MADISON, Wis. —  The Wisconsin men's golf team tees off the 2018-19 season in Madison at the Badger Invitational, Sept. 9-11, at University Ridge.

Here are five things to know before the Badgers hit the links :

1. Home Opener: This is the 10th year of the Badger Invitational, and the fifth straight year that UW has hosted this event at University Ridge. Wisconsin won the inaugural event in 2000 and finished four-under par for a fifth-place finish last year.

2. Freshman Firepower: Freshman Cameron Frazier will make his Wisconsin debut as an individual at the Badger Invitational. The freshman ranked 147th nationally in the class of 2018 after taking first at the prestigous Ohio Junior Championship this summer. The feat also helped earn him the current No. 1 junior ranking in Ohio. 

3. The Lineup: Senior Jordan Hahn, senior Brett Robinson, junior Pete Kuhl, sophomore Griffin Barela and sophomore Sam Anderson will round out the starters for the Badger Invitational. Sophomore Tom Calibi and freshman Camerom Frazier will play as individuals. 

4. The Competition: Wisconsin will face Iowa State, Illinois State, Kansas, Marquette, Nevada, North Dakota, Northern Illinois, Rutgers, South Dakota State, UAB and Xavier.

5. Thoughts from Coach Burcin: 
"It is always fun to begin a new season and begin at home.  It gives the younger guys an extra week to settle in academically and we also get to start on a course that everyone will know very well.  With the recent rains, the course is going to play longer then it has in years for the event and with the rough being long, it will be a good test." 
 
"We have a wonderful opportunity this week to start off with a solid week and gunning for that first W in 2018.  This group has high goals for this campaign both as a program and individually.  With depth like the program hasn't seen in many years, we have been looking forward to this week for several months.  We have a nice mix of older guys who have seen the program grow and younger impact kids who were very successful last year as freshmen and an exciting twosome coming in as freshmen this year."
 
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