John Pak (born December 18, 1998) is an American

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. Pak was raised in

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, Pak attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School for one year before moving to Orlando, Florida to train. As a junior golfer, he was named to the Rolex Junior First Team All-American by the American Junior Golf Association. He was ranked seventh in the 2017 signing class and 15th among all junior golfers according to ''

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''. In 2017, he began playing collegiate golf for the Florida State Seminoles men's golf team. During his time as a Seminole, Pak has won the Sea Best Invitational, 2019 & 2020 Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, Rod Myers Invitational, 2018 & 2020 Seminole Intercollegiate, and the 2019 ACC Championship. Pak was selected to the

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team. Pak swept the college golf awards in 2021 as a senior, winning the

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, Ben Hogan Award, and Jack Nicklaus Award. He turned professional in June 2021 and made his professional debut at the Palmetto Championship on the

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Accolades

*The only player with a perfect record in the 2019 Walker Cup *2019 Jack Nicklaus Award Semifinalist *2018 ACC Freshman of the Year * Established the single-year scoring average record at Florida State, shooting 69.56 as a sophomore

Amateur wins

*2014 AJGA Annapolis Junior *2018 Seminole Intercollegiate, Rod Myers Invitational *2019 Sea Best Invitational, Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, ACC Championship *2020 Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, Seminole Intercollegiate *2021 The Calusa Cup Source:

Professional wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Results in major championships

"T" = tied
LA = low amateur
NT = no tournament due to

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U.S. national team appearances

(winners),

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(winners) * Arnold Palmer Cup:

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References

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John Pak
at the GolfStat official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Pak, John American male golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Florida State Seminoles men's golfers Golfers from New Jersey Sportspeople from Scotch Plains, New Jersey Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School alumni 1998 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen