Big Ten Golfers Start Pre-Tourney Play Today, Daily Racing Form, 1952-05-29

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Big Ten Golfers Start Pre-Tourney Play Today CHAMPAIGN, HI., May 28 UP. The B top 60 golfers in the Big Ten will start t swinging tomorrow on the University of f Illinois links in preparation for the conference - tourney. Medal play for individual and team a crowns will start on Friday and come to o a close after 72 holes Saturday afternoon. t. Six-man squads from each conference e school will fire for the roses, with the five e .low scores to count in team standings. Purdue held the nod in pre-tourney forecasts - with a well-balanced squad of Norman - Dunlap, Jr., Jack Hester, Dick Norton, l, Dick Wibel, Bob Benning and freshman d flash Don Albert. The 6,678-yard, five-year-old Illinois is course will present a sizable task to the collegiate contenders. Sixty sand traps is and small entrances to the greens fast ;t and sloping bog down the best.


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