WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - William & Mary men's golf will compete in the postseason for the first time since 2002 as it travels to Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz., for the 2026 Golfweek National Golf Invitational. The 54-hole event features 10 teams and will be play Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24.
 
Known as the NIT of collegiate golf, the NGI returns for its fourth year at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club. Ohio State won the NGI last season. This year's men's tournament includes an exemption to a PGA Tour event. The individual winner of the 2026 NGI will punch a ticket to the Butterfield Bermuda Championship set for Oct. 22-26 at Port Royal Golf Course in Southhampton, Bermuda.
 
Participants
William & Mary, Augusta, Grand Canyon, Mercer, Missouri, Nevada, North Alabama, Rhode Island, Tennessee Tech, Wyoming
 
Live Scoring
 
Lineup
Preston Burton
Talon Dingledine
Eli Felty
Matthew Monastero
Grady Williams
 
Last Time Out
The Tribe is coming off its second-best score at the CAA Championships, April 26-28, firing a 5-over 869 to finish sixth. W&M capped the tournament with its 11th round under par this season and the best single-round score at the CAA Championships in program history with a 5-under 283 in the final round. Freshman Talon Dingledine led the way as the CAA Runner-up with a 9-under 207, which was the best score for a Tribe player at the conference championships. He closed out the tournament with a 6-under 66 in the third and final round.
 
Tribe News and Notes
- Dingledine became the first Tribe men's golfer to be named the CAA Rookie of the Year when the league announced its awards on May 13. He was also selected to the All-CAA Second Team becoming first Tribe player to earn All-CAA honors since Matthew Feinstein in 2023 and the first W&M rookie.
 
- As a team, W&M won a pair of events this season, claiming the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate in March and the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate during the fall. It is the sixth time in school history that W&M has won multiple tournaments in a season and the first time since 2004-05.
 
- The Tribe's season stroke average of 290.62 is nearly two shots better than the school record.
 
- Three Tribe student-athletes rank among the top 10 on the program's single-season stroke average list. Dingledine's 72.03 average ranks second in program history and is the best for a Tribe freshman. Junior Preston Burton's scoring average of 72.83 is seventh on the single-season list, while freshman Eli Felty's 73.19 is 10th. Felty ranks third among Tribe freshmen on the single-season list, while Burton's career scoring average of 73.83 is the fourth best career mark in Tribe history.
 
- Dingledine owns top 10 performances in seven of the Tribe's 10 events, including two top 5's. His top-10 total ranks second in school history.
 
- Dingledine and Burton have fired 14 and 13 rounds of par or better this year, respectively, which rank among the best in school history. Dingledine's total is second in program lore, just one behind the school-record. Burton's 13 rank third on the Tribe's single-season list, while his 28 career rebounds of par or better are eighth in school history.