Jackson Koivun’s rookie year keeps getting bigger. The field for the 2026 Skins Game was announced Tuesday, with Koivun joining Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Wyndham Clark at Atlantic Fields Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, for a $4 million purse. It airs on Black Friday, Nov. 27, at 9 a.m. ET on Prime Video, and no subscription or Prime membership is required.
The event sticks with the traditional skins setup, where every hole carries a dollar value and ties roll over to raise the stakes. One change from last year: all four players start with zero winnings instead of the reverse-purse system used in 2025.
Koivun is the only player in the field without a major. The 21-year-old joined the PGA Tour in June after his junior season at Auburn and won the 3M Open in July, outdueling world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler on the weekend. That win came in just his third start.
The victory earned him a captain’s pick for the Presidents Cup, where he went 2-0-1 as the only undefeated player on either team and won a pivotal singles point on the 18th hole against Si Woo Kim. The U.S. beat the Internationals 17-13 outside Chicago in September.
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The Skins Game reunites him with a Presidents Cup partner. Koivun and Thomas played together twice at Medinah, earning 1½ points, and both won their singles matches.
The rest of the field brings plenty of hardware. Koepka is a five-time major champion, and Clark won the 2023 U.S. Open. Thomas, a two-time PGA Championship winner, withdrew from the 2025 event due to a back injury, and Shane Lowry took his place.
Koivun and Koepka will also be teammates soon. Koivun is joining Koepka on the new Motor City Golf Club team in TGL, with both set to make their TGL debuts near the start of the new year. After a photo shoot at the SoFi Center, Koivun called the arena “truly a masterpiece of technology” via Golf Digest.
Koivun has seven starts as a pro, with the 3M Open win and a T-5 in Asheville. He’s expected to play three more FedExCup Fall events, where he currently sits at No. 67.
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Andrew Catalon and Colt Knost return as host and on-course analyst, with Dan Rapaport adding live on-course commentary. Sports Business Journal reported that PGA Tour Studios will produce this year’s event after TMRW Sports handled it last year.
PGA Tour Studios EVP Luis Goicouria said the Tour is “excited to showcase four new PGA Tour stars” on Black Friday. Ben Silverman, chairman and co-CEO of Propagate Content, said “Atlantic Fields gives that drama an incredible new stage this Black Friday.”
The Skins Game debuted in 1983 and featured stars like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Fred Couples, Gary Player and Tiger Woods before returning in 2025 after 17 years away. Keegan Bradley won last year’s edition at Panther National, beating Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele and Lowry with 11 skins and $2.1 million.
The broadcast opens a full day of sports on Prime. The Eagles and Bears play at 3 p.m. ET, followed by an NBA Cup doubleheader that includes the Heat against the Knicks.
