BTN.com staff, September 1, 2011

It's September, and that means it's time for Big Ten golf teams to open the 2011-12 season. All 12 men's teams break into their fall schedules at some point this month, with Michigan State and Purdue doing the honors this weekend. The Spartans host the Fossum Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, while the Boilermakers travel to Verona, N.Y., for the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate on Sunday and Monday. The remaining 10 conference teams open the season next week.

Illinois won the 2011 Big Ten Men's Championships last spring and five teams advanced to the NCAA Men's Golf Championships.

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