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"It felt like and still feels like a movie”: Men’s golf found out about tournament cancellation from Twitter during practice

On March 12, the Georgia Southern University men’s golf team was in the middle of a practice round for the Schenkel Invitational, the second year in a row that they would hold the prestigious tournament.

Teams from all around the nation traveled to Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro to compete for the Schenkel title. GS was the defending champion and had strong chances of winning it again.

#TBT to the 40th Schenkel Invitational Champions @GaSouthernGolf ud83cudfc6Let's look back on the final round u2b07ufe0f pic.twitter.com/dzVam5OGmD

— 41st Schenkel Invitational (@SchenkelInvite) April 16, 2020

There were rumors that the tournament would be canceled, but things were very uncertain at the time.