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Big Ten Championship History

Updated January 2026

Big Ten Championship History
Season Champion Runner-Up ILL Finish Site
1973-74 Michigan State Ohio State DNC Ohio State
1974-75 Michigan State Ohio State 4th Ohio State
1975-76 Michigan State Illinois 2nd Purdue
1976-77 Michigan State Ohio State 4th Illinois
1977-78 Michigan State Minnesota 8th Indiana
1978-79 Ohio State Indiana 8th Michigan State
1979-80 Ohio State Michigan State 9th Ohio State
1980-81 Ohio State Michigan State 7th Purdue
1981-82* Michigan State Ohio State 4th Minnesota
1982-83 Ohio State Indiana 5th Illinois
1983-84 Ohio State Minnesota 6th Iowa
1984-85 Ohio State Indiana 5th Indiana
1985-86 Indiana Minnesota 5th Michigan
1986-87 Indiana Michigan State 6th Michigan State
1987-88 Ohio State Minnesota 5th Ohio State
1988-89 Minnesota Indiana 5th Purdue
1989-90 Indiana Iowa 6th Minnesota
1990-91 Iowa Indiana 6th Wisconsin
1991-92 Indiana Minnesota 3rd Illinois
1992-93 Ohio State Indiana T-3rd Iowa
1993-94 Wisconsin Indiana T-3rd Ohio State
1994-95 Indiana Ohio State 3rd Michigan
1995-96 Indiana Ohio State 11th Indiana
1996-97 Ohio State Indiana 11th Michigan State
1997-98 Indiana Ohio State 10th Penn State
1998-99 Ohio State Indiana 11th Purdue
1999-00 Purdue Michigan State 11th Wisconsin
2000-01 Michigan State Indiana 11th Minnesota
2001-02 Ohio State Purdue 5th Illinois
2002-03 Ohio State Wisconsin 7th Iowa
2003-04 Ohio State Indiana T-9th Ohio State
2004-05 Ohio State Michigan 9th Michigan
2005-06 Purdue Ohio State 10th Indiana
2006-07 Michigan State Purdue 6th Michigan State
2007-08 Purdue Michigan State 11th Penn State
2008-09 Purdue Michigan State 9th Purdue
2009-10 Purdue Michigan State 9th Wisconsin
2010-11 Michigan State Purdue 9th Northwestern
2011-12 Michigan State Purdue 5th French Lick (neutral)
2012-13 Northwestern/Purdue Michigan State 12th French Lick (neutral)
2013-14 Michigan State/Ohio State Northwestern (3rd) 5th French Lick (neutral)
2014-15 Northwestern/Ohio State Purdue (3rd) 9th The Fort G.C. (neutral)
2015-16 Northwestern/Ohio State Purdue (3rd) T-4th The Fort G.C. (neutral)
2016-17 Michigan State Northwestern 7th TPC River's Bend (neutral)
2017-18 Michigan State Illinois and Maryland T-2nd TPC River's Bend (neutral)
2018-19 Ohio State Illinois, Indiana and Purdue T-2nd TPC River's Bend (neutral)
2019-20 Cancelled (COVID-19)
2020-21 Michigan State Maryland, Michigan and Nebraska 9th TPC River's Bend (neutral)
2021-22 Michigan Michigan State 5th Fox Chapel Golf Club (neutral)
2022-23 Illinois Northwestern 1st Fox Chapel Golf Club (neutral)
2023-24 Indiana Michigan State T-11th Bulle Rock Golf Course (neutral)
2024-25 Oregon Michigan State 3rd Bulle Rock Golf Course (neutral)

*1981-82 was the first season the Big Ten conducted women's golf as a sanctioned sport.