Koivun walks Black Desert with Amy Rogers after his Presidents Cup week

Jackson Koivun's week at Black Desert Resort brings him back to individual golf after the Presidents Cup. Golf Channel paired him with Amy Rogers for a walk-and-talk through the course's black lava, discussing the team competition, the change back to playing for himself and the Utah setting.

Golf Channel published the interview Friday during the Bank of Utah Championship:

Koivun's scoring gives that conversation an immediate competitive backdrop. He followed an opening 69 with a four-under 67, reaching six-under 136 through two rounds. The completed second-round results on Saturday, October 3, confirmed that he qualified at the six-under cut line.

Getting there required a birdie at the final hole. Field Level Media reports that Koivun played from a fairway bunker at the par-five 18th and converted the putt to reach six under. The finish put him on the six-under number, enough to qualify once the second round was complete. Austin Smotherman held the 36-hole lead at 17 under.

Saturday's resumption completed the three rounds left unfinished by Friday's darkness suspension. The PGA Tour's official leaderboard listed 70 players through to the weekend, with Koivun among them.

The interview offers Koivun's perspective on moving between two different kinds of competition. His Friday finish supplies the immediate stakes: after a week representing Team USA, a single birdie mattered to his position in an individual PGA Tour field.