Former Vanderbilt Golfer to Make Pro Debut: The Anchor, June 4, 2025

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By Taylor Hodges | Last updated Jun 4, 2025 9:04 AM ET

Former Vanderbilt golfer Jackson Van Paris is about to make his professional debut.

Just a few days after earning his tour card, Van Paris will play in the Korn Ferry Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, South Carolina. 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.

Van Paris led the Commodores in a scoring average this season at 70.03 and shot under par in 22 rounds. He was the individual medalist at the 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional and posted six top-10 finishes. He was also a 2024 GCAA Division I PING All-American honorable mention selection and was twice named to the GCAA Division I PING All-Southeast team.

Van Paris’s former teammate, Harrison Ott, earned a spot in the 125th U.S. Open earlier this week with a fifth place finish in the 2025 U.S. Open Final Qualifying: Columbus at Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Columbus, Ohio.

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