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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Illinois, behind individual co-champion Dumont de Chassart, claims fifth straight Big Ten crown


   Head coach Mike Small’s Illinois program has set the bar very high for Big Ten golf for more than a decade and nobody else seems able to answer the challenge the Fighting Illini issue season after season.
   With a fifth straight Big Ten title in its sights after entering Sunday’s final round at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course in Whitemarsh Township tied for the lead, Illinois went out and fired the best team round of the weekend, a 2-under-par 278.
   That was more than enough to make it 10 Big Ten crowns in the last 11 years as Illinois, at No. 27 in the latest Golfstat rankings the highest-ranked team in the field, finished with a 28-over 868 total, five shots better than No. 61 Purdue.
   For the ninth straight year at the Big Ten Championship, the Fighting Illini produced an individual champion as Adrien Dumont de Chassart, a freshman from Belgium, fired a 4-under 66 over the 7,119-yard, par-70 A.W. Tillinghast classic to share medalist honors with Minnesota’s Angus Flanagan, a sophomore from England, at 2-over 212.
   Purdue had grabbed the lead following the opening round with a 2-over 282, but struggled to a 309 in Saturday’s wild winds. The Boilermakers closed with another solid 2-over 282 Sunday to claim runnerup honors at 33-over 873.
   I’m always guessing with how the rankings correlate to NCAA regional bids, but if Purdue was on the bubble, its runnerup finish this weekend certainly bolstered its resume. The NCAA regional fields will be unveiled on The Golf Channel beginning at 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday.
   No. 56 Michigan State probably helped itself when it comes to earning a regional berth as the Spartans finished up with an 8-over 288 Sunday to finish 10 shots behind Purdue in third place at 43-over 883.
   It was another two shots back to No. 106 Michigan in fourth place at 45-over 885. The Wolverines deserve tons of credit for their second-round 296, the low round of the day in Saturday’s epic winds. They closed with a 10-over 290 Sunday.
   No. 155 Nebraska and No. 131 Rutgers also outperformed their rankings on a tough golf course in some tough conditions. The Cornhuskers closed with a 6-over 286 Sunday to finish a shot behind Michigan in fifth place at 46-over 886 and the Scarlet Knights had the second-best team round of the weekend, an even-par 280, in Sunday’s final round to finish a shot behind Nebraska in sixth place at 47-over 887.
   No. 58 Penn State finally found its collective game with a final round of 7-over 287 that enabled the Nittany Lions to finish 10th in the 14-team field with a 58-over 898 total.
   Dumont de Chassart made five birdies and a lone bogey in leading the way for Illinois with his 66, matching the low round of the day Sunday.
   His countryman, Giovanni Tadiotto, a junior from Belgium, fired a 2-under 68 that left him alone in seventh in the individual standings at 6-over 216.
   Varun Chopra, a sophomore home boy from Champaign, Ill., carded a final-round 75 to finish among the group tied for 11th at 10-over 220.
   Michael Feagles, a junior from Scottsdale, Ariz., bounced back from an 80 in Saturday’s winds with a 1-under 69 that moved him into a tie for 16th in the final standings at 11-over 221.
   As I mentioned in my post following the second round, Tadiotto and Feagles were right in the middle of Illinois’ run to the NCAA semifinals at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. as freshmen two springs ago. They delivered like the veterans they are Sunday.
   Rounding out the Illinois lineup was Bryan Baumgarten, a junior from Granite Bay, Calif. who never quite figured out the tough Wissahickon Course. He carded his second straight 80 to finish among the group tied for 63rd at 238.
   The best round of the weekend remained the sizzling 5-under 65 that Flanagan opened with Friday. Like just about everybody, he had to battle through the winds to post a 77 Saturday. He matched par in the final round to get a share of the title at 2-over 212 and become the ninth Golden Gopher to win a Big Ten individual title.
   Michigan’s Charlie Pilon, a sophomore from Australia, bettered par with a 1-under 69 to finish alone in third, a shot behind the co-champions at 3-over 213.
   Michigan State’s Donne Trosper, a senior from Canton, Mich., shared fourth place with Rutgers’ Christopher Gotterup, a sophomore from Little Silver, N.J., at 4-over 214.
   Trosper had grabbed the individual lead with his even-par 70 Saturday that might have been the best round of the weekend, considering the conditions. He fell back with a 4-over 74 Sunday. Gotterup was solid all weekend and closed with a 1-over 71.
   Timmy Hildebrand, a senior from Westfield, Ind., and Jarle Volden, a senior from Norway, led the way for Purdue as they finished on either side of Illinois’ Tadiotto in sixth and eighth place, respectively, in the individual standings.
   Hildebrand closed with a 2-over 72 to end up at 5-over 215 and Volden matched par with a 70 to land on 8-over 218.
   Rutgers’ Shaylar Dance matched Illinois’ Dumont de Chassart for the low round of the day with a final round of 4-under 66 to sneak into the top 10 as he shared ninth place with Maryland’s Peter Knade, a junior from Easton, Md., at 9-over 219. Knade’s 1-over 71 Saturday was a really special round and he closed with a 5-over 75 Sunday.
   Alec Bard, a junior from New Hartford, N.Y., fired a 1-under 69 to lead the way for Penn State as he finished among the group tied for 29th at 224.
   Ryan Davis, a junior from Berkeley Heights, N.J., and Charles Huntzinger, a senior from Duluth, Ga., both finished among the group tied for 31st at 225. Davis closed with a solid 2-over 72 while Huntzinger finished up with a 4-over 74.
   Senior Ryan Dornes, the 2014 PIAA Class AAA runnerup as a senior at Manheim Township, matched
    Davis’ 2-over 72 and finished among the group tied for 39th at 226.
   Sophomore Lou Olsakovsky, an Upper St. Clair product, subbed for senior JD Hughes, the 2017 Pennsylvania Amateur champion who starred scholastically at Carlisle, for the final round and Olsakovsky carded a 6-over 76.
   Bard, Davis, Huntzinger and Hughes are all veterans of the Penn State team that battled through the Washington Regional to reach the NCAA Championship at Rich Harvest Farms two springs ago. Here’s hoping they get another shot at an NCAA regional when the fields are revealed Wednesday.



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