# 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 | 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.

### 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
| 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 |
| T7 | Bill Redding | Purdue | 76 | +5 |
| T7 | Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76 | +5 |
| T7 | John Marschall | Iowa | 76 | +5 |
| T7 | Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76 | +5 |
| T12 | Francis Schmidt | Ohio State | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Larry Harper | Ohio State | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | James McDonald | Wisconsin | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Paul Kaste | Iowa | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Steve Uzelac | Michigan | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Fred Micklow | Michigan | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Henry S. Loeb | Michigan | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | John E. Steimle | Michigan State | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Donald R. Schieve | Indiana | 77 | +6 |
| T12 | Richard Williams | Indiana | 77 | +6 |

### 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 |
| T5 | Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76-75=151 | +9 |
| T5 | Steve Uzelac | Michigan | 77-74=151 | +9 |
| 8 | Rob McMasters | Michigan | 73-79=152 | +10 |
| T9 | Wayne Etherton | Purdue | 78-75=153 | +11 |
| T9 | David Forbes | Wisconsin | 81-72=153 | +11 |
| T9 | Henry S. Loeb | Michigan | 77-74=153 | +11 |
| T9 | Byron Connell | Illinois | 80-73=153 | +11 |
| T9 | Richard Cardwell | Indiana | 78-75=153 | +11 |
| T14 | Bill Redding | Purdue | 76-78=154 | +12 |
| T14 | Larry Harper | Ohio State | 77-77=154 | +12 |
| T14 | Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76-78=154 | +12 |

### 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 |
| T8 | Fred Micklow | Michigan | 77-78-74=229 | +16 |
| T8 | Fred Jones | Ohio State | 76-75-78=229 | +16 |
| 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 |
| T14 | James McDonald | Wisconsin | 77-80-76=233 | +20 |
| T14 | Rudy Boyd | Northwestern | 76-78-79=233 | +20 |