John Pak leads after setting single-round scoring record at Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club
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John Pak leads after the primary spherical of the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Georgia, after posting 11-under 61 on Thursday.
Charting the chief (stats coming into week)
| Category | John Pak |
| Age | 27 |
| 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 47 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2026 | 6-0-0 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 43-1-2 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Astara Chile Classic | 2-0-1 |
John Pak (first/11 below)
- Opens with a career-low 11-under 61 (earlier greatest: 63/4 occurrences) and breaks the single-round match scoring record at the Club Car Championship (earlier 18-hole match scoring record: 62/Julián Etulian/2020/Round 2)
- Holds first 18-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour profession in what’s his forty fourth begin (earlier 18-hole excessive place: T2/2024 Compliance Solutions Championship/gained)
- Owns 5 made cuts by means of six begins on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season, highlighted by a T12 at the Astara Golf Championship introduced by Mastercard in Bogota, Colombia
- Finished T3 at the 2024 Club Car Championship, his solely made reduce in two earlier begins at the occasion
- Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate earned his first PGA TOUR card with a No. 23 end on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, primarily off the energy of his victory at the 2024 Compliance Solutions Championship
- As a PGA TOUR rookie, completed No. 152 within the 2025 FedExCup Fall, recording three top-25 finishes and a high 10 in 26 begins
- Finished No. 145 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
- Made 10 begins in the course of the 2023 PGA TOUR Canada Season, ending eighth within the Order of Merit, highlighted by a win at the 2023 Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open introduced by Lake Country Co-Op
- Finished first within the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021 after 4 seasons at Florida State (2017-21), accumulating eight particular person wins and All-America honors all 4 seasons (first-team choice in 2019 and 2021, second-team honoree in 2020 and third-team choice in 2018)
- Ian Gilligan (second/10 below), who completed fourth within the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025, made seven of his 11 birdies on his again 9 en path to a 10-under 62, logging a brand new excessive first-round place (earlier profession excessive 18-hole place: T5/2025 Evans Scholar Invitational/MC).
- Korn Ferry Tour winner Kevin Velo (T3/8 below), a Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate, opens with an 8-under 64 and stands inside the highest 5 by means of 18 holes in a person stroke play occasion for the primary time for the reason that 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic (T4/completed T30).
- Sponsor exemption and Pepperdine University senior Mahanth Chirravuri (T5/7 below), who stands sixth within the 2026 PGA TOUR University Rankings, opens with a bogey-free, 7-under 65 with 5 birdies (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6 and 11) and an eagle (No. 5) in his Korn Ferry Tour debut.
- Korn Ferry Tour winner Bryson Nimmer (T10/6 below), who completed No. 47 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, holds his greatest 18-hole place at the Club Car Championship in his fourth begin (earlier excessive 18-hole place at Club Car Championship: 2025/T29/completed T69).
