Men’s Golf Prepares For Big Ten Tourney – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May. 1, 2000
%^$Columbus, Ohio– Ohio State placed fifth at the Fossum-Spartan Invitational, hosted by Michigan State at the Forest Akers Country Club in East Lansing, Mich. last weekend.%^$
%^$Kent State won the event with a score of 870, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Northwestern. Northwestern’s Jess Daley was the medalist with a score of 211, four shots under par and two lower than Rhode Island’s Jim Salinetti.%^$
%^$Mike Austin (Jr., Burton, Mich./Flint Powers Catholic), who shot four-over at 220 to tie for ninth place, was the top finisher for the Buckeyes.%^$
%^$Big Ten Championships Up Next
%^$Ohio State will compete at the Big Ten Championships this Friday through Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind. The four-round tournament, hosted by Purdue, gets under way Friday at 12:30 p.m. The second and third rounds will be played on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., respectively. The final round will start at 8 a.m Sunday.%^$
%^$Last Year at Big Ten’s
%^$Northwestern won the Big Ten Championship last year with a score of 1,131, edging host Minnesota’s 1,134. Ohio State placed fifth with a score of 1,157.%^$
%^$Michigan’s Michael Harris and Illinois’ Larry Nuger both shot a six-under par 278 and were co-medalists.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes were led by Chris Emanuel, who placed ninth at 285 and Albert Hromulak, who tied for 10th place with a score of 286.%^$
%^$Wagenseller Named Golfer of the Week
%^$Wagenseller was recognized as the Big Ten Men’s golfer of the Week for the week of April 26 for his performance at the First Energy Intercollegiate Invitational in Akron, Ohio.%^$
%^$The invitational marked the third time in as many weeks that the sophomore posted a career-best result. Wagenseller was OSU’s first medalist since 1998.%^$
%^$Twenty-Two Titles For OSU
%^$Ohio State has claimed 22 Big Ten Championships, more than any other team in the conference.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes first won the event in 1928 under coach George Sargent. The Buckeyes won the event under Robert Kepler in 1945, `51’54 and `61.%^$
%^$Coach Jim Brown has guided OSU to 17 Big Ten championship titles in his 27 years at the helm of the program.%^$
%^$Under Brown, OSU won five straight titles from 1976-1980. After that streak was snapped in `81, the Buckeyes rebounded with eight consecutive titles from 1982-90.%^$
%^$Ohio State reclaimed dominance in the mid-nineties, winning the title from 1995-97.%^$
%^$Armour Claimed Individual Title in `98
%^$Ryan Armour is the last Buckeye to win at the Big Ten’s. Armour was the medalist in 1998 with a score of 287, leading OSU to a second place finish, three strokes behind Indiana.%^$
%^$Sindelar Sets, Ties Records in `81
%^$Joey Sindelar set the record for the lowest individual round in tournament history with a 271 in 1981. That same year Sindelar tied Purdue’s Fred Wampler (1950) for the lowest indiviudual round record at 64. Illinois’ Trevor Beard matched the mark in `91.
