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. The team champion was Purdue with a score of 1,501 and the individual champion was Joe Campbell of Purdue who shot a 281.
Team results Place School Score1 Purdue 1,5012 Michigan 1,5083 Ohio State 1,5094 Wisconsin 1,5205 Northwestern 1,526T6 Illinois 1,549 Michigan State Minnesota9 Iowa 1,56910 Indiana 1,590
Individual results Purdue Joe Campbell won the Big Ten Conference individual title.
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.
Round summaries 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 Friday, May 25, 1955
Second round Friday, May 25, 1955
Third round Saturday, May 26, 1955
Final round Saturday, May 26, 1955
PlacePlayerSchoolScoreTo par1 Joe Campbell Purdue 71-72-67-71=281 −32 Rudy Boyd Northwestern 70-74-73-72=289 +53 Roger Rubendall Wisconsin 72-77-70-77=296 +12T4 Ken Rodewald Michigan State 76-69-76-76=297 +13 Joe Schubeck Michigan 74-76-73-74=2976 Dave Forbes Wisconsin 74-79-75-72=300 +16T7 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
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