LOS ANGELES — Only a few years ago, when he was finishing up a solid but unspectacular college golfing career, Jacob Solomon created a LinkedIn profile for himself and attached a résumé.
The Auburn business major’s stated objective was to become “a marketing manager with a sports organization.”
That will have to wait with Solomon’s professional golf ambitions starting to look more realistic. The Korn Ferry Tour rookie earned the right to participate in his first major last month when he won a playoff at a U.S. Open qualifying tournament in Dallas.