Jackson Koivun to forego senior season and be part of PGA Tour – Auburn Tigers

AUBURN, Ala. – After a pair of nationwide championships, three SEC particular person titles and numerous different program and NCAA data, Auburn’s Jackson Koivun introduced Friday morning that he’ll forego his ultimate season of collegiate eligibility to hitch the PGA Tour this summer time. 

Koivun is about to make his ultimate look as an novice subsequent week on the 2026 U.S. Open. He will make his skilled debut on the 2026 John Deere Classic, set for July 1-5 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. 

“I’m grateful to everyone at Auburn University for giving me the most incredible college experience I could’ve ever imagined,” Koivun stated. “From bringing home a pair of national championships to the late nights and early mornings grinding at the facility and competing alongside guys I’ll call brothers for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. With that being said, I’ve decided to forego my senior year to pursue my lifelong dream of playing on the PGA Tour. To my teammates, coaches, support staff, fans and most importantly, my family, thank you for supporting me in this chapter of my life. I am incredibly excited for what’s ahead, but no matter where this game takes me, I will always carry the A-U with me as a proud member of the Auburn family.”

Koivun earned his Tour membership on the finish of his sophomore season by way of the PGA Tour U Accelerated program, which awards collegiate gamers with factors primarily based on excellent accomplishments within the sport. Koivun deferred his membership a yr to return to The Plains for the 2025-26 season. Now, on the finish of his junior marketing campaign, he has earned greater than double the 20-point worth required by this system for Tour membership. 

The All-American hangs it up as undoubtedly the very best participant to ever don the Orange & Blue and probably the greatest ever to compete on the faculty stage. His 11 wins rank first in program historical past, tied for first in Southeastern Conference historical past, and tied for seventh in NCAA historical past. 

Earlier this spring, he turned the primary man to seize all three nationwide participant of the yr awards (Haskins, Hogan, Nicklaus) twice, first sweeping all of them as a rookie in 2024 earlier than finishing the sweep as soon as extra as a junior this season. 

Koivun departs this system because the energetic record-holder in 16 completely different classes: 54-hole match rating (25-under-par), profession scoring common (68.89), profession sub-par rounds (87), profession sub-70 rounds (62), profession high 10s (34), profession wins (11), single season scoring common (68.20), single season sub-par rounds (31), single season sub-70 rounds (26), single season high 10s (12), single season wins (6), single season birdies (196), freshman scoring common (69.48), freshman sub-par rounds (28), freshman sub-70 rounds (17) and freshman high 10s (12). 

Both Koivun’s program bests for single season and profession scoring common are additionally NCAA data. 

The NorCal turned Chapel Hill, North Carolina native concludes his faculty profession having completed high 10 or higher in 87% of his 39 faculty begins. He completed outdoors the highest 20 simply twice. His checklist of profession wins consists of: the 2024, 2025 and 2026 SEC Championships, 2024 Pinehurst Intercollegiate, 2024 Inverness Intercollegiate, 2025 NCAA Auburn Regional, 2026 Amer Ari Invitational, 2026 Gator Invitational, 2026 The Hayt, 2026 Mason Rudolph Championship and at last, the 2026 Ford Collegiate.  

Koivun additionally represented the United States on three events as an novice, enjoying in each the 2024 and 2025 Arnold Palmer Cups in addition to the 2025 Walker Cup, the place he accounted for 3 factors within the Americans’ 17-9 victory.