Golf tournament
1955 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf ChampionshipTournament information |
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Dates | May 27–28, 1955 |
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Location | Lafayette, Indiana |
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Course(s) | Purdue Golf Course (South)[1] |
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Statistics |
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Par | 71 |
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Length | 6,392 yards (5,845 m) |
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Field | 10 schools, 60 players |
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Champion |
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Team: Purdue Individual: Roger Rubendall, Wisconsin |
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The 1955 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship was held on May 27–28, 1955 at the Purdue Golf Course (South) in Lafayette, Indiana. The team champion was Purdue with a score of 1,141 and the individual champion was Roger Rubendall of Wisconsin who shot a 216.[2]
Team results
Place | Team | Score |
1 | Purdue | 1,141 |
2 | Ohio State | 1,147 |
3 | Wisconsin | 1,166 |
4 | Michigan | 1,170 |
5 | Minnesota | 1,191 |
6 | Iowa | 1,192 |
7 | Michigan State | 1,204 |
8 | Illinois | 1,205 |
9 | Northwestern | 1,209 |
10 | Indiana | 1,213 |
Individual results
The championship was shortened for the first time ever from 72 holes to 54 as a result of storms canceling a morning round on Saturday.[3][4]
Purdue
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Joe Campbell | 73 | 75 | 72 | 220 |
Wayne Etherton | 78 | 75 | 75 | 228 |
Tom Schafer | 79 | 76 | 73 | 228 |
Bill Redding | 76 | 78 | 78 | 232 |
Ed McCallum | 76 | 73 | 84 | 233 |
Don Albert | 79 | 83 | 81 | 243 |
Ohio State
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Francis Cardi | 74 | 72 | 77 | 223 |
Francis Schmidt | 77 | 74 | 75 | 226 |
Fred Jones | 76 | 75 | 78 | 229 |
Larry Harper | 77 | 77 | 77 | 231 |
Larry Munsie | 80 | 79 | 79 | 238 |
Jim Ross | 81 | 79 | 86 | 246 |
Wisconsin
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Roger Rubendall | 72 | 71 | 73 | 216 |
James McDonald | 77 | 80 | 76 | 233 |
David Forbes | 81 | 72 | 81 | 234 |
Paul Kaste | 77 | 83 | 79 | 239 |
Martin Rammer | 79 | 79 | 86 | 244 |
Peter Angelbeck | 75 | 88 | 86 | 249 |
Michigan
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Steve Uzelac | 77 | 74 | 76 | 227 |
Fred Micklow | 77 | 78 | 74 | 229 |
Henry S. Loeb | 77 | 76 | 81 | 234 |
Rob McMasters | 73 | 79 | 85 | 237 |
Harold P. Andrews | 80 | 81 | 82 | 243 |
John Schubeck | 78 | 85 | 82 | 245 |
Minnesota
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Ted Vickerman | 75 | 80 | 79 | 234 |
Norbert Anderson | 80 | 76 | 79 | 235 |
Donald Dosen | 78 | 82 | 79 | 239 |
Herbert Howe | 81 | 76 | 84 | 241 |
Robert Nordstrom | 85 | 77 | 80 | 242 |
James Lucius | 81 | 79 | 83 | 243 |
Iowa
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Herbert Klontz[5] | 79 | 79 | 73 | 231 |
Edmund A. McCardell | 86 | 75 | 74 | 235 |
Jack Sutton | 79 | 78 | 82 | 239 |
John Marschall | 76 | 83 | 81 | 240 |
Robert A. Rasley | 83 | 81 | 83 | 247 |
Tom Davis | 86 | 85 | 81 | 252 |
Michigan State
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Jim Sullivan | 82 | 76 | 76 | 234 |
James Raymond | 78 | 82 | 78 | 238 |
Martin A. Hurd | 79 | 78 | 84 | 241 |
Robert J. Nodus | 83 | 82 | 79 | 244 |
Lanny L. Johnson | 85 | 88 | 74 | 247 |
John E. Steimle | 77 | 84 | 87 | 248 |
Illinois
Scores don't add up to 1,205.
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Byron Connell[6] | 80 | 73 | 76 | 229 |
Robert Reitsch | 80 | 78 | 83 | 241 |
Henry J. Foley | 86 | 80 | 78 | 244 |
Byron Kenneth West | 80 | 83 | 81 | 244 |
Roger Mueller | 82 | 81 | 82 | 245 |
Richard Davies | 86 | 87 | 89 | 262 |
Northwestern
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Rudy Boyd | 76 | 78 | 79 | 233 |
Howie W. | 81 | 76 | 80 | 237 |
Tull M. | 82 | 79 | 77 | 238 |
Arthur Baller | 86 | 83 | 81 | 250 |
Dick Aultman | 81 | 87 | 83 | 251 |
John (unknown) | 86 | 80 | 85 | 251 |
Indiana
Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
Richard Cardwell | 78 | 75 | 83 | 236 |
Donald R. Schieve | 77 | 79 | 82 | 238 |
James F. Balch | 83 | 79 | 82 | 244 |
Richard Williams | 77 | 84 | 86 | 247 |
Robert W. Dyar | 84 | 84 | 80 | 248 |
Philip (unknown) | 85 | 82 | 86 | 253 |
The top five player scores counted towards the championship.[7]
Round summaries
The 1955 Big Ten Championship was played over two days with two 18-hole rounds played on the first day and an 18-hole round played on the final day, for a total of 54 holes.
First round
Friday, May 27, 1955[8]
Place | Player | School | Score | To par |
1 | Roger Rubendall | Wisconsin | 72 | +1 |
T2 | Joe Campbell | Purdue | 73 | +2 |
Rob McMasters | Michigan | 73 |
4 | Francis Cardi | Ohio State | 74 | +3 |
T5 | Peter Angelbeck | Wisconsin | 75 | +4 |
Ted Vickerman | Minnesota | 75 |
T7 | Ed McCallum | Purdue | 76 | +5 |
Bill Redding | Purdue | 76 |
Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76 |
John Marschall | Iowa | 76 |
Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76 |
T12 | Francis Schmidt | Ohio State | 77 | +6 |
Larry Harper | Ohio State | 77 |
James McDonald | Wisconsin | 77 |
Paul Kaste | Iowa | 77 |
Steve Uzelac | Michigan | 77 |
Fred Micklow | Michigan | 77 |
Henry S. Loeb | Michigan | 77 |
John E. Steimle | Michigan State | 77 |
Donald R. Schieve | Indiana | 77 |
Richard Williams | Indiana | 77 |
Second round
Friday, May 27, 1955
Place | Player | School | Score | To par |
1 | Roger Rubendall | Wisconsin | 72-71=143 | +1 |
2 | Francis Cardi | Ohio State | 74-72=146 | +4 |
3 | Joe Campbell | Purdue | 73-75=148 | +6 |
4 | Ed McCallum | Purdue | 76-73=149 | +7 |
T5 | Francis Schmidt | Ohio State | 77-74=151 | +9 |
Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76-75=151 |
Steve Uzelac | Michigan | 77-74=151 |
8 | Rob McMasters | Michigan | 73-79=152 | +10 |
T9 | Wayne Etherton | Purdue | 78-75=153 | +11 |
David Forbes | Wisconsin | 81-72=153 |
Henry S. Loeb | Michigan | 77-74=153 |
Byron Connell | Illinois | 80-73=153 |
Richard Cardwell | Indiana | 78-75=153 |
T14 | Bill Redding | Purdue | 76-78=154 | +12 |
Larry Harper | Ohio State | 77-77=154 |
Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76-78=154 |
Final round
Saturday, May 28, 1955
Place | Player | School | Score | To par |
1 | Roger Rubendall | Wisconsin | 72-71-73=216 | +3 |
2 | Joe Campbell | Purdue | 73-75-72=220 | +7 |
3 | Francis Cardi | Ohio State | 74-72-77=223 | +10 |
4 | Francis Schmidt | Ohio State | 77-74-75=226 | +13 |
5 | Steve Uzelac | Michigan | 77-74-76=227 | +14 |
T6 | Wayne Etherton | Purdue | 78-75-75=228 | +15 |
Tom Schafer | Purdue | 79-76-73=228 |
T8 | Byron Connell | Illinois | 80-73-76=229 | +16 |
Fred Micklow | Michigan | 77-78-74=229 |
Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76-75-78=229 |
T11 | Herbert Klontz | Iowa | 79-79-73=231 | +18 |
Larry Harper | Ohio State | 77-77-77=231 |
13 | Bill Redding | Purdue | 76-78-78=232 | +19 |
T14 | Ed McCallum | Purdue | 76-73-84=233 | +20 |
James McDonald | Wisconsin | 77-80-76=233 |
Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76-78-79=233 |
References
- ^ "Lafayette Holds Attention". Anderson Herald. May 27, 1955. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Purdue Caps Big 10 Golf By 6 Strokes". Cedar Rapids Gazette. May 29, 1955. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ "Purdue Is Loop Golf Champion". Waterloo Daily Courier. May 29, 1955. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Iowa Third In Track, 6th In Loop Gol f". Iowa City Press Citizen. May 30, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ "Purdue Wins Big 10 Golf". Racine Journal Times Bulletin. May 29, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (May 29, 1955). "Rubendall and Purdue Win In Big Ten Golf". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ "Purdue Leads Big Ten Golf Field Into Final Round". Mason City Globe Gazette. May 28, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.