142
Sprayberry/Sprayberry	72-70	142
Prickett/Jackson	72-70	142
Humphries/Pilkington	71-71	142
Williams/Stephens	70-72	142
Wells/Wells	72-70	142
Wright/Wright	69-73	142
Hamlet/Whitten	72-70	142
Bussey/Bussey	74-68	142

Fifth – Toyota Tundra

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Miller/Miller	73-70	143
Lindsey/Lindsey	73-70	143
Clutter/Fellows	72-71	143
Martin/Martin	71-72	143
Greenwood/Ortiz	71-72	143
Parrish/Skelton	73-70	143
Moore/Hollingsworth	74-69	143
Adams/Shell	73-70	143
Wiginton/Shatus	73-70	143
Dyar/Hamilton	75-68	143
Woodfin/Van Sandt	71-72	143
Robinson/Brewer	74-70	144
Alderman/Alderman	73-71	144
Dawson/Beuckens	75-69	144
Johnson/Merritt	74-70	144
Waldrop/Rainey	72-72	144
Pool/Pollard	73-71	144
Suco/Walker	69-75	144
Kirkpatrick/Owens	73-71	144
Sumner/Sumner	71-73	144
Jones/Jones	75-69	144
Johnson/Parker	72-72	144
Turner/Gaines	74-71	145
Ledbetter/Ledbetter	71-74	145
Turner/Foster	70-75	145
White/White	73-72	145
Taylor/Haynes	70-75	145

Sixth – Honda Odyssey

TEAM	RD. 1-2	TOTAL
Moody/Arnold	75-71	146
Watson/Jones	77-69	146
Gaddy/Kelley	72-64	146
Varner/Stokes	76-70	146
Copus/McCauley	69-77	146
Millican/Cash	73-74	147
Whitlow/Whitlow	77-70	147
Wright/Wright	76-71	147
Smith/Stroud	76-71	147
Cash/Freeman	75-72	147
Black/Benefiel	72-75	147
Black/Dover	76-72	148
Gibson/Newman	72-76	148
McKinney/Lowry	72-76	148
Parris/Rankin	77-72	149
Reaves/Burns	74-76	150
Fillingim/Cates	73-77	150
Cochrum/Rogers	76-74	150
Tant/Tant	77-73	150
Murphree/Hechart	75-77	152
Clough/Miller	74-79	153
Dorroh/Dorroh	77-77	154
Huckaby/Holt	77-79	156
Carter/Slay	78-86	164

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