It wouldn’t be a golf team event without an awkward photo of the one player without a partner.Step forward 21-year-old US rookie Jackson Koivun, who made the Viktor Hovland/Rickie Fowler role his own with plenty of smiles.Tuesday night was the Presidents Cup Gala Dinner and Jackson Koivun was the odd man outGettyKoivun was a surprise pick by USA captain Brandt Snedeker, most likely at the hands of a fuming J.J. Spaun who channeled his anger in being overlooked into victory at the BMW PGA Championship.A little under four months after turning professional following a standout college career with Auburn, Koivun is lining up alongside Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Cameron Young at Medinah.With the matches set to get underway on Thursday, Tuesday night was the now traditional gala dinner where the captains, players and partners all gather.Before the evening’s entertainment got going, there were the team photos of players in dinner suits and their partners in ball gowns.View Tweet: https://t.co/gBusG3PKSSBut it was to be a lonely night for Koivun – who won the 3M Open on just his third start as a pro – and the PGA Tour‘s official website was happy to poke some lighthearted fun his way as the photocall began.Chicago’s Cloud Gate in Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago were the centerpiece for the evening’s entertainment.Koivun was without a partner for the snaps or the dinner.No matter, according to Golfweek, when the wives and girlfriends gathered for the picture without their partners, they called out for Koivun to join them.And join them he did, shyly smiling his way through the official photos, then burying his head in his hands to awkwardly laugh his way through the video.Only for the PGA Tour to tag him as ‘rookie without a date…no problem,’ in a video that quickly went viral.Rickie Fowler was happy to shrug off single status in 2016GettyViktor Hovland embraced his single status in RomeGettyKoivun (r) has been enjoying his first Presidents Cup experience alongside Jacob Bridgeman (l) and Justin Thomas (c)GettyTeam USA’s Fowler made the photo opportunity famous in 2016, when he was left in the middle of a team photo that had all the US players kissing their partners.He also shrugged his shoulders and smiled, in one of the more memorable Ryder Cup snaps.Hovland made the now traditional photocall the stuff of legend when he was pictured as the only player without a partner in the team photo with wives and girlfriends.But the European WAGs wasted little time in ensuring the Norwegian was not left on his own after the event at Rome’s Marco Simone Golf ClubKoivun was a PGA Tour winner within a month of turning professionalGettyLed by captain Luke Donald‘s wife Diane, they gathered around the former FedEx Cup champion for a new infamous celebratory picture after a 16.5-11.5 win.Koivun will find out on Thursday’s Opening Ceremony just how involved he will be on Day 1, when Snedeker announces his pairings for Thursday’s five fourball matches.Only two players will miss out for both the US and International teams, as the opening sessions feature five matches rather than the four which are in play over the first two days of the Ryder Cup.Snedeker has history on his side as the USA have only once lost the matches since their inception in 1994.They have won 13 of the 15 renewals of the matches, only losing in 1998 and tying in 2003 when they retained the cup by virtue of their 16.5-15.5 win in 1996.Koivun will hope to be part of more history come Sunday in Chicago, having become the first player since Jordan Spieth in 2013 to make the USA team having started the year without a PGA Tour card.