The 1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship was held on May 25–26, 1956 in Wilmette, Illinois and Northwestern was the host school.
[1] The team champion was Purdue with a score of 1,501 and the individual champion was Joe Campbell of Purdue who shot a 281.
Joe Campbell won the Big Ten Conference individual title.
[2] The top five player scores counted towards the championship.
[3] The 1956 Big Ten Championship was played over two days with two 18-hole rounds played on each day, for a total of 72 holes.