By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
Beaufort High’s golf team didn’t have its best two days Monday and Tuesday at the SCHSL Class 4A state championships at Forest Lake Club in Columbia, but the Eagles still walked away with a fourth-place finish with junior Jerry Bruns leading the way with an all-state performance.
The Eagles posted team score of 310 on Monday and 317 on Tuesday to finish fourth at 627, just seven shots behind third-place Indian Land. A.C. Flora (565) ran away with the team title by a 40-shot margin over North Augusta (605), as the Falcons fired a blistering 7-under-par 277 in the final round.
Beaufort easily outpaced its region competition, as May River (667) finished 12th and Hilton Head High (672) was 15th in the 16-team field.
Bruns followed up an opening round of 4-over 75 with a 74 on Tuesday to tie for eighth and earn all-state honors for the second straight year. Teammate Jack Lubkin played steady with a pair of 6-over 77s to tie for 17th, while Jack Sumner (162, T37), Simon McAlister (164, 41st), and Gus Christian (177, T57) rounded out the lineup.
Indian Land’s Mason Kucia won the individual title with a 36-hole total of 1-under 141, edging A.C. Flora teammates Luke Sullivan and Charles Cauthen by one shot while fellow Falcons Adam Hunt (143) and Burch Harrison (144) rounded out the top five and Coleman Ferguson tied for 10th as Flora’s fifth player, firing a 3-under 68 on Tuesday.
