Sauer Starts, Broadwater Ends Strong at Boys State Golf

While the Fillmore Central girls’ team was a big story at state golf, an individual Falcon also wrote a great narrative, at least for the first 18 holes.   Senior Delton Sauer went out and shot a 38 and a 39 to start the state meet.  His 77 had him sitting tied for fifth overall after Day One.  He was one of just four golfers with two sub-40 scores Day One.  It was his best documented round of 18 ever.  He’d gone 85/88 (Sections 2015), 97/93 (State 2015), 84/82 (Sections 2016), and 83/83 (Sections 2017) at big meets the last three years.  Day Two wasn’t quite so kind.  Sauer went 47/44 for a 91.   He finished with a 168 overall, tying for 28th place.  It was still a good improvement from his score sophomore year (190) amidst FC’s team run.  Kingsland’s Simon Broadwater played the great golf Day Two.   After going 40/48 Day One, the junior rallied with 37/40 Day Two.  That 77 tied for the second lowest score of everybody Day Two. Broadwater’s 37 tied for ninth best round of the tournament, which had 346 total 9-hole scores.  Finishing with a 165, Broadwater was six strokes better than last year (171).  He finished 23 positions better, moving up to 16th place (from 39th).  Just a junior, Simon will have the opportunity to state golf three-peat.  It was a log-jam from Broadwater to Sauer.  Sixteen guys scored from 165 to 168.  Two-time Section 1A champion Tommy Braaten of Blooming Prairie snared the individual state title handily with a four-under 140 (36, 32, 35, 37).  He won by 10 strokes over Mounds Park Academy’s Matt Berning (150).  Mahnomen/Waubun (653) won the team title over Lac Qui Parle Valley (671) and Sleepy Eye United (677).  The meet was held at the 18-hole par-72 Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker, Minnesota.