1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship

The 1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship was held on May 25–26, 1956 in Wilmette, Illinois and Northwestern was the host school.[1] The team champion was Purdue with a score of 1,501 and the individual champion was Joe Campbell of Purdue who shot a 281.

1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 25–26, 1956
LocationWilmette, Illinois
Statistics
Par71
Field10 schools, 60 players
Champion
Team: Purdue
Individual: Joe Campbell, Purdue
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Team results

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Place School Score
1 Purdue 1,501
2 Michigan 1,508
3 Ohio State 1,509
4 Wisconsin 1,520
5 Northwestern 1,526
T6 Illinois 1,549
Michigan State
Minnesota
9 Iowa 1,569
10 Indiana 1,590

Individual results

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Purdue

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Joe Campbell won the Big Ten Conference individual title.[2]

Player 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Joe Campbell 71 72 67 71 281
Bill Redding 76 74 77 75 303
Wayne Etherton 74 73 76 81 304
Tom Schafer 77 72 75 85 305
Don Granger 81 73 78 76 308
Ed McCallum 83 80 81 74 318

The top five player scores counted towards the championship.[3]

Round summaries

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The 1956 Big Ten Championship was played over two days with two 18-hole rounds played on each day, for a total of 72 holes.

First round

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Friday, May 25, 1955

Second round

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Friday, May 25, 1955

Third round

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Saturday, May 26, 1955

Final round

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Saturday, May 26, 1955[4]

Place Player School Score To par
1 Joe Campbell Purdue 71-72-67-71=281 −3
2 Rudy Boyd Northwestern 70-74-73-72=289 +5
3 Roger Rubendall Wisconsin 72-77-70-77=296 +12
T4 Ken Rodewald Michigan State 76-69-76-76=297 +13
Joe Schubeck Michigan 74-76-73-74=297
6 Dave Forbes Wisconsin 74-79-75-72=300 +16
T7 Frank Judish Iowa 76-73-73-79=301 +17
Bob McMasters Michigan 72-77-77-75=301
Mike Mural Ohio State 73-77-76-75=301
Fred Michlow Michigan 78-74-74-75=301

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Bartlett, Charles (May 27, 1956). "Purdue's Campbell Wins Big 10 Golf Title with 281". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Charles (May 26, 1956). "Purdue Leads Big 10 Golfers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Campbell Is Big Ten Golf Champ". Cedar Rapids Gazette. May 27, 1956. Retrieved January 8, 2017.