| Big Ten Championships | |
| DATES | April 28-30, 2017 |
| LOCATION | Five Farms East Course; Baltimore, Maryland (Par 70, 7,181 yards) |
| SCORING & INFO | Team Leaderboard | Individual Leaderboard |
| FIELD | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin. |
April 30, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Penn State men's golf team finished with two golfers in the top-6 and shot its lowest round of the Big Ten Championship to finish in a three-way tie for fifth with Iowa and Purdue in the 14-team field in Baltimore, Maryland.
"It was a day where we had all five players playing well through 13 holes," said head coach Greg Nye. "A rough stretch at 14 & 15 knocked us back in the team standings only to recover playing 16-18 under par to finish. We have had an ability the last six events or more to close. You have to dig deep. Proud of this team."
The Nittany Lions along with Illinois were the only teams to have two golfers finish within the top-6 of the 70-player field.
Sophomore Charles Huntzinger (Duluth, Ga.) shot his only subpar round in a 3-under 67 to finish at 2-under for the tournament after back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18. Huntzinger finished tied for 4th place with five birdies and two bogies on the day.
"Charles was +5 through 11 holes of the first round," said Nye. "Then fights his way back to -2 for the next 43 holes to earn a spot on the All-Big Ten Tournament team with a top-5 finish. Just impressive."
Junior Cole Miller (New Tripoli, Pa.) also shot a late birdie to carry himself under par overall after he birdied the par-4, 16th hole. Miller was 2-under through six before bogeying three straight. He then shot 2-under on the back nine to put him in a tie for sixth one-stroke behind Huntzinger at 209.
"Cole was so solid start-to-finish this week and for that matter this entire second half of our year," said Nye. "He has improved technically, strategically, yes, but it is his composure and patience that has paved the way for him success after success."
Sophomore JD Hughes (Carlisle, Pa.) finished in a tie for 35th after a 4-over 74 put him at 220 after three rounds. Freshman Ryan Davis (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) shot his best round of the weekend at 1-over and senior Christian Elliott (Port Perry, Ontario) shot a 78 to wrap up his weekend.
Illinois finished as the only team under par at -11 and led after all three days of action. Northwestern finished second at 5-over with Ohio State at 15-over before the trio of Penn State, Iowa and Purdue at 18-over.
Illinois' Dylan Meyer finished at 5-under to win the individual title with Ohio State's Will Grimmer and Northwestern's Ryan Lumsden tied for second at 4-under before Penn State's Huntzinger.
The Lions will find out on Thursday, May 4th at noon whether or not their season will continue with an NCAA Regional berth.
| Pos. | Team/Player (seed) | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | + / - |
| T4 | Penn State | 287 | 290 | 281 | 858 | +18 |
| T4 | Charles Huntzinger (1) | 71 | 70 | 67 | 208 | -2 |
| T6 | Cole Miller (2) | 70 | 70 | 69 | 209 | -1 |
| T35 | JD Hughes(4) | 73 | 73 | 74 | 220 | +10 |
| T59 | Ryan Davis (3) | 73 | 83 | 71 | 227 | +17 |
| 67 | Christian Elliott (5) | 80 | 77 | 78 | 235 | +25 |