Ole Miss alum Jackson Suber cracks code, earns first PGA TOUR card

Jackson Suber is curious about the world around him, eager to find any extra edge in the pursuit of golf greatness.

Last season, the Ole Miss alum’s efforts weren’t quite enough for a PGA TOUR card. Suber, 24, entered the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance at No. 30 on the season-long standings, squarely on the bubble for his first TOUR card. He finished T46 in the 75-player field and fell to No. 37 on the standings, and after a tie for 54th at PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry’s Final Stage (where the top five and ties earned TOUR cards), it meant a return to the Korn Ferry Tour for 2024.

Suber rarely lets golf stir up his emotions, but he admitted it stung to fall short of a TOUR card last year. So the native of Tampa, Florida, channeled that energy into refining his approach – finding new edges in areas like practice routine and game-planning – and the result is 2025 PGA TOUR membership.

Suber finished No. 20 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, finalized after last week’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance, to comfortably finish inside the top 30 for PGA TOUR membership. His season was highlighted by back-to-back top-three finishes at the Compliance Solutions Championship and Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS in late June, the two weeks following the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, where he gained a late spot as an alternate on Tuesday of tournament week and proceeded to make the cut.

Suber celebrated with his parents Jack and Elayne (who traveled from Tampa for the occasion) and childhood best friend Gunnar Raney (who flew in from Atlanta), among other loved ones and supporters, during the PGA TOUR card ceremony on a sun-kissed Sunday afternoon at French Lick Golf Resort’s Pete Dye Course in southern Indiana.

At Tampa’s Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club, a young Suber and Raney would play a constant loop of Nos. 1 and 2 on countless late afternoons. Elayne Suber would sit in a rocking chair, read magazines and watch as they went round and round, deepening their connection with the game by the day. The journey came full circle Sunday afternoon – with more memories to come on the PGA TOUR.

About Jackson Suber

• Age: 24
• Hometown: Tampa, Florida
• Alma mater: University of Mississippi
• PGA TOUR starts: 3
• Cuts made: 1
• Best PGA TOUR finish: 73rd, 2024 U.S. Open

Notes: Earned First Team All-SEC honors as a college junior (2020-21) and senior (2021-22). Named a PING Second Team All-American as a senior … Finished No. 9 on 2022 PGA TOUR University Ranking to earn PGA TOUR Canada status; made six of eight cuts on PGA TOUR Canada that summer, ranking No. 65 on season-long Fortinet Cup … Attended the Valspar Championship (his home PGA TOUR event) roughly five times as a kid … Enjoys hunting and wakeboarding … Favorite sports team is the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning.