Doug Kaiser is in his 15th season leading the women's golf team while entering his 13th year as the men's coach.

This past season, the Cougars placed 3rd at the Plains District Championship before making their 11th consecutive team trip to the national tournament after being selected for an at-large berth.

At the national tournament in Florida, the women concluded the season with a 12th finish, led by the 31st spot placing by Mathanee Pandee. Pornapa Inmee placed 56th with Pawinee Sukasem, who placed 8th at District, following in 59th, as Matilyn Newman came in 63rd and Paulina Villavicencio at 79th.

The Cougars earned five spots on the All-KJCCC team, Pandee and Sukasem on the first team, Inmee and Villavicencio on the second team, and Newman earning honorable mention distinction.

Academically the Cougars carried a 3.11 cumulative GPA to rank 23rd nationally with Newman earning first team All-Academic honors and Sukasem earning 3rd team distinction.

In 2020-21, Kaiser’s Cougars finished with a 9th place finish at the NJCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships in 2020-21 securing the third straight top-10 finish for the program. As a squad Barton capped the season with five runner-up finishes while sending a Region VI best five individuals to the NJCAA Championships.

Off the course Kaiser’s club led all of Region VI in the classroom as the team combined for a 3.46 GPA ranking 11th out of the 20 national teams posting a 3.0 or better.

After not fielding a complete women’s team in his first season, Coach Kaiser’s twelve seasons have produced six region championships, four region runner-up finishes, ten national tournament appearances, six individual regional champions, and three NJCAA All-American honors.

The 2020 season will go down as what could have been for Kaiser and the Lady Cougars as the Coronavirus pandemic put a halt on the spring portion of the season. Barton concluded the year ranked 11th nationally piecing together a trio of team titles in the fall semester claiming the Central Kansas Classic, Blue Devil Fall Classic and the annual Barton Invitational.

Off the links the Lady Cougars had five players receive NJCAA academic recognition for achieving over a 3.60 GPA as the squad combined for a nation’s 11^th best 3.48 GPA.

Kaiser’s 11^th season at helm produced an unprecedented year of accomplishments.  Making the squad’s 9^th straight trip to the NJCAA National Championships, the season came to an end within the nation’s top 14 for the seventh straight year which was highlighted by the program’s highest ever 6^th place national finish.

Beginning the season with a runner-up finish in September, the Cougars ran the table the rest of the schedule in winning the next seven meets before breaking the program record with a 300 combined round to capture the program’s seventh Region VI crown.

Six Cougars qualified for the national tournament led by the now two-time Region VI Champion Mutita Booranakunamanee in holding off teammate Vilma Efraimsson for a two-stroke victory to earn Barton’s fifth straight individual region championship.

The 2017-18 season pushed the national streak to eight straight as four Lady Cougars finished in the Region VI’s top-10 in shooting a program record low of 308.  Advancing to the national championships, Barton matched its then highest national tournament finish placing 9^th to finish in the nation’s top 14 for the sixth straight year.

Off the course, the Lady Cougars were even more spectacular in the classroom in claiming the NJCAA Academic National Championship.  Led by three members achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA, the squad earned an overall 3.72 GPA with eight members above the 3.60 GPA for national academic distinction.

After not fielding a complete women’s team in his first season, Coach Kaiser’s ten seasons has produced five region championships, four region runner-up finishes, nine national tournament appearances, five individual regional champions, and three NJCAA All-American honors.

The 2016-17 season earned the program's seventh consecutive trip to the national championships as five Lady Cougars finished in the Region VI's top ten.  School history concluded the season at the NJCAA Women's Golf National Championship as Peerada Piddon finished runner-up leading the Lady Cougars to a 14th place finish.  Piddon followed up her then-school record seventh placing last year as a freshman to wrap up her career by also recording the lowest four-round score of 10-over for the championship. 

As a team the Lady Cougars’ finished the four-day championship with its fourth straight day of improvement to place amongst the nation's top fourteen for the fifth straight year.

Coming off consecutive top-10 national finishes, Coach Kaiser reloaded the 2015-16 squad with all freshman to capture its then fourth straight Region VI title with five players in the top ten rolling to a twenty-five stroke victory and an eventual 13th placing at the NJCAA Championships in Florida. 

Winning all seven regular season tournaments, Barton had five of the top-10 golfers in winning Region VI going on to place tenth at the National Championships in Arizona as the 2014-15 squad finished the season in the top ten for the second straight year.

The 2013-14 squad was a historic one in Lady Cougar golf history as Barton won its second straight conference and region championship for the third time in four years.  The Lady Cougars went on to finish 9^th place nationally, its highest national placing since the 10th placing of the 2006 squad.  Freshman Natthakan Teeratrakul earned All-Tournament Team honors placing 18th for the highest individual placing in school history.  The team effort was also the best Region VI women's finish since 2005 and the best individual finish since 2005.

The Lady Cougars were equally dominate during the 2012-13 season, winning five of the six conference meets to win the KJCCC Championship.  Reaching a national ranking of #9, the Lady Cougars won the Region VI Championship and went on to take eleventh at the NJCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships. 

In the 2011-12 season, the Lady Cougar golf team finished second in Region VI and finished 17th at the NJCAA Tournament.

During the 2010-11 season, the women won 3-of-4 conference tournaments and 5-of-7 overall, finishing 2nd in both tournaments, to go on and win the Region VI Championship and 17th place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament.

Kaiser played for Great Bend High School before becoming a top-15 Region VI Cougar golfer in the early 1980's along with former Barton Coach Steve Gotsche.

On the men’s side, Kaiser continues to lead the Cougars' relevance in the powerhouse Region VI finishing among the nation’s top-25 again. More on Kaiser and the men's program