Brumlow Leads Bulldogs Into NCAAs
May 20, 2025 | Men's Golf, The Frierson Files
By John Frierson
Staff Writer
Buck Brumlow has always had the shots to be a great golfer. It's the belief in himself that has sometimes held him back a little. Not anymore.
"Buck's just finally believing in himself and how good he is," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "We've seen it for four years, and we kept trying to tell him, 'Dude, you're so, so good.' But sometimes it just takes a guy to start believing in himself, start trusting what he's doing, trusts his process, and he's done a really good job of that this year."
At the NCAA Tallahassee Regional last week at Seminole Legacy Golf Club, Brumlow, No. 25 in the Division 1 rankings, showed that he can play with the best collegiate golfers in the country. He shot rounds of 5-under, even and 6-under to finish tied for second with Ole Miss' fourth-ranked Michael La Sasso, four strokes back of third-ranked Luke Clanton of Florida State, who this week won the Ben Hogan Award, given to the top men's golfer in the country.
Brumlow, a senior from Cartersville, Ga., has had a very good final season with the Bulldogs. In April, he won The Ford Collegiate and placed eighth in the stroke play portion of the SEC Championships, and he's had eight top-10 finishes since the start of the fall season.
"I'm a talented golfer, and it just took me some time to mature and figure out how to play my game," said Brumlow, who was named second-team All-SEC.
Brumlow admits that his game is a little different from a lot of the guys he's competing against. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, he can pound the drive like so many players these days, but "I see different shots than everybody else," he said.
Though he's a fan of hitting fairways and greens like everyone else, he doesn't have a standard shot, a consistent draw or fade that is his go-to. Instead, "I kind of work the ball both ways, and I'm creative," he said. Brumlow's face lit up as he described a 50-yard hook he hit around a big magnolia tree. It was the type of shot he loves to play.
"I just trap-hooked it to like 15 feet," he said. "It was one of the best shots I've ever seen."
"It's fun to watch him play," said teammate and roommate George Langham. "He definitely takes different lines than what some people can take, and it's fun to have that on your team."
The No. 22-ranked Bulldogs are out at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., this week for the NCAA Championships. For Brumlow and Langham, it will be their final collegiate events before they turn pro. Brumlow said his newfound belief in himself and his game has him very excited for this week and what's next.
"My whole life, I grew up with people telling me that I have what it takes to be on the PGA Tour, and I never really saw any signs on paper," he said. "I was obviously a good golfer and I played well, but I never saw any consistency where I was like, Yeah, I can be a top-10 player in the world. This year has been huge for me."
The top five teams from each of the six regional tournaments last week advanced to the NCAA Championships, and the Bulldogs qualified out of the Tallahassee Regional with a 7-under total score. Individually, Brumlow finished tied for second at 11-under par and junior Carter Loflin tied for 11th at 3-under. Langham finished tied for 35th at 4-over.
Haack said this year's team was a mix of veterans and newcomers, with some of the veteran collegiate players new to the postseason. It's a group that has progressed throughout the season, winning the Linger Longer Invitational in March, placing fourth at The Ford Collegiate, where Brumlow was the medalist, and then advancing to the match play portion of the SEC Championship before taking care of business at the Tallahassee Regional.
"I'm the eternal optimist, so I always feel like no matter where we start, we're going to end up at a much better place," Haack said. "I knew we were going to go through some growing pains and so forth, but they just have continued to get better. The camaraderie of the team, the chemistry on the team, is so good right now."
The Bulldogs tee off in the NCAA Championships on Friday, the first of three days of stroke play on the North course. After the first three rounds, the top 15 teams will have a final day of stroke play before the final eight move on to match play.
"Buck's obviously been playing really good, but we all have each other's back, and some good golf's been played because of it," Langham said. "I think we're kind of thriving off of each other right now."
Staff Writer
Buck Brumlow has always had the shots to be a great golfer. It's the belief in himself that has sometimes held him back a little. Not anymore.
"Buck's just finally believing in himself and how good he is," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "We've seen it for four years, and we kept trying to tell him, 'Dude, you're so, so good.' But sometimes it just takes a guy to start believing in himself, start trusting what he's doing, trusts his process, and he's done a really good job of that this year."
At the NCAA Tallahassee Regional last week at Seminole Legacy Golf Club, Brumlow, No. 25 in the Division 1 rankings, showed that he can play with the best collegiate golfers in the country. He shot rounds of 5-under, even and 6-under to finish tied for second with Ole Miss' fourth-ranked Michael La Sasso, four strokes back of third-ranked Luke Clanton of Florida State, who this week won the Ben Hogan Award, given to the top men's golfer in the country.
Brumlow, a senior from Cartersville, Ga., has had a very good final season with the Bulldogs. In April, he won The Ford Collegiate and placed eighth in the stroke play portion of the SEC Championships, and he's had eight top-10 finishes since the start of the fall season.
"I'm a talented golfer, and it just took me some time to mature and figure out how to play my game," said Brumlow, who was named second-team All-SEC.
Brumlow admits that his game is a little different from a lot of the guys he's competing against. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, he can pound the drive like so many players these days, but "I see different shots than everybody else," he said.
Though he's a fan of hitting fairways and greens like everyone else, he doesn't have a standard shot, a consistent draw or fade that is his go-to. Instead, "I kind of work the ball both ways, and I'm creative," he said. Brumlow's face lit up as he described a 50-yard hook he hit around a big magnolia tree. It was the type of shot he loves to play.
"I just trap-hooked it to like 15 feet," he said. "It was one of the best shots I've ever seen."
"It's fun to watch him play," said teammate and roommate George Langham. "He definitely takes different lines than what some people can take, and it's fun to have that on your team."
The No. 22-ranked Bulldogs are out at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., this week for the NCAA Championships. For Brumlow and Langham, it will be their final collegiate events before they turn pro. Brumlow said his newfound belief in himself and his game has him very excited for this week and what's next.
"My whole life, I grew up with people telling me that I have what it takes to be on the PGA Tour, and I never really saw any signs on paper," he said. "I was obviously a good golfer and I played well, but I never saw any consistency where I was like, Yeah, I can be a top-10 player in the world. This year has been huge for me."
The top five teams from each of the six regional tournaments last week advanced to the NCAA Championships, and the Bulldogs qualified out of the Tallahassee Regional with a 7-under total score. Individually, Brumlow finished tied for second at 11-under par and junior Carter Loflin tied for 11th at 3-under. Langham finished tied for 35th at 4-over.
Haack said this year's team was a mix of veterans and newcomers, with some of the veteran collegiate players new to the postseason. It's a group that has progressed throughout the season, winning the Linger Longer Invitational in March, placing fourth at The Ford Collegiate, where Brumlow was the medalist, and then advancing to the match play portion of the SEC Championship before taking care of business at the Tallahassee Regional.
"I'm the eternal optimist, so I always feel like no matter where we start, we're going to end up at a much better place," Haack said. "I knew we were going to go through some growing pains and so forth, but they just have continued to get better. The camaraderie of the team, the chemistry on the team, is so good right now."
The Bulldogs tee off in the NCAA Championships on Friday, the first of three days of stroke play on the North course. After the first three rounds, the top 15 teams will have a final day of stroke play before the final eight move on to match play.
"Buck's obviously been playing really good, but we all have each other's back, and some good golf's been played because of it," Langham said. "I think we're kind of thriving off of each other right now."
Assistant Sports Communications Director John Frierson is the staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association and curator of the ITA Men's Tennis Hall of Fame. You can find his work at: Frierson Files.
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