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Burcin Blogs: From the Palmer Cup - USA Victorious

By Tam Flarup on June 13, 2011 4:06 PM | No TrackBacks

What started out as a nervous and stressful last day of singles ended in victory for the 2011 Palmer Cup team. Being down one point going into the last day, we needed to win five-of-eight singles matches to claim the cup.

With stellar play from our guys, we did just that. It came down to the last two matches and it was exciting to say the least. The crowds were great and it could not of been a better experience.

It was such an honor and a pleasure to spend a week with these eight players. As the week went on, the intensity level grew and their games took another step as well. With NCAAs a week prior and the U.S. Open looming the week ahead, it would of been easy for them to have tired, wondering minds.

I made eight new friends this week and certainly probably learned more from them from they did from me. It is amazing how much you can pick up in regards to routines, practice habits, and theories when you spend time with top players.

I want to thank Russell Henley (Georgia), Patrick Cantlay (UCLA) , Bank Vongvanij (Florida), Alex Carpenter (Abiline Christian), Daniel Miernicki (Oregon), Chris Williams (Washington), Andrew Yun (Stanford), Blaine Barber (Auburn), and Head Coach Tim Poe for a spectacular and memorable week!

With the close of the Palmer Cup, my official time as a Badger has begun. I am overwhelmed with excitement regarding the opportunity in Madison and the goals that I have for this program. There is a lot of work to be done and I could not be more excited to get started. I want to thank all the Badger fans for their loyalty and support and I look forward to meeting many of you sometime soon!

May All Your Putts Fall,

Coach Burcin

NOTE: New University of Wisconsin head men's golf coach Michael Burcin is serving as an assistant coach with the Palmer Cup team. An assistant at South Carolina the past seven years, Burcin was named head coach at Wisconsin on May 31.

Burcin was named the 2010 Golf Coaches Association of America's Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year. In April he was selected to serve as an assistant at the 2011 Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition as teams of collegiate golfers from the United States and Europe square off in a three-day match play event.

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Burcin Blogs: From the Palmer Cup Day 2

By Tam Flarup on June 10, 2011 7:28 AM | No TrackBacks

"Heat wave strikes the northeast" was the heading in today's paper as Team USA began play in the 2011 Palmer Cup. At 7:30 a.m., with Arnold Palmer on the first tee, we began our quest to retain the cup.

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Burcin Blogs: From the Palmer Cup Day 1

By Tam Flarup on June 9, 2011 7:00 AM | No TrackBacks

A wonderful week of Palmer Cup activities got off to a great start yesterday with the first practice round for Team USA. The competition is being contested at the Stanwich Club in Stamford, Conn., which is a traditional layout with quick, bent grass greens.

With another practice round today our guys are feeling more and more comfortable on the golf course.

This team representing the USA this week is an honor to be apart of for us as coaches. On our team of eight we have three 2011 U.S. Open Qualifiers, the D-I and D-II players of the year, the No. 1 rated college player in the country, and a Nationwide Tour event winner as an amateur, just a few weeks ago. More importantly, these kids are very grateful of the opportunity and so appreciative for the royal treatment we have been given this week.

Before the intensity rises tomorrow morning I was fortunate to experience one of the greatest afternoons anyone in golf could ask for. After a private meeting with Mr. Arnold Palmer in our team locker room, Mr. Palmer joined myself, team USA head coach Tim Poe, and the European coaching staff for lunch.

The opportunity to enjoy 90 minutes with the "King", one-on-one, is right up there in regards to sports highlights. He was more gracious than could be asked for, and made any nerves we had regarding such a meeting disappear quickly. Just as exciting was Mr. Palmer's enthusiasm for the new opportunity at the University of Wisconsin. It is hard to describe such an incredible afternoon and what an unbelievable start to a terrific week ahead.

I look forward to periodically updating Badger supporters on the Palmer Cup and hopefully a victorious USA Team!

May all your putts fall

- Coach Burcin

NOTE: New University of Wisconsin head men's golf coach Michael Burcin is serving as an assistant coach with the Palmer Cup team. An assistant at South Carolina the past seven years, Burcin was named head coach at Wisconsin on May 31.

Burcin was named the 2010 Golf Coaches Association of America's Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year. In April he was selected to serve as an assistant at the 2011 Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition as teams of collegiate golfers from the United States and Europe square off in a three-day match play event.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. Illinois State WNIT-2nd Rnd

By Tam Flarup on March 20, 2011 3:34 PM | No TrackBacks

Please join Tam FLarup as she chronicles all the action from today's WNIT second round game between the Badgers (16-15) and Illinois State (22-10) with the Gameday Blog. The Redbirds beat the Badgers 62-59 in a see-saw affair and advance to the third round of the WNIT. UW closes its season with a 16-15 record.

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Archived Blog: Badger women's basketball vs. Butler WNIT-1

By Tam Flarup on March 16, 2011 9:04 PM | No TrackBacks

Please join Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Athletic Communications office courtside at the Kohl Center as she chronicles the Badger women's basketball team (16-14 ) win over Butler University (20-14) tonight live in the Gameday Blog.

The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team will continue to the second round of the 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) with a 68-48 win over Butler University (20-14) Wednesday at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin (16-14) will host the winner of the Illinois State vs. Central Michigan game Sunday at 1 p.m. CT at the Kohl Center. The CMU v ISU game is March17.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. Indiana

By Tam Flarup on February 23, 2011 9:11 PM | No TrackBacks

Please join Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Athletic Communications office courtside at the Kohl Center as she chronicles the Badger women's basketball team (15-12 overall, 10-5 Big Ten) in its home finale against Indiana University (9-18, 3-12) tonight live in the Gameday Blog. The Badgers were able to fend off the pesky Hoosiers 65-57 in the seniors final game at the Kohl Center.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. Michigan

By Tam Flarup on February 19, 2011 2:35 PM | No TrackBacks

Please join Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Athletic Communications office courtside at the Kohl Center as she chronicles the Badgers (14-12 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) women's basketball game vs. Michigan (16-10, 9-5) today live in the Gameday Blog. Michigan tied the Badgers at third in the Big Ten with a 68-66 last minute win in Madison.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. Northwestern

By Tam Flarup on February 10, 2011 9:10 PM | No TrackBacks

Please join Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Athletic Communications office courtside at the Kohl Center as she chronicles the Badgers (14-10 overall, 9-3 Big Ten) women's basketball team's win over Northwestern (16-9, 5-7) in the live in the Gameday Blog. Wisconsin tied for second in the conference with the 62-41 win.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. No. 11 Michigan State

By Tam Flarup on February 3, 2011 9:25 PM | No TrackBacks

The Badger women's basketball team battled No. 11 Michigan State into overtime before losing 73-70. Join Tam Flarup of the Wisconsin Athletic Communications office courtside at the Kohl Center as she chronicled the Badgers (12-10 overall, 7-3 Big Ten) women's basketball game vs. Michigan State (19-3, 7-2) tonight live in the Gameday Blog.

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Archived Blog: Women's basketball vs. Illinois

By Tam Flarup on January 23, 2011 7:03 PM | No TrackBacks

Wisconsin (11-9, 6-2) pulled away in the second half to defeat Illinois (7-13, 2-5) 60-47 at the Kohl Center and remain alone in second place in the Big Ten with a 6-2 record. Follow the gameday blog for all the details.

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