Johnson Wins Individual Title, and NDSU Wins the Team at Torrey Pines
March 27, 2024
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Minnesota's Angus Flanagan eagled his second hole of the day (No. 12) and birdied three of the four par-3's Friday at the Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon Course in the first round of the 2019 Big Ten Conference Championships. The sophomore from England capped off his day with a birdie at the 172-yard, par-3 10th hole for a 5-under-par 65.
That gave him a three-stroke lead one-third of the way through the tournament.
It also helped the Gophers match defending champion Illinois with a total of 287 (four of five scores count). Minnesota and Illinois are tied for second place, five strokes behind the leader, Purdue (282). Michigan State and Rutgers are nine behind, tied for fourth at 291. After that, it gets really crowded. Five more teams are within five shots of fourth place, and Wisconsin, which is last in the 14-team conference (never mind the name "Big Ten"), is within 20 strokes of first.
Purdue has three players in the top seven of the individual standings. Jarie Volden is alone in second at 68. His teammate Timmy Hildebrand is tied for third at 69, along with Chrstopher Gotterup of Ohio State. Purdue's Joe Weller is tied for fifth at even-par 70.
After Flanagan, Minnesota has three players tied for 28th at 74 -- junior Thomas Longbella (Chippewa Falls), sophomore Evan Long (New Castle, Pa.) and freshman Lincoln Johnson (Chaska).
Illinois is trying for its fifth consecutive conference championship, and 10th in 11 years. The only other school to have won during that time was Minnesota, which claimed the team title in 2014.
MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF
Big Ten Championships
At Philadelphia Cricket Club
Wissahickon Course
Par 70, 7,119 yards
Flourtown, Pa.
First-round results
1. Purdue 282
T2. Minnesota 287
T2. Illinois 287
T4. Michigan State 291
T4. Rutgers 291
T6. Iowa 293
T6. Indiana 293
8. Penn State 294
T9. Nebraska 295
T9. Northwestern 295
11. Ohio State 296
12. Michigan 299
13. Maryland 301
14. Wisconsin 302
Individuals
1. Angus Flanagan, Minn. 65
2. Jarie Volden, Purdue 68
T3. Timmy Hildebrand, Purdue 69
T3. Christopher Gotterup, Rutgers 69
T5. Joe Weller, Purdue 70
T5. Donnie Trosper, Mich. State 70
T5. Gonzalo Leal, Iowa 70
Other Gophers
T28. Thomas Longbella 74
T28. Evan Long 74
T28. Lincoln Johnson 74
T55. Harry Plowman-Olington 78
March 6, 2024
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