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The kids are alright.
On Friday at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open, amateurs Luke Clanton and Jackson Koivun made the cut. There were among the 70 golfers who have advanced to the final two rounds at Torrey Pines.
The PGA Tour notes that it’s “the first time in the last 55 years that two amateurs have made the cut at this event in a single year.”
Clanton is a junior at Florida State and Koivun is a sophomore at Auburn. By virtue of making the cut, they are both one step closer to securing status on the PGA Tour. When they each decide to turn pro remains to be seen but they now have 18 points in the PGA Tour University Accelerated program, which awards Tour cards for collegiate amateurs. The magic number is 20 and a recent rule change might make it so each gets there by the event’s conclusion Saturday evening as a top-five finish would mean two more points.
Clanton was tied for 13th after two rounds, while Koivun was tied for 38th. Clanton missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii two weeks ago but in 2024, he played in eight PGA Tour events, made the cut in seven of them, and posted four top-10s and tied for second twice. Koivun played in two events, and made the cut in one of them, finishing 52nd at the Memorial.
The last am to make the cut at Torrey was Anthony Paolucci 14 years ago.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Amateurs Luke Clanton, Jackson Koivun make cut Farmers Insurance Open
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