Baylor Men’s Golf Assistant Bjerch-Andresen Selected for Palmer Cup

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 17, 2021

Baylor Men’s Golf Assistant Bjerch-Andresen Selected for Palmer Cup
First-year assistant will serve as International Team assistant coach
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s golf first-year assistant coach Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen has been selected to serve as an assistant coach for the International Team in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup, as announced Wednesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.



The 2021 Palmer Cup will be played June 11-13 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. Bjerch-Andresen will coach alongside former Baylor women’s golf assistant coach and current Maryland head coach Diana Cantu. They will assist International Team head coaches JC Deacon of Florida and Canada and Sofie Aagaard of Cal Poly and Sweden.



Bjerch-Andresen is in his first season as Baylor assistant men’s golf coach and his fifth season as a Division I assistant coach. In just his second tournament with the Bears, he helped lead Baylor to the 2020 Big 12 Match Play Championship.



A native of Baerum, Norway, Bjerch-Andresen spent the previous four years as a Division I assistant coach at Texas Tech and Stephen F. Austin. In his three years at Texas Tech, Bjerch-Andresen coached five All-Americans. The Red Raiders achieved the first No. 1 national ranking in program history during the COVID-19-shortened 2019-20 season, which included tournament titles at The Carmel Cup and Inverness Intercollegiate, in addition to the Big 12 Match Play title. Three different Tech players won individual titles during the season, and the Red Raiders finished the year ranked No. 3 nationally.



Bjerch-Andresen will become the second Baylor men’s golf assistant to serve as a coach in the Palmer Cup. Former Baylor assistant and current Louisville head coach Ryan Blagg was an assistant coach for the United States Team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France.



Bjerch-Andresen was a four-year letterwinner for the Bears from 2012 through 2015. Cantu served as Baylor women’s golf assistant coach from 2012 through 2014.



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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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