Jackson Koivun enters the Bank of Utah Championship as the betting favorite after an unbeaten Presidents Cup debut and a scorching PGA Tour run.
Fresh off an undefeated Presidents Cup debut, Jackson Koivun is carrying serious momentum into the 2026 Bank of Utah Championship.
The 21-year-old opens as the +1300 favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook, leading a 120-player field at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah.
The tournament marks the second event of the FedExCup Fall and once again puts some of the PGA Tour’s brightest young players on a course built for birdies.
Koivun’s rise has been rapid.
After turning professional following a top-25 finish at the U.S. Open, he quickly established himself on Tour and then broke through with a victory at the 3M Open, beating Scottie Scheffler by three shots.
He followed that run with another top-five finish at the Biltmore Championship Asheville before making his Presidents Cup debut.
At Medinah, Koivun delivered 2.5 points without losing a match, including a Sunday singles victory over Si Woo Kim as the United States stormed back to win 17-13.
Now he’s being priced like one of the players everyone else has to chase.
Defending champion Michael Brennan is next at +1600. Brennan won at Black Desert last year by four shots and returns in excellent form after closing his 2026 season with a Wyndham Championship victory and a top-10 finish at the BMW Championship. PGA Tour
Another rising star, Ben James, sits at +2000 after consecutive strong finishes highlighted by closing rounds of 61 at both the Wyndham Championship and Biltmore Championship.
Maverick McNealy is also +2000, bringing one of the field’s strongest putting profiles to a course where birdie production matters.
Matt Wallace and Marco Penge are listed at +2500, while former champion Matt McCarty sits at +3500 after finishing 23 under to win the inaugural event and returning with a third-place finish last year.
The headline, though, belongs to Koivun. He arrived in Utah as one of golf’s fastest-rising stars.
Now the betting market is treating him like one.
