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Event: Florida Atlantic Invitational, hosted by FAU
When: Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 27-28
Where: Panther National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. | Par 72, 7,560 yards
Format: Stroke Play | Play 5, Count 4
Schedule of Play: Three 18-hole rounds
Monday, Oct. 27 – Round 1 | Tee times beginning at 7:30 am, holes #1 and #10
Monday, Oct. 27 – Round 2 | Tee times beginning at approximately 12-Noon, holes #1 and #10
Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Round 3 | 8:30 am shotgun start
Participating Teams (16): Abilene Christian, Campbell, UCF, Creighton, Florida Atlantic, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Navy, North Alabama, Samford, Seton Hall, USF, Stetson, Tarleton State, Troy, West Georgia
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The Navy men’s golf team will close out the fall portion of its schedule this week when it travels to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. to compete in the Florida Atlantic Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole tournament is slated to begin on Monday at Panther National Golf Club (par-72 / 7,560 yards). The opening round begins at 7:30 am with teams teeing off from the 1st and 10th holes. Navy will be playing alongside Jacksonville, Samford and Seton Hall in the first two rounds. Tuesday’s final round is set for an 8:30 am shotgun start.
Navy’s Lineup
(Golfer / Yr / Hometown / 2025-26 avg. / Career avg.)
1 | Jack Tarzy (Sr / Medford, N.J. / 72.50 / 73.89)
2 | Chip Deegan (Sr / Newport Beach, Calif. / 72.50 / 73.75)
3 | Hudson Mitchell (Fr / Pensacola, Fla. / 75.67 / 75.67)
4 | Ed Scott (So. / Lemont, Ill. / 76.78 / 77.03)
5 | Sebastian Alonzo (Fr. / Azusa, Calif. / 78.44 / 78.44)
The Mids This Year
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.
Commander-In-Chief’s Cup • Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 / Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
• Jack Tarzy shot a 13-over par 223 to claim individual medalist honors for the second time in as many weeks, while the Mids dominated Army and Air Force to win the program’s first outright Commander-In-Chief’s Cup.
• Navy (449-459-480=1388, +128), who built a 20-stroke advantage over Army after just 18 holes, defeated the Black Knights (1406, +146) by 18 strokes and Air Force (1411, +151) by 23 strokes.
• In addition to Tarzy, four other players finished among the top 10 – Chip Deegan (2nd), Derek Weaver (T7th), Hudson Mitchell (T9), Ed Scott (T9).
Army – Star Match • Oct. 11-12 / Naval Academy Golf Club, Annapolis, Md.
• Navy won four of the first-five singles match en route to a 6-5 victory over the Black Knights in the annual Army-Navy Star Match played at the Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis.
• Luke Lombardo secured the final point on the 18th green, as the Mids claimed the program’s first Star win against their arch rival since 2021.
• Additionally, the win marked the school’s 1,200th victory over Army.
Nassau Intercollegiate • Oct. 20-21 / Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, N.Y
• Jack Tarzy shot a 4-under par 66 in the final round of the Nassau Intercollegiate to clinch co-individual medalist honors, while Navy tied host LIU and Iona for eighth.
• Tarzy, who shot a 2-over par 212 (73-73-66), shared individual medalist honors with Utah Valley’s Paxton Maxwell (69-73-70).
• Tarzy, who entered the day 6 shots back from the leader, is believed to be the first Navy golfer to earn medalist honors in 3-consecutive tournaments (The Goat, Commander-In-Chief’s Cup, Nassau Intercollegiate).
• The three wins by Tarzy this season are the most by a Navy golfer in a season since Billy Hurley won 6 tournaments his senior year in 2003-04.
• He is the first Navy golfer to win 3 tournaments over a career since Charlie Musto won three – 2 in 2017-18 and 1 in 2019-20.
### Go Navy ###
