JUSTIN THOMAS BOB TWAY CURTIS STRANGE BUBBA WATSON JODIE MUDD 41st SCHENKEL INVITATIONAL SCOTT HOCH DAVID TOMS ANDY NORTH Tournament Schedule SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WELCOME Wednesday, March 17 On behalf of the Schenkel Invitational Com- Patrons Golf Tournament .................................................... 12:30 p.m. mittee and Georgia Southern University, we welcome you to the 41st playing of the Schenkel Thursday, March 18 Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club. We Practice Round ......................................................................Tee Times hope you enjoy a tremendous weekend of golf Coaches Meeting .................................................................9-9:15 a.m. and that your stay in Statesboro is enjoyable. Lunch .........................................................................................1-3 p.m. Should you need anything, please let myself or Patrons Barbeque any of the staff from Georgia Southern or Forest *The Belle House ....................................................... 6:30-8:30 p.m. Heights Country Club know, and we will do our Friday, March 19 best to fulfill your requests. Best of luck to all Breakfast ..........................................................................7:30-9:30 a.m. Chad Avret Schenkel Invitational the competitors this weekend! Round 1 ............................................................... Tee Times, 9-11 a.m. Committee Chairman Patron Hospitality (tents near 18 green) .............................12-5 p.m. Lunch (coaches and players) ...................................11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Patrons Reception................................................................5:30-7 p.m. What coaches have said about the Schenkel... Patrons Dinner .....................................................................6:30-8 p.m. “Thank you, thank you, thank you. Everything was Saturday, March 20 Breakfast ..........................................................................7:30-9:30 a.m. perfect as always. It really is a privilege for our team to Round 2 ............................................................... Tee Times, 9-11 a.m. compete in the Schenkel. There is not a better collegiate Patron Hospitality (tents near 18 green) ..............................12-5 p.m Patrons Cookout .......................................................11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. event in the country.” Sunday, March 21 - Coach Brian Craig, University of Kentucky Breakfast .................................................................................... 7-9 a.m. Round 3 .....................................................Tee Times, 8:30-10:30 a.m. “What an amazing event. The hospitality at the Schenkel Patron Hospitality (tents near 18 green) ..............................12-3 p.m is second to none. It is such a relaxing and enjoyable Awards Ceremony .............................................Approximately 3 p.m. *All events at Forest Heights Country Club unless otherwise noted week and the timing is perfect for our team.” - Coach JC Deacon, Florida TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS Format .......................................................................................54 holes “We all love coming to Statesboro and playing in the .....................................................(18 Friday, 18 Saturday, 18 Sunday) Schenkel. It is Southern Hospitality at its finest. The guys Tournament Site ................................. Forest Heights Country Club ........................................................................................Statesboro, Ga. talk about your event all year.” Course Dimensions ........................................................... 6,962 yards - Coach Scott Schroeder, University of North Florida .......................................................................................................Par 72 Year Country Club Established ...................................................1947 “The tradition of the Schenkel really is so neat. It’s a Tournament Inaugural Year .........................................................1971 first-class tournament that the community supports and 2019 RECAP embraces. We are honored to participate.” Team Champion .....................................................Georgia Southern - Coach Scott Limbaugh, Vanderbilt University ......................................................................... 290-280-268=838 (-26) Individual Champion .......................Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................70-67-65=202 (-14) Schedule/Quick Facts....................1 ETSU / FGCU ................................. 12 The Schenkel Invitational .............2 Furman / Georgia Southern .......13 2021 OUTLOOK Legends of the Schenkel ........... 3-5 Kentucky / Memphis ...................14 Host School .............................................................Georgia Southern Future Pros at the Schenkel ...... 6-7 MTSU / NC State .........................15 Participating Schools.........................................................................14 All-Time Champions ....................8 Notre Dame / Rutgers .................16 ........................Army, Campbell, Cincinnati, College of Charleston, Youth Clinic ...................................9 2019 Review. .................................17 ......................ETSU, FGCU, Furman, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, .................................... Memphis, Middle Tennessee State, NC State, Army / Campbell .........................10 All-Time Results ....................18-27 ...................................................................... Notre Dame and Rutgers Cincinnati / C of C .......................11 Individual Champions ................28 1 The Schenkel Invitational Now in its 41st season, the Robbins then teamed with Georgia Southern president John Schenkel Invitational is one of the O. Eidson, Athletics Director J.I. Clements and many community most prestigious tournaments in leaders to develop the Chris Schenkel Intercollegiate Golf Tourna- collegiate golf. Though the official ment. In addition to naming the tournament after a sports celebrity, tournament began in 1971, the the way the community embraced the tournament and put the town’s story begins much earlier than southern hospitality on display fostered its popularity, and it contin- that. ues to this day. During World War II, the Local families host each team, and there is a barbeque for U.S. Army sent a young Chris patrons and coaches on Thursday night following the practice round Schenkel to a language institute and a banquet on Friday night that every team attends. The Phi Mu at then called Georgia Teachers sisters have helped host the event since the beginning with the so- College in Statesboro, Georgia. rority assigning hostesses to each team and cheering them on during Schenkel lived in Sanford Hall play. overlooking Sweetheart Circle The name, the community and the golf course helped draw the during his nine-month stay, and best teams in college golf to the event, which also continues to this the Indiana native built a bond day. Schenkel personally delivered commitments from Florida and Chris Schenkel with Statesboro that would last a Wake Forest to the inaugural event, the latter by listing the aid of lifetime and serve as the beginning of what would become an annual Wake alum Arnold Palmer. The Gators and Demon Deacons join event in the town. Vanderbilt, Alabama, Auburn, Oklahoma State, Texas and Southern After the war, Schenkel embarked on a Hall of Fame broad- Cal as just a handful of schools that have brought national-champion- casting career, one of the most distinguished in the history of the ship caliber teams and players to the event over the years. industry. He was the first to cover The Schenkel has been a proving The Masters on television, the first to ground for some of the game’s best anchor a live telecast of the Olym- players with names like Jay Haas, pics and the first to call a nationally Andy Bean, Jerry Pate, Andy North, broadcast college football game. He Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, Curtis was inducted into 16 halls of fame Strange, Mark Calcavecchia, Bill and received an Emmy for Lifetime Haas, Billy Horschel, Bubba Watson Achievement. and Justin Thomas along with Geor- Shcenkel never forgot his time gia Southern greats Jody Mudd, Gene in Statesboro and serendipity brought Sauers, Mike Donald and Buddy the legend and the community Alexander going on to star on the together again in 1968. Pat Murphey PGA tour. wrote in a 2006 issue of Statesboro Schenkel last traveled to States- Magazine, “During the 1968 Mas- J.I. Clements (left) and Curtis Strange (right) boro in 1999 when E-Z-GO com- ters, a chance encounter with one of mitted to sponsor the Invitational. Statesboro’s leading citizens resulted The broadcasting legend passed at in Schenkel becoming reacquainted with the community that he the age of 82 on Sept. 11, 2005. Unable to travel in the years after his remembered so fondly. That year, the late Charles ‘Cholly’ Robbins 1999 appearance, Murphey wrote, “he always kept in touch with his and his family made their annual springtime trip to Augusta Nation- Statesboro friends and, of course, eagerly awaited the results of the al. When his good friend, Savannahian Leo Beckman, who famous- Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational each March.” ly called the 18th green at The Masters, spotted Robbins after one of the rounds, he invited him for a drink and introduced