Five Things to Know: Big Ten Championships

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Five Things to Know: Big Ten Championships

April 22, 2019 | Men's Golf

Badgers battle conference rivals in City of Brotherly Love

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin men's golf team travels to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Big Ten Championships, April 26-28.

Here are five things to know before the Badgers tee off:

1. Last Time Out: Sophomore Griffin Barela tallied three-straight rounds in the 60's to earn a career-best finish at the 2019 Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday. Barela performed his Easter-best in Sunday' final round, scoring a second-consecutive 67-round to earn a share of fourth place individually in Iowa City. The effort resulted in the best three rounds of Barela's young career, tallying a 69-67-67= 203 (-10), seven strokes better than his previous 54-hole career low.

2. Hallowed Links: The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the oldest country club in the United States and stands as the only club in the nation with a different golf course constructed in each of the last three centuries. The site hosted the U.S. Open Championship in 1907 and 1910, while later hosting the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship and the 2016 Constellation Senior Players Championship. In 2018, the site was ranked 29th on Golf Week's top 100 classic courses in the United States.

3. The Lineup: Barela will be joined in the lineup by senior Jordan Hahn, junior Pete Kuhl, sophomore Sam Anderson and freshman Cameron Frazier. Senior Brett Robinson will serve as the sixth-man available for any lineup changes at the conference tournament.

4. Bucky's Foes: Wisconsin takes on conference rivals Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers this weekend in Philadelphia.

5. Record-Setters: Hahn (71.24) and Barela (72.62) are on pace to move to first and second respectively on the single season all-time program stroke average list with their 2018-19 averages. Jordan has been sensational during his senior season, going 16-under par over 29 rounds this season. After his career-low performance last weekend at the Hawkeye Invitational, Griffin has now led UW individually at three of the team's 10 events this season.

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