Weather may cause issues as Friday is iffy and heavy rain and 30mph winds are expected Saturday.
This is RU's 8th B1G Golf Championship. The best finish was 2019 when led by Chris Gotterup's 4th place tie and Shayler Dance's tie for 9th, RU finish 6th. Interestingly the individual who finished 1st that year, the Illini's Adrien Dumont De Cassart, will be teeing it up again this weekend.
Last year RU finished 11th. Rutgers will likely go with the same 5 they've used most of the Spring and the 5 overall they've played pretty well this Spring. Going into this week they've improved their national ranking by 35 spots over this time in '21-'22. I like the coach's enthusiasm but making the pre season might require winning the B1G. If memory serves over the past few years only a couple teams have made the NCAA's with a ranking 60 or over if they didn't win their conference but who knows?
Illinois comes in as defending champion. The Illini have won 12 of the last 13 championships and are one of the best teams in the country again. They've won 5 tournaments in the Fall '22 - Spring '23 season. The women's team won the team and individual championship last week so the men are going for the sweep.
B1G Team National Rankings from Golfstat and Sagarin/Golfweek (305 D1 Teams)
Illinois..................#3/#4
Ohio State..........#25/#30
Northwestern....#28/#34
Purdue.................#36/#38
Michigan State...#61/#62
Indiana.................#67/#65
Wisconsin............#74/#67
Iowa......................#76/#74
RUTGERS.............#79/#78
Penn State..........#100/#96
Minnesota..........#103/#104
Michigan.............#112/#125
Nebraska............#113/#106
Maryland............#200/#204
According to Sagarin, Rutgers overall record against other schools played this season is 59-67-2 with a very respectable SOS of #62.
Course info -
https://www.gallowaynationalgolf.com/
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