The Iowa men’s golf team was selected for the NCAA regional in Athens, Ga., during the NCAA Division-I Men’s Golf Selection Show broadcast on NCAA.com on Monday night.

The Hawkeyes, ranked No. 26 by GolfWeek, will compete at the University of Georgia Golf Course — the home course of the Georgia Bulldogs — on May 17-19.

Iowa will appear in the NCAA regionals for the fourth-consecutive year and will compete against No. 2 Alabama, No. 12 North Florida, No. 16 New Mexico, No. 25 Georgia, No. 38 East Carolina, No. 40 Long Beach State, defending national champion Augusta State, Wake Forest, Houston, Texas-San Antonio, North Carolina-Wilmington, and Loyola (Maryland). The Hawkeyes are seeded fifth in the region.

The top five teams at each of the six sites will advance to the NCAA championships May 29-June 3 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

— by Ryan Murphy