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Tournament Details
Event: Commander-In-Chief’s Cup, hosted by Service Academies Golf Foundation
When: Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Where: Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
Format: Stroke Play | Play 8, Count 6
Schedule of Play: Two 18-hole rounds
Tuesday, Sept. 30 – Round 1 | 7:15 am
Wednesday, Oct. 1 – Round 2 | 7:15 am
Participating Teams (3): Air Force, Army, Navy
The Navy men’s golf team returns to action this week when it makes the trip to Mamaroneck, N.Y. to compete in the Commander-In-Chief’s Cup. The two-day, 36-hole tournament is set to begin on Tuesday at the Winged Foot Golf Club with tee times beginning at 7:15 am. There is no live scoring available for this event.
Service Academy Golf – The History
• While this is the third year in which the tournament between Air Force, Army and Navy has been deemed the Commander-In-Chief’s Cup, the three previously competed in the Service Academy Golf Classic from 1993 to 2012 (except for a two-year hiatus in 2007-08).
• Army laid claim to the first-two tournaments before Air Force won 16-consecutive tournament titles, tying Army in the final event in 2012.
• The Classic, held in the Dallas area for its first 14 years, was moved to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for 2009 and 2010, before landing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., in 2011 and Trump National in Colts Neck, N.J., for the 2012 tournament.
Commander-In-Chief’s Cup – A Look Back
2022-23 CIC Cup • April 17-18 / Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Va.
• Army won the inaugural Commander-in-Chief’s Cup on a tiebreaker at the Robert Trent Jones Club in Gainesville, Va. in April of 2023.
• Army (454-448-458=1360) held a 9-stroke advantage over Navy (450-461-449=1360) heading into the final round, however, the Mids shot their low round of the tournament (+17, 449) over the final 18 holes to pull even with the Black Knights.
• While the best 6 of 8 scores over each of the three rounds were used in the team-scored event, the 7th-best score in round three (80 A / 82 N) was used to break the tie between Army and Navy.
• Air Force placed third with a 77-over par 1373.
• Navy placed three individuals in the top five, including medalist Keegan Shreves
• Chip Deegan (74-78-72=223) tied for 2nd, followed by Benjamin Valdez (71-79-75=225) in 5th, Jack Tarzy (75-82-70=227) in 6th, Owen Huntington (79-77-77-233) in 13th, Derek Weaver (80-74-81=235) in 17th, Noah Nuez (85-81-82=248) in 21st and Braxton Tracy (82-81-85=248) in 21st.
2024-25 CIC Cup • Oct. 14-15 / Scottsdale National Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Army held a slim 2-stroke advantage over the Midshipmen after the opening round (431-433), but shot a blistering 13-under par in the final round to win the tournament with a 14-under par 850 (431-419).
• Navy took second with a 1-under par 863 (433-430), while Air Force finished third with an 11-over par 875 (444-431).
• Army’s John Heckel Jr. closed out the tournament 13 under (64-67=131) to earn medalist honors.
• Navy, who placed three individual among the top five, was led by Jack Tarzy, who trailed Heckel Jr. by just 2 strokes after the first round. Tarzy, however, was unable to make up ground and placed second in the standings with a 9-under par 135.
• Chip Deegan earned a fourth-place finish with his 1-under par 143 (70-73), while Derek Weaver tied for fifth by shooting par (74-70=144). Team captain Benjamin Valdez earned a top-10 finish with his 1-over par 145 (74-71), while rookies Kaden Ausen (74-74=148) and Ed Scott (75-74=149) placed 16th and 17th, respectively. Rounding out the Mids’ lineup were Owen Huntington in 19th (78-73=151) and Noah Nuez in 22nd (75-80=155).
The Course
• Winged Foot Golf Club is a private golf club that was founded in 1921 by a group largely made up of members of The New York Athletic Club, and opened in June 1923.
• Winged Foot’s name and logo are taken directly from a sculpture in the lobby floor of the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.
• Winged Foot has two 18-hole golf courses, the West and the East, both of which were designed by A. W. Tillinghast.
• The West Course is a par 72 that measures 7,477 yards (6,837 m); it has a course rating of 76.4 and a slope of 140.
• The East Course is a par 72 that measures 6,808 yards (6,225 m); it has a course rating of 73.6 and a slope of 140.[2] Golf Digest ranked the West Course 8th and the East Course 65th in its 2009-10 listing of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses.[4]
• In 2019, Winged Foot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the last course Tillinghast designed that was complemented by a Clifford Charles Wendehack clubhouse. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2024.
• Winged Foot’s West Course has hosted the U.S. Open six times and the PGA Championship once. The East Course has hosted the U.S. Women’s Open twice and the U.S. Senior Open.
• Winged Foot Golf Club has also hosted the U.S. Amateur twice; in 2004, the tournament was contested on both courses. The 1949 Walker Cup was played on the West Course.
• In January 2013, the United States Golf Association announced that Winged Foot Golf Club would host the 120th U.S. Open in 2020. With its sixth U.S. Open, only Oakmont Country Club and Baltusrol Golf Club have hosted the tournament more times.
• On January 9, 2023, it was announced Winged Foot will host the U.S. Open for a seventh time in 2028, the first since 2006 at the course with ticketed spectators.
Navy’s Lineup
(Golfer / Yr / Hometown / 2025-26 avg. / Career avg.)
1 | Jack Tarzy (Sr / Medford, N.J. / 72.50 / 74.00)
2 | Chip Deegan (Sr / Newport Beach, Calif. / 71.67 / 73.70)
3 | Derek Weaver (Sr / Hackettstown, N.J. / 77.17 / 77.13)
4 | Danny Auffant (Jr. / Bellevue, Wash. / 73.33 / 76.79)
5 | Ed Scott (So. / Lemont, Ill. / 76.00 / 77.00)
6 | Hudson Mitchell (Fr / Pensacola, Fla. / 73.33 / 73.33)
7 | Josh Durthaler (Fr. / Dunwoody, Ga. / 76.00 / 76.00)
8 | Sebastian Alonzo (Fr. / Azusa, Calif. / 77.00 / 77.00)
More on the Mids
Folds of Honor Collegiate • Sept. 8-10 / American Dunes Golf Club, Grand Haven, Mich.
• Navy opened the 2025 campaign with a 13th-place finish at the fourth-annual Folds of Honor Collegiate played at the par-71 American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, Mich. The Mids shot a 44-over par 896 (300-300-296).
• Chip Deegan led the Mids with a 6-over par 219 (72-77-70) to finish 25th.
• The field included 19 teams that were represented at the 2025 NCAA Regionals, eight that advanced to the NCAA Championships, and 13 that ended the Spring ranked in the top 30 in the country.
• Defending Folds of Honor Collegiate champion Alabama made it two in a row, as the Crimson Tide captured the team title by 6 strokes over Notre Dame. Alabama’s William Jennings secured individual medalist honors with a 4-under par 209 (71-67-71).
Jackson T. Stephens Cup • Sept. 15-16 / Shoreacres, Lake Bluff, Ill.
• Chip Deegan represented the Naval Academy at the 2025 Jackson T. Stephens Cup where he placed 16th with a par 210 (69-72-69).
• Deegan, who was named the Patriot League Men’s Golfer of the Week for his performance, was the top-finishing service academy player in the tournament and one of seven golfers who received a special invitation to play as an individual in the team-scored event held at Shoreacres in Lake Bluff, Ill.
• The field included full teams from 10th-ranked LSU, 15th-ranked North Carolina, 22nd-ranked Arizona, along with Northwestern, Texas and SMU. Individuals represented Air Force, Army, Florida A&M, Howard, Livingstone and Navy.
The Goat • Sept. 20-21 / Naval Academy Golf Club, Annapolis, Md.
• Team captain Jack Tarzy shot a 3-under par 68 in the final round of The Goat to clinch individual medalist honors for the first time in his career, while Navy, as a team, placed second with an 11-over par 863 (287-291-285).
• It marked the third-lowest 54-hole score in relation to par by the Mids in program history and the lowest since they shot a 2-under par 850 at the Phoenix Invitational Oct. 14-15, 2019.
• Tarzy’s 8-under par 205 marked the third-lowest 54-hole score in relation to par in program history and the lowest since Nicholas Klock shot a 13-under par 200 at the Georgetown Intercollegiate Oct. 10-11, 2021.
• Tarzy, who went on to earn Patriot League Men’s Golfer of the Week laurels, had finished as the runner-up on three occasions, including last year’s The Goat when Loyola’s Gustavo Rangel bested him by a single stroke.
What’s Ahead
• Navy will return home to Annapolis to play host to the 88th edition of the Army-Navy Star Match slated for Oct. 11-12 at the Naval Academy Golf Club.
• The two-day event which will be scored as match play, or the more familiar Ryder Cup-style format, with four four-ball matches played on Saturday (9:00 am) and capped off with seven singles matches on Sunday (9:00 am).
• The first team to reach six points will be declared the winner.
### Go Navy ###
