Illinois wins 5th straight Big 10 title
4/28/2013 | by Golfweek
see also: View results for Big Ten Championship, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club - Ghost Creek Course
The Illini won their 5th consecutive Big Ten title at the French Lick (Ind.) Resort
Illinois won its fifth consecutive Big Ten Conference Championship on April 28 at French Lick (Ind.) Resort. Illinois shot 11-over 1,163 at the 72-hole championship. The team's 285 total in the third round was tied for the low team score of the tournament.
In second was Minnesota nine shots back of Illinois at 20 over. Iowa was another 14 shots back in third place.
Illinois’ Thomas Pieters and Brian Campbell went 1-2 for the Fighting Ilini. Pieters, a sophomore from Belgium, won the Big Ten individual title by five shots. Pieters shot three consecutive rounds of 70 before finishing with a 74. He finished at 4-under 284.
Also tying for second with Campbell was Minnesota’s Erik Van Rooyen at 1 over.
About the Big Ten Championship
54 hole men's collegiate championship of the Big Ten Conference. Team (best four scores out of five players each round) and individual competitions.
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