Maricopa, Arizona – The women’s field is set for the 1st Annual National Golf Invitational, a new college event May 11-14 at Actin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona. golf weekAt the 2023 Women’s National Golf Invitational, 10 college teams will compete in a 54-hole stroke-play tournament. The team includes:
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer
- west carolina
- Iowa
- texas
- Santa Clara
- UC Riverside
- middle tennessee
- grand canyon university
- Seattle
Teams competing in the 2023 Men’s National Golf Invitational, May 18-21, will be announced at a later date.
In May 2022, the NCAA announced it would allow schools to play in one end-of-season event, similar to the NIT in college basketball. By July 2022, the first National Golf Invitational will golf week and Ak-Chin Southern Dunes and golf week Lance Ringler, Invitational Tournament Director.The committee decided on invite-only fields using both golf week/Sagarin and Golfstat rankings, while also considering the teams that performed well in the regular season.
“I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am about this event and how much I have dreamed of hosting it. We can take this event to the next level,” said Ringler. “Growing up as a big basketball fan combined with my passion for college golf helped me achieve my college golf NIT at the NGI (National Golf Invitational). Importantly, college golf is well-equipped for this kind of post-season event, and with so many schools putting so much resource into their college golf programs, this opportunity to play in a post-season event is a big deal. Having is something more teams can realistically aim for.”
“Over five years ago, some great friends and I were brainstorming how this tournament could be a game changer. golf week We made this dream a reality,” explains Brady Wilson, General Manager of Ak-Chin Southern Dunes. “As a former basketball coach, I can’t wait to make Ak Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club the Madison Square Garden of college golf. I look forward to creating lifelong memories and experiences for all these student-athletes.” .”
Since its opening in 2002, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes has hosted numerous major tournaments and events, serving as a qualifying venue for the annual US Open and the PGA Tour’s Korn Ferry Tour Q-School. It serves as the host venue for 1 stage and as the venue for the boy’s councils of several top universities. There are also women’s golf tournaments, including his two-day Ryder Cup-style event, the Copper Cup, which features the men’s golf teams of in-state rivals the University of Arizona and Arizona State. In addition, the course hosts the Desert Amateur in December each year and the Top Amateur in Saguaro Amateur in early January. Both events are part of the Troon Saguaro Amateur Series, a multi-tournament series that offers high-level amateurs the opportunity to compete throughout the year.
In 2026, Actin Southern Dunes Golf Club will host the Men’s Golf NCAA Regional. The “Top 100 You Can Play” golf course will be one of his six regional sites in the United States, with each site featuring 14 college teams. The top five teams from each region will advance to the 2026 NCAA Championship at La Costa Resort and Spa in San Diego, California. The exact dates for the Actin Southern Dunes region will be announced at a later date, but the tournament is expected to take place in mid-to-late May 2026.
Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club was designed in 2002 by Brian Curley and PGA Tour veteran Fred Couples. Originally developed as a private club by private investors, the championship Australian Sandbelt style golf course sits on 320 acres of land that was once part of it. Part of his May 1912 reservation in Actin, before being removed by a presidential decree in late 1912. Almost 100 years later, in 2010, the Actin community reclaimed the sacred grounds by purchasing golf facilities and opening the course to the public. The course now boasts some much-needed accolades. golf week Ranking of popular “100 Resort Courses” and “Recommended Courses to Play”.
For more information about Ak Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, please visit www. www.akchinsoutherndunes.com.
About the Actin Indian Community
The Ak-Chin Indian Community is located in the Santa Cruz Valley of Southern Arizona. The community is located in northwestern Pinal County, 35 miles south of Phoenix. Ak-Chin is an Oddam word translated to mean “mouth of the wash” or “where the wash is lost in the sand or ground”. At Ak-Chin he has over 1,100 registered tribal members and a land base of just over 22,000 acres. The Ak-Chin Indian community is home to a variety of businesses, including Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, Ak-Chin Circle Multitainment Center, and Santa Cruz Commerce Center. For more information, please visit www.ak-chin.nsn.us.
About Troon
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Troon is the world’s largest golf and golf-related hospitality management company, serving more than 750 locations worldwide, including more than 740 18-hole equivalent golf courses. . In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowners association management, private residence clubs, property management, and related hospitality facilities. Troon’s award-winning Food and Beverage division operates and manages over 600 food and beverage businesses at golf resorts, private clubs, pay-per-day golf courses and recreational facilities. With facilities in over 45 states and over 30 countries, Troon’s family of brands includes Troon Golf, Troon Privé, Troon International, Indigo Sports, caddyMASTER, ClubUp, Cliff Drysdale Tennis, Peter Burwash International, True Club Solutions, RealFood Hospitality, Strategy and Design, Casa Verde Golf, ICON Management. For additional news and information, please visit: www.Troon.com.
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