Forty-Fifth Playing of the Schenkel Invitational Set for This Weekend

Friday, March 21

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University

Schenkel Invitational

Photo by: AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern

Forty-Fifth Playing of the Schenkel Invitational Set for This Weekend

3/20/2025 9:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Schenkel Invitational

Loaded field descends upon Statesboro

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern men's golf program, the Schenkel Invitational Committee and Forest Heights Country Club are set to host the 45th playing of the Schenkel Invitational, one of the premier events and longest-running tournaments in college golf, March 21-23 at Forest Heights in Statesboro.

Admission is free, and spectators are welcome.

Live scoring is available through GolfStat.

Eight participating teams are ranked in the top 100 nationally, according to the latest Clippd rankings. Army West Point, Campbell (#86), Florida (#11), Georgia Southern (#98), Indiana (#70), Kentucky (#89), Maryland, Middle Tennessee, Notre Dame (#38), UAB, Utah (#12), West Virginia (#94), Wisconsin and Yale make up the 14-team field.

Individually, five competitors are ranked in Clippd'd top 100 in Utah's Sergio Jimenez (#24) and Gabriel Palacios (#37), Notre Dame's Jacob Modleski (#18), Florida's Ian Gilligan (#19) and Jack Turner (#23).

The practice round for competitors is Thursday, and the first round of the tournament is scheduled for Friday with teams teeing off the first and 10th holes beginning at 9 a.m. The second round is slated for Saturday starting at 9 a.m., and the third and final round will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The trophy ceremony is expected to be at approximately 3 p.m. Sunday.

Georgia Southern is paired with Wisconsin and Notre Dame on the opening day, teeing off on hole #1 from 9:45-10:21 a.m.

The Schenkel is the ninth-longest running men's college golf tournament in the country.

HOST: Georgia Southern University
TOURNAMENT: 45th Schenkel Invitational
DATES: Fri.-Sun., March 21-23; Practice round on Thurs., March 20
COURSE: Forest Heights Country Club
CITY: Statesboro, Ga.
SET-UP: Par-72, 7,123 yards / 5 golfers, count 4 (foursomes); 14 teams, 74 total golfers (14 individuals)

FORMAT: 54-hole stroke play –
Thursday, practice rounds
Friday – 18 holes; 9 am start on holes 1 and 10
Saturday – 18 holes; 9 am start on holes 1 and 10
Sunday – 18 holes; 8:30 am start on holes 1 and 10

Georgia Southern Lineup (scoring average)
Parker Claxton (23 rds., 71.35 avg.)
Brantley Baker (29 rds., 73.00 avg.)
Luke Koenig (14 rds., 75.00 avg.)
Hogan Ingram (10 rds., 74.80 avg.)
Brycen Jones (23 rds., 72.57 avg.)

Indy
Ian Glanton (14 rds., 74.43 avg.)
Thomas Horne (12 rds., 74.67 avg.)
Pierce Adamson (15 rds., 73.93 avg.)
Edouard Cereto (15 rds., 73.40 avg.)
Elijah Zamarron (9 rds., 73.11 avg.)

LIVE SCORING: Live scoring through GolfStat

Schenkel Invitational – 2025 Field (14 teams, 74 golfers):
Army West Point, Campbell, #11 Florida, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Middle Tennessee, #38 Notre Dame, UAB, #12 Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Yale

HISTORY: Now in its 45th year, the Schenkel Invitational is one of the most prestigious tournaments in collegiate golf. Though the official tournament began in 1971, the story begins much earlier than that.

During World War II, the U.S. Army sent a young Chris Schenkel to a language institute at then called Georgia Teachers College in Statesboro, Georgia. Schenkel lived in Sanford Hall overlooking Sweetheart Circle during his nine-month stay, and the Indiana native built a bond with Statesboro that would last a lifetime and serve as the beginning of what would become an annual event in the town.

After the war, Schenkel embarked on a Hall of Fame broadcasting career, one of the most distinguished in the history of the industry. He was the first to cover The Masters on television, the first to anchor a live telecast of the Olympics and the first to call a nationally broadcast college football game. He was inducted into 16 halls of fame and received an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement.

COURSE INFORMATION: Playing at a par-72, 7,123-yard layout, Forest Heights Country Club was originally a 9-hole golf facility opened in 1947. In the early 1960s, the club membership acquired adjoining land and added a second nine. The original course designer was George Cobb. In 1990, Bob Cupp redesigned several holes and made changes to all green complexes. The course has mini Verde Bermuda grass on greens which are in immaculate condition most of the year thanks to our course superintendent, Steve Collins, and his crew.