Koivun goes for broke with 3-wood out of the sand
Jackson Koivun was feeling the pressure to make the Bank of Utah Championship cut late on Friday afternoon. The 21 year old opted for a 3-wood after his tee shot left him in a bunker on the final hole.
Jackson Koivun always had the belief, along with the No. 1 ranking in PGA Tour University and among amateurs worldwide. But it’s been a lot to take in the last four months.
Not only did he win in his third start at the 3M Open, qualify for the PGA Tour postseason and get picked for the Presidents Cup at age 21 ( he went 2-0-1 in a U.S. victory ), Koivun joins Brooks Koepka on the new Motor City Golf Club team for the indoor TGL.
And now he’s been selected to take part in the Skins Games on Black Friday, along with Koepka, Justin Thomas and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark.
Koivun went to the SoFi Center for a photo shoot with Golf Digest and called it “truly a masterpiece of technology.”
Still to come is meeting Koepka, who doesn’t live too far away from the Auburn alum’s new home in the West Palm Beach area of Florida. But they’ll see each other at the Skins Game.
That will be Nov. 27 at Atlantic Fields Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, at 9 a.m. on Prime Video (no subscription need), part of a long day on Prime that includes a college football game and an NBA doubleheader.
In the meantime, Koivun will keep busy. He plans to play three times in the FedExCup Fall, along with the mixed-team Grant Thornton Invitational two weeks after the Skins Game.