1955 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship

1955 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 27–28, 1955
Location	Lafayette, Indiana
Course	Purdue Golf Course (South)
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,392 yards (5,845 m)
Field	10 schools, 60 players
Champion
	Team: Purdue; Individual: Roger Rubendall, Wisconsin

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
T2	Rob McMasters	Michigan	73	+2
4	Francis Cardi	Ohio State	74	+3
T5	Peter Angelbeck	Wisconsin	75	+4
T5	Ted Vickerman	Minnesota	75	+4
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
T6	Tom Schafer	Purdue	79-76-73=228	+15
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
T11	Larry Harper	Ohio State	77-77-77=231	+18
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.

[1] "Lafayette Holds Attention". Anderson Herald. May 27, 1955. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

[2] "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.

[3] "Purdue Caps Big 10 Golf By 6 Strokes". Cedar Rapids Gazette. May 29, 1955. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[4] "Purdue Is Loop Golf Champion". Waterloo Daily Courier. May 29, 1955. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

[5] "Iowa Third In Track, 6th In Loop Gol f". Iowa City Press Citizen. May 30, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[6] "Purdue Wins Big 10 Golf". Racine Journal Times Bulletin. May 29, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[7] Bartlett, Charles (May 29, 1955). "Rubendall and Purdue Win In Big Ten Golf". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[8] "Purdue Leads Big Ten Golf Field Into Final Round". Mason City Globe Gazette. May 28, 1955. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

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