The Iowa State Cyclones men's golf team represents Iowa State University (ISU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team is coached by Andrew Tank, he is in his 7th year at Iowa State. The Cyclones play their home meets at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on Iowa State's campus.
History
The Iowa State men's golf team first got it start in 1923 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference. After three years the MVIAA dropped men's golf as a sponsored sport. When the Big Six sponsored golf in 1935, Iowa State joined once again. The early Cyclone squad were led by Coach Hugo Otopalik who split his time between Iowa State golf and wrestling. As a pioneer in the field of collegiate golf, OtopaliK was tournament director at the first NCAA golf championship held at the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines in 1939 and was the first chairman of the NCAA golf committee. His best squads were headlined by brothers Billy and Max Hall; culminating with Big Six conference titles for Billy and Max in 1939 and 1941 respectively and a seventh-place finish in the 1940 NCAA Championship.
After struggling to find success for almost half a century the Cyclones were able to reach the NCAA Regionals in seven out of nine years from 1991 to 1999. Several of those 1990s were led by Jason Knutzon who would go on to play in both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
Under current head coach, Andrew Tank, Iowa State is experiencing success both individually and as a team. Nate McCoy finished tied for 29th at the 2012 NCAA Championship, the highest individual finish in program history. In 2014 the team would reach the NCAA Finals for the first time in over 50 years, they finished tied for 25th
Record
Record by Year Year Conference Finish National Tournament Finish1923MVIAA4th1924MVIAA4th1925MVIAA4th1926 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1927 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1928 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1929 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1930 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1931 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1932 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1933 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1934 Golf Dropped by MVIAA1935Big Six4th1936Big Six4th1937Big Six4th1938Big Six3rd1939Big Six4thNCAA Finals4th1940 Big Six 1stNCAA Finals8th1941Big Six2nd1942No Meet Due to WWII1943No Meet Due to WWII1944No Meet Due to WWII1945No Meet Due to WWII1946Big Six4th1947 Big Six 1stNCAA Finals34th1948Big Seven4th1949Big Seven3rdNCAA Finals12th1950Big Seven6th1951Big Seven7th1952Big Seven5thNCAA Finals22nd1953 Big Seven 1stNCAA Finals19th1954Big Seven4th1955Big Seven3rd1956Big Seven6th1957Big Eight5th1958Big Eight4th1959Big Eight8th1960Big Eight3rd1961Big Eight5th1962Big Eight7th1963Big Eight8th1964Big Eight7th1965Big Eight7th1966Big Eight8th1967Big Eight6th1968Big Eight7th1969Big Eight3rd1970Big Eight8th1971Big Eight7th1972Big Eight6th1973Big Eight8th1974Big Eight5th
Record by Year Year Conference Finish National Tournament Finish1975Big Eight5th1976Big Eight5th1977Big Eight8th1978Big Eight6th1979Big Eight6th1980Big Eight6th1981Big Eight7th1982Big Eight7th1983Big Eight7th1984Big Eight6th1985Big EightDNP1986Big Eight7th1987Big Eight6th1988Big Eight7th1989Big Eight7th1990Big Eight4th1991Big Eight4thNCAA Regional19th1992Big Eight3rdNCAA RegionalT-17th1993Big Eight5thNCAA Regional19th1994Big Eight8th1995Big Eight4thNCAA Regional20th1996Big Eight4thNCAA Regional15th1997Big 123rdNCAA Regional14th1998Big 1210th1999Big 12T-8thNCAA Regional20th2000Big 1211th2001Big 1211th2002Big 1211th2003Big 1212th2004Big 128th2005Big 129th2006Big 1212th2007Big 1212th2008Big 129th2009Big 1212th2010Big 1210th2011Big 12T-11th2012Big 127thNCAA RegionalT-9th2013Big 129th2014Big 124thNCAA FinalsT-25th2015Big 124thNCAA Regional8th2016Big 129th2017Big 129thNCAA FinalsT-18th2018Big 124thNCAA FinalsT-19th
Individual honors
NCAA Appearances Year Name Tournament Finish1969 John Benda NCAA Finals CUT1974 Dick Stuntz NCAA Finals CUT1980 Clay Davis NCAA Finals CUT1990 Jim Webb NCAA Regional T-61st2004 Jeremy Lyons NCAA Regional T-17th2008 Chris Baker NCAA Regional T-12th2010 Ben Herrera NCAA Regional T-16th2012 Nate McCoy NCAA Finals T-29th2013 Scott Fernandez NCAA Regional T-13th2016 Nick Voke NCAA Regional T-22nd
All-America Team Year Name2008 Chris Baker (HM)2012 Nate McCoy (HM)2013 Scott Fernandez (2nd)
PING All-Region Team Year Name2008 Chris Baker2012 Nate McCoy2013 Scott Fernandez2014 Scott Fernandez2015 Scott Fernandez2016 Nick Voke
All-Conference Selections Year Name1969 John Benda1974 Dick Stuntz1979 Dana Kain1980 Clay Davis1991 Pat McCormick1992 Rich Balla1993 Mark Hankins1995 Travis Korver1997 Jason Knutzon1997 Donnie Teeter1998 Matt Lewis2005 Chris Baker2008 Chris Baker2012 Nate McCoy2013 Scott Fernandez2014 Sam Daley2014 Nick Voke2014 Ruben Sondjaja2015 Scott Fernandez2015 Nick Voke2016 Nick Voke
Veenker Memorial Golf Course
Named for George F. Veenker, head football coach at Iowa State from 1931 to 1936. He was also athletic director from 1933 until 1945. The golf course was completed in 1938 and given its current name in 1959.
The 6,543-yard, par-72, George Veenker Memorial Golf Course is located just two blocks north of the Iowa State campus. The 18-hole course was constructed in 1938 from the design of golf course architect, Perry Maxwell (re-designer of the seventh and 10th holes at Augusta National Golf Club in 1937). The golf course was built with WPA and Athletic Council funds, and cost $122,373.History of Iowa State: Time Line, 1925–1949 – 1938 The course hosted the conference championships in 1982 and 1989, two regional AIAW championships, and hosts the annual Iowa Masters Championship. It also hosted the 1949 NCAA national championship, in which Arnold Palmer was a participant.Veenker Memorial Golf Course
The team practices at the newly opened $2 million Golf Performance Center located three miles from campus. The 16-acre facility was designed by world renowned architech Keith Foster to be used exclusively by the Iowa State men's and women's golf team.
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