Sizzlin hot Bulldogs dominate Class 2 sectional on their way to state

Gallatin’s team score of 307 bested rival and second place Hamilton by 45 strokes. It was also 11 strokes better, statewide, than any other Class 1 sectional winner. As a group, the Bulldogs were able to shave 26 strokes off their district-winning score of a week ago. Their 307 was also 34 strokes better than the team’s sectional score in 2015.

Simmons, the only golfer to shoot under par, blazed through the course with an unchallenged five-under par score of 67.

Five other golfers shot below 80, including Gallatin’s Logan Burns and Bradley Rhoades. Those scores would have been good enough to win the medalist award in other years but not with Simmons’s terrific showing.

GHS golf records are unofficial but Simmons’s 18-hole round of 67 is thought to be second only to now PGA pro golfer Brice Garnett’s 64 shot at the GRC Tournament (DCCC) in 2002. No lower 18-hole score has been found from a course other than Daviess County Country Club.

Burns finished in a tie for second place with Hamilton’s Ethan Green on Monday, both shooting four-over par rounds of 76. Rhoades tied for fourth with Hamilton’s Wyatt Gregory as both shot 79.

Gabe Cole’s eighth place round of 85 was the final to count toward the Bulldog team score but Wyatt Bird came in with an 88 that put him at ninth place in the 37-man field.

Bulldog golfers are, from left: Jett Simmons, Bradley Rhoades, Wyatt Bird, Logan Burns and Gabe Cole. [Photo by Kelly Simmons]

The MSHSAA Class 1 Golf Championships will be held next Monday and Tuesday at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa. Medals for individual play will be awarded to the top 15 finishers. Trophies will be awarded to the top four teams.

All-Time Top GHS Team Scores (18 Holes)

Score   Year     Event                                                    Site

292      2002    GRC Tournament, 1^st Place                  Gallatin

301      2002    Class 1 State Tournament Record         Springfield

302      2001    District Tournament, 1^st Place               Lawson

305      2000    Sacred Heart Tournament, 1^st Place      Sedalia

305      2002    Cameron Tournament, 1^st Place            Cameron

306      2016    GRC Tournament, 1^st Place                  Bethany

307      2001    Darrell Gurley Tourn., 2^nd Place            Liberty

307      2015    GRC Tournament, 1^st Place                  Maysville

307      2016    Sectional Tournament, 1^st Place            Maryville