Invitational

Definition: A type of tournament in which the players who are competing are limited to those who have been issued an invitation or have automatically qualified for an invitation. An "invitational" is distiguished from an "open" thusly: The Podunk Golf Association Invitational would only be open to members of the Podunk Golf Association; however, the Podunk Golf Association Open would be open to any golfer in the community who wanted to participate.