Wednesday, October 14
Oakmont CC/Oakmont, PA
8:00 am MT
Air Force Academy
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Commander-in-Chief's Cup
10/14/2026 5:32:00 PM | Men's Golf
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force golf team finished second in the fourth annual Commander-in-Chief's Cup, Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. The Oakmont Country Club is a par-70 and has hosted the U.S. Open a record 10 times, including the 2025 championship.
For the first time ever in the CIC Cup, a 54-hole medal match format was used. During each round, golfers played 18 holes of stroke play and their individual stroke play 18-hole score was compared against the other players in their same grouping. There were three points available in each of the eight threesomes, with three matches occurring inside each grouping: Navy v. Army, Navy v. Air Force, Air Force v. Army. A total of 24 points were available in each round.
Army won the CIC cup for the third time in four seasons with 30.5 team points over 54 holes in the new format. Air Force was second with 23.5 points and Navy was third with 18. Army went wire-to-wire with 10 points in each of the first two rounds and 10.5 in the final round. Air Force was second in every round with 8.5 points in the first round and 7.5 points in each the second and third rounds.
Senior team captain Eli Huntington placed second overall with a 226, just one stroke behind the individual medalist, Navy's Danny Auffant. Huntington shot a 73 (+3) in the final round, his best round of the tournament. His final round included birdies on three of the final six holes.
Freshman Daniel Chazen tied for fourth overall at 230. Chazen shot 74 (+4) in the final round, after making birdie on the first and posting 12 pars on the final day. Senior Grant Samuelson placed seventh (231) and senior Carson Baker tied for eighth (232).
In the medal match scoring, Huntington and Chazen were the top Falcons, each taking two of the three points in their respective pairings. Samuelson earned 1.5 points while Baker and freshman Grant Baer each earned a point.
Air Force will next compete in the UTSA Military City Collegiate, Oct. 26-27, at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
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For the first time ever in the CIC Cup, a 54-hole medal match format was used. During each round, golfers played 18 holes of stroke play and their individual stroke play 18-hole score was compared against the other players in their same grouping. There were three points available in each of the eight threesomes, with three matches occurring inside each grouping: Navy v. Army, Navy v. Air Force, Air Force v. Army. A total of 24 points were available in each round.
Army won the CIC cup for the third time in four seasons with 30.5 team points over 54 holes in the new format. Air Force was second with 23.5 points and Navy was third with 18. Army went wire-to-wire with 10 points in each of the first two rounds and 10.5 in the final round. Air Force was second in every round with 8.5 points in the first round and 7.5 points in each the second and third rounds.
Senior team captain Eli Huntington placed second overall with a 226, just one stroke behind the individual medalist, Navy's Danny Auffant. Huntington shot a 73 (+3) in the final round, his best round of the tournament. His final round included birdies on three of the final six holes.
Freshman Daniel Chazen tied for fourth overall at 230. Chazen shot 74 (+4) in the final round, after making birdie on the first and posting 12 pars on the final day. Senior Grant Samuelson placed seventh (231) and senior Carson Baker tied for eighth (232).
In the medal match scoring, Huntington and Chazen were the top Falcons, each taking two of the three points in their respective pairings. Samuelson earned 1.5 points while Baker and freshman Grant Baer each earned a point.
Air Force will next compete in the UTSA Military City Collegiate, Oct. 26-27, at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
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