GREER, S.C. – Former Vanderbilt men’s golf All-American Jackson Van Paris is set to make his professional debut this weekend on the Korn Ferry Tour, as he will play in the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex in Greer, South Carolina.
Van Paris plays in his first professional tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour just eight days after earning a tour card via PGA Tour University. He will be paired with Wilson Furr over the first two rounds. Van Paris tees off Round 1 from the Carolina Country Club on Thursday at 7:13 a.m. CT. He returns to the course on Friday for Round 2 at the Thornblade Club, where he’ll begin his day at 12:23 p.m. CT.
The Pinehurst, North Carolina, native earned a full exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour for the remainder of the 2025 season after finishing fifth in the 2024-25 PGA TOUR University rankings. He also earned an exemption into the Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.
Van Paris led the Commodores in a scoring average this season at 70.03 through 37 rounds of play during his final year with Vanderbilt and shot under par in 22 rounds. He was the individual medalist at the 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional and posted six top-10 finishes. The All-American was selected NCAA Division I PING All-Southeast Region team and was named to the All-SEC second team.
Additionally, Van Paris was a 2024 GCAA Division I PING All-American honorable mention selection and was twice named to the GCAA Division I PING All-Southeast team. He was a two-time All-SEC selection and was a spring finalist for the 2025 Fred Haskins Award and the Byron Nelson Award. He won two tournaments during his four years at Vanderbilt. He won the inaugural St Andrews Links Collegiate at the Home of Golf in October of 2023, and more recently, he captured first at the 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional to become the second Commodore to earn medalist honors at an NCAA Regional. His career scoring average of 70.65 is the second-lowest in program history.
He made his PGA TOUR debut as an amateur at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open and finished in a tie for 10th at 15-under 273. Van Paris posted the lowest 18-hole score in the tournament, going 8-under 64 in Round 4.
Van Paris will be joined by his former Commodore teammate Cole Sherwood at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex. Sherwood tees off Round 1 on Thursday at 11:28 a.m. CT from Thornblade Club and will open Friday’s Round 2 at 6:18 a.m. CT from the Carolina Country Club.
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