PGA Tour: World No. 2 amateur golfer receives special invitation to play in PGA Tour Signature Event

World no. 2 amateur golfer, Jackson Koivun has been invited to play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year. The 19-year-old has received exemption to play at the PGA Tour Signature event after being a part of the Arnold Palmer Cup winning US team.

Koivun is currently a freshman at the Auburn University. He is coming off an incredible collegiate golf record, having won the SEC Championship and being a runner-up at the NCAA Division 1 Men's Individual Championship. The 'War Eagle' also became the first player ever to win all the major collegiate awards in the same season.

The young golfer made his PGA Tour debut at the 2024 Memorial Tournament after winning the Jack Nicklaus award.

Koivun will be seen competing at Bay Hill, Orlando at the Arnold Palmer Invitational from March 3rd to 9th, 2025. It is a signature PGA Tour event.

Who won PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2024? Exploring full leaderboard

Scottie Scheffler at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (Source: Imagn)

Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Arnold Invitational with a score of 15-under. Wyndham Clark and Shane Lowry placed second and third with 10-under and 9-under respectively. Here's the full leaderboard:

1 Scottie Scheffler
2 Wyndham Clark
3 Shane Lowry
T4 Will Zalatoris
T4Russell Henley
T6 Sahith Theegala
T6 Brendon Todd
T8 Byeong Hun An
T8 Andrew Putnam
T8 Emiliano Grillo
T8 Max Homa
T12 Nick Taylor
T12 Brian Harman
T12 Lee Hodges
T12 Tom Hoge
T12 Justin Thomas
T12 Hideki Matsuyama
T18 Cam Davis
T18 Corey Conners
T18 Sungjae Im
T21 Seamus Power
T21 Eric Cole
T21 Rory McIlroy
T21 Harris English
T25 Patrick Rodgers
T25 Xander Schauffele
T25 Erik van Rooyen
T25 Ludvig Aberg
T25 Grayson Murray
T30 Jordan Spieth
T30 Mackenzie Hughes
T30 Lucas Glover
T30 Si Woo Kim
T30 Webb Simpson
T30 Sam Burns
T36 Rickie Fowler
T36 Jason Day
T36 Patrick Cantlay
T36 Keegan Bradley
T36 Austin Eckroat
T36 Viktor Hovland
T36 Cameron Young
T36 Justin Lower
T44 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
T44 Min Woo Lee
T44 Chris Kirk
T44 Stephan Jaeger
T48 Nick Dunlap
T48 Denny McCarthy
T48 Taylor Moore
51 C.T. Pan
T52 Adam Hadwin
T52 Matthieu Pavon
T52 Tom Kim
55 J.T. Poston
56 Luke List
T57 Jake Knapp
T57 Sepp Straka

The PGA Tour signature event was started in 1966 with Lionel Herbert winning the inaugral title. Here's a look at the ten past winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational:

2023: Kurt Kitayama (9 under 279)
2022: Scottie Scheffler (5 under 283)
2021: Bryson DeChambeau (11 under 277)
2020: Tyrrell Hatton (4 under 284)
2019: Francesco Molinari (12 under 276)
2018: Rory McIlroy (18 under 270)
2017: Marc Leishman (11 under 277)
2016: Jason Day (17 under 271)
2015: Matt Every (19 under 269)
2014: Matt Every (13 under 275)

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