The field for the third edition of the Women’s National Golf Invitational is set.
The postseason collegiate event, which is equivalent to the NIT in college basketball, is scheduled May 8-11 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona.
Presented in partnership with Golfweek, the 2025 Women’s NGI will feature 10 college teams competing in a 54-hole stroke-play tournament. There are four returning teams from the 2024 field, Mercer, Rutgers, Santa Clara and UNCW, with six newcomers hoping for a chance to claim a postseason title. Mercer and Santa Clara also appeared in the inaugural NGI in 2023.
In May 2022, the NCAA announced it would allow schools to play in one season-ending event. By July 2022, the inaugural National Golf Invitational was created in a partnership between Golfweek and Ak-Chin Southern Dunes, with Golfweek’s Lance Ringler serving as the Invitational’s tournament director.
The teams competing in the 2025 Men’s National Golf Invitational, scheduled for May 16-19, will be announced later.
Penn State captured the inaugural women’s title in 2023 while Rutgers claimed the trophy last spring and will be the first team to defend its title.
Here’s a look at the teams competing in the 2025 Women’s National Golf Invitational:
Bowling Green State
NCAA golf ranking: No. 164
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 3
Overall record: 79-45-0
Eastern Michigan
NCAA golf ranking: No. 125
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 2
Overall record: 46-106-1
Mercer
NCAA golf ranking: No. 88
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 4
Overall record: 91-47-2
North Texas
NCAA golf ranking: No. 71
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 1
Overall record: 45-65-0
Oral Roberts
NCAA golf ranking: No. 114
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 4
Overall record: 74-54-4
Rutgers
NCAA golf ranking: No. 100
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 1
Overall record: 74-84-2
Santa Clara
NCAA golf ranking: No. 94
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 3
Overall record: 61-55-4
Seattle U.
NCAA golf ranking: No. 119
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 3
Overall record: 74-52-2
Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro
NCAA golf ranking: No. 112
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 4
Overall record: 101-48-1
Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington
NCAA golf ranking: No. 84
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 3
Overall record: 50-65-1
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