Koivun Becomes Third Two-Time Winner of Ben Hogan Award Presented by Baird

FORT WORTH, Texas (May 25, 2026) – Auburn junior Jackson Koivun has been named the winner of the 2026 Ben Hogan Award presented by Baird, becoming the third college golfer in history to win the award twice, a feat accomplished previously by Jon Rahm and Ludvig Aberg.

 

Koivun, who won the Ben Hogan Award as a freshman in 2024 and was a finalist in 2025, is ranked first in both the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and Clippd Scoreboard College Golf Ranking. He has held the WAGR No. 1 ranking for 47 consecutive weeks.

 

Koivun won six collegiate events this spring, which included three consecutive victories in April culminated by a win at the Southeastern Conference Championships.  There, Koivun became the first golfer since 1967 to win three straight SEC individual crowns. In college events, he owned a 67.97 scoring average over 36 rounds with 25 rounds in the 60s. He also shared fourth place at the 2025 NCAA Championships, the first event of this Ben Hogan Award season.

 

In amateur play, he was a member of the U.S. Walker Cup and Arnold Palmer Cup teams and reached the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur. Koivun also played in five PGA TOUR events where he recorded four top-12 finishes, including top-5s at the Procore Championship and Wyndham Championship. He was the 2025 recipient of the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top-ranked amateur.

 

The Ben Hogan Award annually awards the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months. The joint announcement was made by Fort Worth Colonial Charities (FWCC), the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

 

Koivun, along with finalists Ben James of Virginia and Preston Stout of Oklahoma State, were honored Monday night at a black-tie dinner at the TCU Legends Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

 

The Ben Hogan Award has honored the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer in Fort Worth since 2002. The original Ben Hogan Trophy, which featured different award criteria, was issued at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif., beginning in 1990. An esteemed international selection committee, comprised of 40 leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf, votes during each stage of the process.

 

Over the years, recipients of the Ben Hogan Award have combined to accumulate 70 PGA TOUR wins and amass more than $500 million in prize money on the tour. Since 2002, the Ben Hogan Award has donated more than $1.5 million to college golf programs and charitable organizations associated with youth golf.

 

Recipients include Ludvig Aberg (‘22, ‘23), Ricky Barnes (‘03), Patrick Cantlay (‘12), Luke Clanton (’25), Matt Every (‘06), Rickie Fowler (‘08), Doug Ghim (‘18), Bill Haas (‘04), Viktor Hovland (‘19), Chris Kirk (‘07), Jackson Koivun (’24, ‘26), Hunter Mahan (‘03), Maverick McNealy (‘17), Ryan Moore (‘05), John Pak (‘21), Jon Rahm (‘15, ‘16), Patrick Rodgers (‘14), Kyle Stanley (‘09), Nick Taylor (‘10), Sahith Theegala (‘20), D.J. Trahan (‘02), Peter Uihlein (‘11) and Chris Williams (‘13).

 

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