{"id":44963,"date":"2026-07-31T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44963\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:31:10","slug":"meet-rising-golf-star-jackson-koivun-the-3m-open-champion-who-is-teeing-up-for-the-fedex-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44963\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet rising golf star Jackson Koivun, the 3M Open champion who is teeing up for the FedEx Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One win has put Jackson Koivun on the map. \u2060It might also \u2060be enough to get \u2060him a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Koivun won the 3M Open last Sunday in Minnesota in his third start since turning pro. The 21-year-old, a former college star \u200cand No 1-ranked amateur in the world, went 25 under par at TPC Twin Cities and beat <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/entertainment\/article\/3260800\/who-world-no-1-golfer-scottie-scheffler-and-he-new-tiger-woods-27-year-old-texan-devoted-christian?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">world No 1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a> by three shots.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jackson Koivun tees off on the ninth hole on the final day of the 3M Open in Blaine on July 26. Photo: TNS\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea553f6d-4560-43ef-9767-e935a49fc15b_595de0ff.jpg\" title=\"Jackson Koivun tees off on the ninth hole on the final day of the 3M Open in Blaine on July 26. Photo: TNS\"\/>Jackson Koivun tees off on the ninth hole on the final day of the 3M Open in Blaine on July 26. Photo: TNSNot only did it secure Koivun a two-year exemption on tour and an invitation to the Masters, it also put \u2060him in the FedEx Cup playoff hunt. Koivun is ahead of recognisable names such as Australia\u2019s Jason Day (No 74), Keegan Bradley (No 76), \u200c<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/people\/celebrities\/article\/3356088\/meet-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-jena-sims-wife-pro-golfer-brooks-koepka?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brooks Koepka (No 84)<\/a> and Tony Finau (No 87), who would miss the playoffs were the season \u200cto end \u200cMonday.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jackson Koivun at the 3M Open 2026 in Blaine on July 26. Photo: Getty Images\/AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4479f97f-5702-45e1-938d-46b9b691745f_3064f4e8.jpg\" title=\"Jackson Koivun at the 3M Open 2026 in Blaine on July 26. Photo: Getty Images\/AFP\"\/>Jackson Koivun at the 3M Open 2026 in Blaine on July 26. Photo: Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 3M Open victory also vaulted Koivun from No 206 \u200cto No 73 in the Official World Golf Ranking.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">So who is this golf prodigy who just turned pro in early July? Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Jackson Koivun.<\/p>\n<p>How did Jackson Koivun get into golf?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jackson Koivun\u2019s golf journey started when he was still a toddler. Photo: @jackson_koivun\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6f196de4-87b7-4007-90cc-509960406cbb_90e77415.jpg\" title=\"Jackson Koivun\u2019s golf journey started when he was still a toddler. Photo: @jackson_koivun\/Instagram\"\/>Jackson Koivun\u2019s golf journey started when he was still a toddler. Photo: @jackson_koivun\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Koivun was born on May 23, 2005, in San Jose, California. He was only two years old when he first held a golf club, a hobby his father introduced him to early on. By age seven, he had got good enough to beat his dad in the sport, per Golf Monthly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One win has put Jackson Koivun on the map. \u2060It might also \u2060be enough to get \u2060him a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13812,6727,182,17705,1873,1438,44,3265,497,2650,1325,686,7107,2016,144,17332,208],"class_list":["post-44963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-3m-open","tag-auburn-university","tag-california","tag-chapel-hill","tag-fedex-cup","tag-fedex-st-jude-championship","tag-golf","tag-jackson-koivun","tag-jason-day","tag-john-deere-classic","tag-keegan-bradley","tag-masters","tag-minnesota","tag-north-carolina","tag-pga-tour","tag-san-jose","tag-scottie-scheffler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}