Friday, April 26
Flourtown, Pa. (Philadelphia Cricket Club)
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Michigan State University
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Big Ten Championships
Spartans Head East in Search of Big Ten Championship
4/25/2019 11:18:00 AM | Men's Golf
EAST LANSING – The Michigan State men's golf team will look to claim the conference title as it heads to Pennsylvania to take part in the Big Ten Championships this weekend. The three-day, 54-hole event will be played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, Friday – Sunday.
The Spartans head into the tournament with momentum as they're coming off a second-place finish at last weekend's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio.
THE 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Course: The Philadelphia Cricket Club – Wissahickon
Par // Yardage: 70 // 7,119
Live Scoring: Golfstat
The Spartans will tee off from the 1st hole between 9:45 – 10:21 a.m. on Friday.
THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB – WISSAHICKON
The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the nation's oldest country club. The Club has three different locations, with the Big Ten Championships taking place at Wissahickon. In 2017, Wissahickon was ranked 30th on Golf Week's top 100 classic courses in the United States.
The Philadelphia Cricket Club hosted the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship and the 2016 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, and will host the 2020 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
THE FIELD (in order of Golfstat ranking)
27. Illinois
38. Iowa
45. Ohio State
47. Northwestern
56. Michigan State
58. Penn State
61. Purdue
91. Minnesota
106. Michigan
110. Wisconsin
113. Indiana
116. Maryland
131. Rutgers
155. Nebraska
THE LINEUP
1. James Piot
2. Donnie Trosper
3. Troy Taylor II
4. Kaleb Johnson
5. Andrew Walker
6. Zach Rosendale
THE LAST TIME OUT: ROBERT KEPLER INTERCOLLEGIATE
The Spartans put together one of their best performances of the season at the rain-shortened Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, April 19-20, at Ohio State. Two Spartans – James Piot and Troy Taylor II – had the best finishes of their careers. Piot tied for second place with a pair of rounds under par (70, 69), while Taylor tied for 17th.
The second-place finish gave MSU its third top-three finish of the season.
SPARTANS AT THE B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has four Big Ten titles, the last of which came in 2008. MSU won three titles (2005, 2007, 2008) in a span of four years with current head coach Casey Lubahn then serving as an assistant coach. The Spartan also won the league crown in 1969.
Last season, the Spartans placed seventh, while Kaleb Johnson was the team's top finisher, tying for 15th place.
MSU's complete B1G Championships history can be found here.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"It has been a good couple of weeks. We had three weeks of downtime and then came back and played really well last weekend. We had a chance to win, but just got beat by a good performance by an Ohio State player.
"I'm very confident, it's a good golf course for us. We've got a good lineup and guys are in the right spirits and things are going the right direction and the exact right time, hopefully."
EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS
Friday – Thunderstorms, high of 69, 90% chance of rain
Saturday – Mostly sunny, high of 63
Sunday – PM showers, high of 66, 40% chance of rain
UP NEXT
The winner of the conference tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. The entire NCAA field will be announced Wednesday, May 1 at 9 p.m. on Golf Channel.
The Spartans head into the tournament with momentum as they're coming off a second-place finish at last weekend's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio.
THE 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Course: The Philadelphia Cricket Club – Wissahickon
Par // Yardage: 70 // 7,119
Live Scoring: Golfstat
The Spartans will tee off from the 1st hole between 9:45 – 10:21 a.m. on Friday.
THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB – WISSAHICKON
The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the nation's oldest country club. The Club has three different locations, with the Big Ten Championships taking place at Wissahickon. In 2017, Wissahickon was ranked 30th on Golf Week's top 100 classic courses in the United States.
The Philadelphia Cricket Club hosted the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship and the 2016 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, and will host the 2020 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
THE FIELD (in order of Golfstat ranking)
27. Illinois
38. Iowa
45. Ohio State
47. Northwestern
56. Michigan State
58. Penn State
61. Purdue
91. Minnesota
106. Michigan
110. Wisconsin
113. Indiana
116. Maryland
131. Rutgers
155. Nebraska
THE LINEUP
1. James Piot
2. Donnie Trosper
3. Troy Taylor II
4. Kaleb Johnson
5. Andrew Walker
6. Zach Rosendale
THE LAST TIME OUT: ROBERT KEPLER INTERCOLLEGIATE
The Spartans put together one of their best performances of the season at the rain-shortened Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, April 19-20, at Ohio State. Two Spartans – James Piot and Troy Taylor II – had the best finishes of their careers. Piot tied for second place with a pair of rounds under par (70, 69), while Taylor tied for 17th.
The second-place finish gave MSU its third top-three finish of the season.
SPARTANS AT THE B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has four Big Ten titles, the last of which came in 2008. MSU won three titles (2005, 2007, 2008) in a span of four years with current head coach Casey Lubahn then serving as an assistant coach. The Spartan also won the league crown in 1969.
Last season, the Spartans placed seventh, while Kaleb Johnson was the team's top finisher, tying for 15th place.
MSU's complete B1G Championships history can be found here.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"It has been a good couple of weeks. We had three weeks of downtime and then came back and played really well last weekend. We had a chance to win, but just got beat by a good performance by an Ohio State player.
"I'm very confident, it's a good golf course for us. We've got a good lineup and guys are in the right spirits and things are going the right direction and the exact right time, hopefully."
EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS
Friday – Thunderstorms, high of 69, 90% chance of rain
Saturday – Mostly sunny, high of 63
Sunday – PM showers, high of 66, 40% chance of rain
UP NEXT
The winner of the conference tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. The entire NCAA field will be announced Wednesday, May 1 at 9 p.m. on Golf Channel.
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