Kinney, Barker Prep For NCAA Regional Competition

AMES, Iowa – Two Iowa State men's golfers – Tripp Kinney and Lachlan Barker – will compete as individuals at the NCAA Stillwater Regional, May 17-19 in Stillwater, Okla.

It marks the ninth-straight postseason where the Cyclones had an individual or team advance to NCAA Regional competition.

The Schedule and Course
Oklahoma State University will host the Regional from May 17-19. Participants will play at the Karsten Creek Golf Club (Stillwater, Okla.), which is setup as a par-71 at over 7,400 yards.

Format
All 13 teams and 10 individuals at the NCAA Stillwater Regional will play 54 holes (18 holes each day). The top five teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, May 28-June 2 at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Ariz. The top individual in each regional not among the teams advancing will also punch a ticket to Scottsdale.

The Field- In Order By Seed
Oklahoma State, Illinois, Auburn, SMU, Notre Dame, Alabama, Baylor, Sam Houston State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Mississippi, Northwestern, College of Charleston, Middle Tennessee.
Individuals: Tripp Kinney (Iowa State), Lachlan Barker (Iowa State), Devon Bling (UCLA), Mark Lawrence (Virginia Tech), Vincente Marzilio (North Texas), A.J. Ott (Colorado State), Tim Tillmanns (Kansas State), Guillaume Fanonnel (ULM), Lucas Carper (UC Davis), Jack Howes (Oral Roberts)

The Cyclones
Kinney and Barker will continue their quest to make the NCAA Championship. Kinney, a four-time NCAA Regional qualifier, is the only Cyclone in school history to appear in three NCAA Championships (2017-19). The Waukee, Iowa native made Nationals as a Cyclone team member in 2017 and 2018, and qualified as an individual in 2019 when he won the 2019 Louisville Regional with rounds of 69-65-72 (206). Kinney leads the team in stroke average (72.50) and ranked No. 140 nationally by Golfweek.

Barker is a three-time NCAA Regional qualifier. He tied for 19^th at the 2018 NCAA Pacific Regional. A native of Willunga, Australia, Barker is second on the team in stroke average (72.75) and ranked No. 181 in the nation by Golfweek. Barker led the Cyclones with three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Arizona Intercollegiate.

Cyclone NCAA History
An Iowa State team or individual has made a NCAA Regional in nine-straight seasons. Kinney and Barker are the seventh and eighth Cyclones, respectively, to make an NCAA Regional as an individual. Since the NCAA Regional format was introduced in 1990, only two Cyclones have advanced to the NCAA Championships as individuals (2012- Nate McCoy; 2019- Kinney). Three Cyclone teams have advanced to the NCAA Championship (2014, 2017, 2018) in the NCAA Regional era.

Live Scoring
Golfstat will provide live scoring for the Regional at this link: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=22935