Anniston, AL – Garrett and Garrett Jr. shoot final-round 64 to win ACC Parent-Child by 3
For the first time in quite a while Garrett Burgess was playing in a team event in which his partner was the one with the sore shoulders – and he was an 11-year-old.
Burgess and son Garrett Jr. won the annual Parent-Child Tournament at Anniston Country Club Sunday and it was the junior partner who hit some of the biggest shots of the day.
Team Burgess shot a final-round 64 for a two-day total 129 that was three shots better than first-day leader and defending champion Gary and Peyton Wigington and 19-and-over flight winner Jeremy and T.J. McGatha for the overall win.
The winners got their round going with three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, with Garrett Jr. making birdies at 13 and 15. He also made an eagle at 1, driving the green from his tees to 18 feet, a birdie at 2 and a needed par on 9. Dad felt he had to catch up, making birdies at 16 and 3.
“If he wouldn’t have played very well there’s no way we could have won, that’s for sure,” the elder Burgess said. “And he let me know about it. He was like, ‘come on, come on.’ He was pepping me up, getting me to hone in a little bit. It’s nice to be able to lean on somebody, there’s no doubt.”
According to dad, young Garrett, who turns 12 in July and will be entering the sixth grade at Iola Roberts Elementary School in Pell City in the fall, has put a lot of work into his game the last couple months. He still needs a year or two of development before he can be the low man in the living room, but dad is fully aware that day is getting closer.
“I’m sure he’s got an inkling now that if he gets a few things taken care of he’s going to be wearing me out,” Garrett said.
The Wigingtons shot a final-round 70. Peyton had a birdie on 3 and Gary dropped one on 14.
The McGathas won their flight by two over Cypress and Noah Hathorn. They shot a final-round 68 with T.J. contributing a birdie at 9 and a par at 18 and Jeremy dropping birdies on 6 and 11. [*** read more sports stories]
ACC Parent-Child
Gross Division
18-AND-UNDER | |||
Garrett Burgess + Garrett Burgess, Jr | 65 | 64 | 129 |
Gary Wigington + Peyton Wigington | 62 | 70 | 132 |
Anderson Brooks + Andrew Brooks | 72 | 67 | 139 |
Bodie Fite + Freeman Fite | 70 | 69 | 139 |
Brennan Clay + Atticus Clay | 68 | 71 | 139 |
Freeman Fite + Payton Fite | 69 | 70 | 139 |
Isabel Rogers + Matt Rogers | 72 | 73 | 145 |
Dakota Willingham + Kenneth Willingham | 80 | 83 | 163 |
Gant Whitlow + Rusty Whitlow | 83 | 82 | 165 |
Dustin Merritt + Thomas Merritt | 87 | 86 | 173 |
Don Whitlow + Gantt Whitlow | 89 | 85 | 174 |
Dean Coppock + Hayden Coppock | 94 | 85 | 179 |
19-AND-OVER | |||
Jeremy McGatha + T.J. McGatha | 64 | 68 | 132 |
Cypress Hathorn + Noah Hathorn | 66 | 68 | 134 |
Braylin Hathorn + Cypress Hathorn | 68 | 67 | 135 |
Randy Reaves + Will Reaves | 67 | 69 | 136 |
David Lipscomb + Randy Lipscomb | 66 | 71 | 137 |
Charlie Smith + Hank Smith | 75 | 64 | 139 |
Drennan Beam + Garrett Burgess1 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
Graham Morrow + Taylor Morrow | 73 | 72 | 145 |
Hayden Downey + Michael Downey | 73 | 74 | 147 |
Chris Lett + Eric Lett | 75 | 73 | 148 |
Caleb Morrow + Graham Morrow1 | 72 | 79 | 151 |
Brett Putnam + Mike Putnam | 73 | 79 | 152 |
Bill Teneyck + Tyler Teneyck | 76 | 78 | 154 |
Jonathan Whitlow + Mike Whitlow | 82 | 73 | 155 |
Don Whitlow + Jonathan Whitlow | 79 | 77 | 156 |
Donald Whitlow + Trey Sawyer | 80 | 78 | 158 |
Don Whitlow + Rusty Whitlow | 78 | 83 | 161 |
Don Whitlow + Mike Whitlow | 82 | 80 | 162 |
Sean Hayes + Taylor Hayes | 85 | 77 | 162 |
Sean Hayes + Steve Hayes | 87 | 77 | 164 |
Sam Garner + Tim Garner | 84 | 90 | 174 |
Net Division
18-AND-UNDER | |||
Garrett Burgess + Garrett Burgess, Jr | 59 | 59 | 118 |
Anderson Brooks + Andrew Brooks | 64 | 58 | 122 |
Freeman Fite + Payton Fite | 63 | 67 | 130 |
Gary Wigington + Peyton Wigington | 62 | 69 | 131 |
Dakota Willingham + Kenneth Willingham | 64 | 70 | 134 |
Bodie Fite + Freeman Fite | 67 | 68 | 135 |
Isabel Rogers + Matt Rogers | 67 | 68 | 135 |
Brennan Clay + Atticus Clay | 68 | 71 | 139 |
Don Whitlow + Gantt Whitlow | 71 | 69 | 140 |
Dustin Merritt + Thomas Merritt | 70 | 72 | 142 |
Gant Whitlow + Rusty Whitlow | 78 | 75 | 153 |
Dean Coppock + Hayden Coppock | 83 | 75 | 158 |
19-AND-OVER | |||
Cypress Hathorn + Noah Hathorn | 60 | 62 | 122 |
Braylin Hathorn + Cypress Hathorn | 62 | 61 | 123 |
Hayden Downey + Michael Downey | 62 | 62 | 124 |
Charlie Smith + Hank Smith | 68 | 58 | 126 |
Donald Whitlow + Trey Sawyer | 63 | 63 | 126 |
Bill Teneyck + Tyler Teneyck | 63 | 64 | 127 |
David Lipscomb + Randy Lipscomb | 62 | 65 | 127 |
Don Whitlow + Mike Whitlow | 64 | 64 | 128 |
Don Whitlow + Jonathan Whitlow | 64 | 65 | 129 |
Chris Lett + Eric Lett | 67 | 63 | 130 |
Jeremy McGatha + T.J. McGatha | 64 | 66 | 130 |
Randy Reaves + Will Reaves | 64 | 66 | 130 |
Drennan Beam + Garrett Burgess | 67 | 64 | 131 |
Graham Morrow + Taylor Morrow | 67 | 66 | 133 |
Jonathan Whitlow + Mike Whitlow | 71 | 62 | 133 |
Sam Garner + Tim Garner | 64 | 70 | 134 |
Don Whitlow + Rusty Whitlow | 64 | 71 | 135 |
Sean Hayes + Steve Hayes | 74 | 62 | 136 |
Brett Putnam + Mike Putnam | 66 | 72 | 138 |
Caleb Morrow + Graham Morrow | 66 | 72 | 138 |
Sean Hayes + Taylor Hayes | 73 | 65 | 138 |