State golf — Benedictine bounces back to finish third at state tourney

The Benedictine golf team returned to form on Tuesday, following a disappointing opening round in the Class 4A State tournament the Cadets hosted on their home course — The Savannah Golf Club. The Cadets shot 10-over par as a team in their second round — the lowest team round on the day — and moved from fourth place to third. The Cadets shot 602 over the two days, coming in at 34-over par (with the top four scores from six golfers counting toward the team total).

BC finished 20 strokes behind team champion Cartersville, which shot 14-over par for the tournament. Benedictine junior Bear Dollander, who has committed to play at Alabama, started the day in 13th place. The lefty shot a one-under par 70 to climb the leaderboard and finish fourth with a 3-over par 145 in the tournament.

Cartersville junior Bodie Brumlow, a University of Georgia commit, followed his 65 on Monday with a 69 and finished at 8-under to win medalist honors by nine strokes. His teammate, sophomore Reid Henson, tied for second at one-over par with Brooks Adams of Marist. Dollander opened with a birdie and then dialed in a 6-iron from 210 yards on the second hole to three-feet for an eagle.

He made the turn in 33, but a pair of doubles on the back nine stopped him for posting the stellar round he was looking for. "The score was better today, but obviously we didn't accomplish what we wanted to do," Dollander said. "There are positives and negatives, but this is the end of the season.