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RELATED: For Air Force, the mission is directīerglund says it was a no-brainer and Callaway jumped on board as part of a two-year deal. In doing so, why not develop the competition with a PGA Tour feel to it, where every tournament culminated in a special, unforgettable experience. Maybe this had legs to become an annual event with sponsorships. Thoughts of raising just enough money to pay for everything segued into more grandiose intentions. Renzulli, a member at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, sold the board on hosting the event. Soon, Callaway director of national accounts Rich Berglund and Trey Owen, a former Army West Point golfer (1990-94) and United States Military Academy graduate, joined the conversations. 'I shared with Jeff that fizzled, but basically because some of the tournament operators and generals got older and no one really took it on after that,' says Hurley, who won the individual title in 2003. Naval Academy, mentioned there had been the interservice Service Academy Classic that ran from 1993-2012 but then petered out.

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Renzulli, chief counsel at the Buffalo Groupe, started working the phones before being put in touch with longtime PGA Tour pro Billy Hurley III, among others, through mutual friend Jim Bruyette.

He thought, 'Does each academy golf team play in an interservice event, and if not, could there be one, and what would it take?' The short answers were: not anymore, quite possibly and a dedicated network that could pull it off.