1955 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship

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.

Team results Place Team Score1 Purdue 1,1412 Ohio State 1,1473 Wisconsin 1,1664 Michigan 1,1705 Minnesota 1,1916 Iowa 1,1927 Michigan State 1,2048 Illinois 1,2059 Northwestern 1,20910 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.

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 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 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.

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 PlacePlayerSchoolScoreTo par1 Roger Rubendall Wisconsin 72 +1T2 Joe Campbell Purdue 73 +2 Rob McMasters Michigan 734 Francis Cardi Ohio State 74 +3T5 Peter Angelbeck Wisconsin 75 +4 Ted Vickerman Minnesota 75T7 Ed McCallum Purdue 76 +5 Bill Redding Purdue 76 Fred Jones Ohio State 76 John Marschall Iowa 76 Rudy Boyd Northwestern 76T12 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 PlacePlayerSchoolScoreTo par1 Roger Rubendall Wisconsin 72-71=143 +12 Francis Cardi Ohio State 74-72=146 +43 Joe Campbell Purdue 73-75=148 +64 Ed McCallum Purdue 76-73=149 +7T5 Francis Schmidt Ohio State 77-74=151 +9 Fred Jones Ohio State 76-75=151 Steve Uzelac Michigan 77-74=1518 Rob McMasters Michigan 73-79=152 +10T9 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=153T14 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

PlacePlayerSchoolScoreTo par1 Roger Rubendall Wisconsin 72-71-73=216 +32 Joe Campbell Purdue 73-75-72=220 +73 Francis Cardi Ohio State 74-72-77=223 +104 Francis Schmidt Ohio State 77-74-75=226 +135 Steve Uzelac Michigan 77-74-76=227 +14T6 Wayne Etherton Purdue 78-75-75=228 +15 Tom Schafer Purdue 79-76-73=228T8 Byron Connell Illinois 80-73-76=229 +16 Fred Micklow Michigan 77-78-74=229 Fred Jones Ohio State 76-75-78=229T11 Herbert Klontz Iowa 79-79-73=231 +18 Larry Harper Ohio State 77-77-77=23113 Bill Redding Purdue 76-78-78=232 +19T14 Ed McCallum Purdue 76-73-84=233 +20 James McDonald Wisconsin 77-80-76=233 Rudy Boyd Northwestern 76-78-79=233

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