Paradise Island, Bahamas (October 9, 2025) – The Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas will soon play to host to top women’s collegiate golf teams during the White Sands Bahamas NCAA Women’s Invitational October 22 – 26. The Women’s Invitational will feature a 54-hole stroke-play competition hosted by Northern Illinois University. Admission to the tournament is complimentary. Top men’s collegiate teams will compete December 13-16 in the White Sands Bahamas NCAA Men’s Invitational.
Hosted by The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investment & Aviation and Atlantis Paradise Island, the White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational is recognized as one of the top collegiate tournaments and will feature a total of seven women’s team. In 2024, the University of Kansas Jayhawks won the rain-shortened White Sands Bahamas Women’s Invitational.
Teams competing in the 2025 women’s invitational will include:
- High Point University
- University of Miami
- Middle Tennessee State
- Northern Illinois University
- Ohio University
- Prairie View A&M
- University of Southern Florida
“We look forward to hosting this event each and every year at the Ocean Club Golf Course and Atlantis Paradise Island resort,” said Robbie Leming, General Manager, Ocean Club Golf Course. “2025 marks the sixth annual White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational. Each year we see the quality of the competition get better and better.”
The Ocean Club Golf Course has hosted several premier events, including the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. The world-renowned Atlantis Paradise Island resort features the Tom Weiskopf-designed 18-hole Ocean Club Golf Course that stretches over 7,100 yards on Paradise Island’s Oceanside peninsula. For the White Sands Women’s Invitational, the course will be set at approximately 6,385 yards. Views of the Bahamian coastline make the Ocean Club Golf Course one of the most spectacular and challenging venues to play golf.
The White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational provides an experience for players and coaches that is unmatched in college golf, thanks to the quality of the Ocean Club Golf Course, Atlantis Paradise Island’s luxury accommodations and amenities, the incredible tropical weather and the genuine Bahamian hospitality.
The Ocean Club Golf Course is professionally managed by Troon Golf, the resort and daily-fee club operations division of Troon. For more information on The White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational, visit www.whitesandsbahamas.com.
About The Ocean Club Golf Course
Atlantis Paradise Island’s Ocean Club Golf Course offers a challenging and beautiful course for golfers desiring championship play. Masterfully conceived, the Tom Weiskopf-designed 18-hole, par 72 championship course stretches over 7,100 yards on Atlantis’ peninsula. The course has hosted iconic sporting events such as the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational (MJCI), the Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament, and the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. For more information about Atlantis Paradise Island resort and the Ocean Club Golf Course please visitwww.atlantisbahamas.com.
About Troon
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world’s largest golf and golf-related hospitality management company providing services at 950-plus locations in 45-plus states and 40-plus countries, including operational responsibility for 575-plus 18-hole equivalent golf courses. In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage division operates and manages 600-plus food and beverage operations located at golf resorts, private clubs, daily fee golf courses and recreational facilities. Troon’s family of brands includes Troon Golf, Troon Privé, Troon International, Indigo Sports, CADDIEMASTER, ClubUp, Cliff Drysdale Tennis, True Club Solutions, RealFood Hospitality, Strategy & Design and RF DesignStudio, ICON Management and Eventive Sports. For additional news and information, visit www.Troon.com.
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