HONORS & AWARDS 

• Byron Nelson Award Recipient (2025)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor (2025)
• NCAA All-Championship Team - Top-15 finisher at NCAA Championship (2023)
• GCAA PING All-America Third Team (2024)
• Two-Time GCAA PING All-America Honorable Mention (2023, 2025)
• Two-Time GolfWeek All-America Honorable Mention (2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Golfer of the Year (2024)
• Three-Time All-Big Ten First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Two-Time All-Big Ten Championship Team (2023, 2024)
• Three-Time GCAA PING All-Midwest Region (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Three-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023-24)
• CSC Academic All-American (2024)
• Three-Time GCAA All-America Scholar (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Two-Time CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)

Senior - 2024-25 

• Named All-America Honorable Mention by both the GCAA and Golfweek
• Byron Nelson Award recipient, given annually to the nation's top collegiate golfer for success on the course, in the classroom, and in the community
• Selected as Illinois' recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor
• Unanimous selection for First Team All-Big Ten
• Earned third consecutive GCAA PING All-Midwest Region honor
• Ranked first on the team and third in the Big Ten at No. 37 in the NCAA Division I men's golf player rankings and has reached as high as 11th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) during his senior season
• Played in the lineup in all 14 stroke play tournaments
• Won fourth-career tournament at the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 19-21) with a three-round score of 7-under 209 (75-68-66)
• Carded his season-best tournament score of 12-under 204 (67-67-70) to record a third-place finish and help the Illini to a team win at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 26-27)
• Posted a T5 finish to help lead the Illini to a share of the team title at the NCAA Urbana Regional (May 12-14) with a score of 6-under 207 (63-73-71)
• His opening 63 at the NCAA Urbana Regional marked a course-record score at Atkins Golf Club, and his lowest of the season
• Ranked second on the team with a career-best season stroke average of 70.93
• Tied for team lead with 13 rounds in the 60s
• Posted a team-best eight top-10 finishes
• Led the Orange and Blue with 26 of 42 rounds at par or better
• Closed as the Illini’s top finisher in a team-most six events
• Earned fifth-career Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on Oct. 24, 2024.

Junior - 2023-24 

• Named All-American by GCAA (third team) and Golfweek (honorable mention)
• Voted Big Ten Golfer of the Year and a unanimous selection for First Team All-Big Ten
• Earned GCAA PING All-Midwest Region honors
• Played in the lineup in all 13 stroke play tournaments, plus match play at the Cypress Point Classic and the NCAA Championship
• Runner-up for the individual title at the 2024 Big Ten Championship to earned spot on All-Big Ten Championship team (top five finisher)
• Posted a team-leading two individual victories on the season, winning the Purdue Fall Invitational and the Duck Invitational
• Ranked second on the team with a stroke average of 70.92 
• Carded a season-best round of 65 on two occasions, posting a 6-under 65 in Round 2 of the Flyer Invitational and posting a 5-under 65 in Round 1 of the NCAA Stanford Regional
• Posted his season-best 54-hole tournament score of 204 (-9) in his medalist performance at the Purdue Fall Invitational 
• Led the team with eight top-10 finishes
• Tied for the team lead with 12 rounds in the 60s
• Ranked second on the squad with 20 of 39 rounds at par or better
• Closed as the Illini's top finisher in four events on the year, tied for the team lead
• Earned two Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on Oct. 12, 2024 and March 27, 2024 

Sophomore - 2022-23 

• Named All-American by the GCAA (honorable mention) and GolfWeek (honorable mention)
• Earned NCAA All-Championship Team honors as a top-15 finisher (T2) in stroke play at the NCAA Championship
• Named First Team All-Big Ten and GCAA PING All-Midwest Region
• Played in the lineup in all 13 tournaments
• Runner-up finish in stroke play at the 2023 NCAA Championship (May 26-31) at Grayhawk Golf Club
• Led individual title race at the 2023 Big Ten Championship halfway through Round 3 before the play was called due to weather, and scores reverted back to 36-hole tallies
• Earned spot on All-Big Ten Championship team by virtue of his top-5 individual finish
• Third on the team with a stroke average of 70.92, more than two full strokes better than his previous season-best of 72.84 set as a freshman
• Recorded top-25 finishes in 10 of 13 tournaments with three top 5s, including his first-career victory at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational (April 10-11)
• In his victory at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational, shot 66-62-66 to set finish with a program-record score of 194 (-22)
• His Round 2 score of 62 (-10) also set a program record for an individual single round
• Ranks third on the team with 22 of 39 rounds at par or better
• Recorded 14 rounds in the 60s, also third on the team
• Ranked third on the team as Illinois’ top finisher in three events on the year, also pacing the squad  to a team title at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (Sept. 26-28) before his record-setting win at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational (April 10-11), and his runner-up finish at the NCAA Championship (May 26-31)
• Earned two B1G Golfer of the Week honors on Oct. 5, 2022 and April 12, 2023 

SUMMER 2022

• Tied for 33rd at the Dogwood Invitational (June 8-11), and tied for 37th at the Georgia Amateur (July 7-10)
• Finished T-6th at the 2022 Southern Amateur with a 13-under 271 (69-66-67-69)
• Carded rounds of 64-68-68 to finish third (-10) at the 2022 Souteastern Amateur (July 21-23)
• Finished 5th at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Invitational (July 25-27)
• Posted T-3rd finish as the low amateur at the 2022 L&J Georgia Open (Aug. 4-7)

FRESHMAN - 2021-22

• Competed in 32 rounds over 12 events, including a spot in the Illini's scoring lineup in each of the last seven tournaments of the regular season, plus the Big Ten Championship and NCAA New Haven Regional 
• Played as an individual at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 17-19) and took first in an individual event, the Milikin Country Club Classic (Oct. 3-4), before breaking into the team's scoring lineup over the final seven events of the season. 
• Ranks fifth on the team with a stroke average of 72.84
• Posted 13 rounds on the season with scores of par or better
• Recorded back-to-back top-10 finishes with a tie for fourth at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 9-10) and a tie for eighth at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24), closing each tournament by matching his career-low 54-hole score of 212 Initially set March 18-19 at the National Invitational Tournament 
• At the Big Ten Championship, tied for 33rd and made birdie on 18 in Round 3 to help the Illini secure the one-stroke victory

High School/Junior

• Ranked 47th nationally and fourth in the state of Georgia in the Rolex AJGA rankings
• Earned four varsity letters for golf at Buford High School
• Selected as an All-State performer all four seasons
• Two-time Gwinnett Daily Post Boys Golfer of the Year
• Won the 2020 AJGA Stewart Cink Championship and finished third at the 2020 Georgia State Golf Association Junior Championship
• Posted a 4-0 mark in the Georgia-South CArolina Junior Challenge match-play event to help Georgia to a 9-7 victory 
• Graduated with honors and was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society

Personal

• Full name is Jackson Tyler Buchanan
• Son of John and Sherri Buchanan
• Born Feb. 19, 2002 in South Bend, Indiana
• Has an older sister, Kylie, and a younger sister, Lindsay
• Father played baseball at Mercer University
• Plans to major in Operations Management

Career Statistics

Career Results

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