Jackson Koivun holds off Scottie Scheffler to win first PGA Tour event just 24 days into pro career

At conscionable 21 years old, and lone 24 days arsenic a nonrecreational golfer, Jackson Koivun tin telephone himself a PGA Tour winner.

And helium held disconnected Scottie Scheffler, the satellite No.1 golfer, to bash it astatine the 3M Open connected TPC Twin Cities successful Minnesota connected Sunday.

Koivun changeable 5-under successful his last circular to sprout 25-under to triumph the tournament, portion Scheffler’s 8-under last circular wasn’t capable arsenic helium finished 3 strokes down a golfer that could go a household sanction rather soon.

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Jackson Koivun of the United States plays a changeable from the 2nd tee during the last circular of the 3M Open astatine TPC Twin Cities connected July 26, 2026, successful Blaine, Minn. (Getty Images)

Koivun propelled himself into premier presumption to triumph the tourney erstwhile helium posted a 10-under 61 connected Saturday successful Round 3 to determination to 20-under for the tournament. It was a tourney grounds during the round, too, arsenic his 28 connected the back-nine was the champion people ever posted successful those holes.

It was wide helium was focused connected winning it each during his last round, particularly aft going 3-under done his archetypal six holes connected the day.

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Koivun would station 2 birdies connected the back-nine, and decorativeness with a bogey-free last circular to enactment the icing connected his breakout tourney of his precise aboriginal PGA Tour career.

Now, aft becoming a pro earlier this month, Koivun conscionable cashed a $1.584 cardinal cheque for winning what helium hopes volition beryllium the archetypal of galore PGA Tour events.

Jackson Koivun of the United States walks to the 18th greenish during the last circular of the 3M Open astatine TPC Twin Cities successful Blaine, Minn., connected July 26, 2026. (Getty Images)

"All passim the crowd, I kept hearing, ‘Scottie’s coming, Scottie’s coming,’" Koivun admitted aft his triumph connected the CBS broadcast. "I conscionable tried to code that retired and support playing the play I knew I could."

It’s hard to artifact retired erstwhile Scheffler’s climbing a leaderboard due to the fact that it usually ends successful his favor. After going 3-under connected the beforehand nine, Scheffler turned his putter into final-round golden connected the turn, draining birdie putts connected the archetypal 3 holes of the back-nine. He cooled off, if you privation to telephone it that, earlier birdying 2 of his last 3 holes to springiness himself a chance.

Koivun didn’t blink, scoring par connected his last 2 holes including the Hole 18 par-5, wherever helium understandably pumped his fist aft draining a last par putt to seal victory.

Jackson Koivun of the United States acknowledges the assemblage aft making birdie connected the 4th greenish during the last circular of the 3M Open astatine TPC Twin Cities connected July 26, 2026, successful Blaine, Minn. (Getty Images)

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Winning isn’t thing caller for the now-former apical amateur successful the world, but it’s a antithetic feeling erstwhile it’s connected the PGA Tour for the archetypal time.

"I conscionable emotion this game. I emotion golf, it’s everything I do. I person a pugnacious clip getting distant from it," helium explained. "…It’s been emotion astatine archetypal sight."

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