Invitational

An invitational is usually a competition where players may be invited to play.

Invitational can also refer to:

Sport

• Invitational sport

College sports

• National Invitational Tournament, a U.S. men's college basketball tournament
• College Basketball Invitational, a U.S. men's college basketball tournament
• Maui Invitational Tournament, a U.S. college basketball tournament
• ESPN Events Invitational, a U.S. college basketball tournament

Golf

• LIV Golf Invitational Series
• WGC Invitational, a former professional golf tournament
• Arnold Palmer Invitational, a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
• Memphis Invitational Open, a former professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
• Farmers Insurance Open, formerly known as Buick Invitational of California, a U.S. professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
• Colonial National Invitation, a U.S. professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
• Genesis Invitational, a U.S. professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
• Bluegrass Invitational, a former professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1965 to 1974

Card games

• Cavendish Invitational, the largest money bridge tournament in the world

Video games

• Mid-Season Invitational, an annual League of Legends tournament
• eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, a former series of sim racing events originally organized for NASCAR drivers

Other

• Invitational education, an educational theory focused on developing school environment for a positive self-concept in pupils
• Invitational rhetoric, a form of rhetoric based on invitation to understanding

See also

• Invitation (disambiguation)
• Wild card (sports), a system in sports where teams/athletes who are not formally qualified are nevertheless invited to participate