Invitational (NGI), sponsored by Golfweek, to be held in May 2023, at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona, just south of Phoenix. In 2022, the NCAA approved for colleges and universities not in the NCAA Golf Tournament to play in an alternate end-of-season golf tournament. “Think of it as the NIT of college golf.” The NGI will feature both men and women, with a maximum of 18 teams, playing 54 holes of stroke play. The women will play from May 11-14 and the men will play the following week, which will be May 18-21. The field will be invitational-only as decided by a committee using both the Golfweek/Sagarin and Golfstat rankings, along with a committee decision. “This is something I have talked about for many years and am extremely excited to make this a reality. Many coaches over that time have expressed the desire and a need for a second post-season event like we see in other sports and the sport is ready to support another postseason tournament. With the NCAA’s approval for teams that don’t qualify for NCAA regional play, they can now have an option.” When Ringler is not busy organizing golf tournaments and writing about them, he tries to find time to improve his seven handicap.
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