Mar 27, 2026
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 first round of the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Georgia, after posting 11-under 61 on Thursday.
Charting the leader (stats entering 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 under)
- Opens with a career-low 11-under 61 (previous best: 63/four occurrences) and breaks the single-round tournament scoring record at the Club Car Championship (previous 18-hole tournament scoring record: 62/Julián Etulain/2020/Round 2)
- Holds first 18-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 44th start (previous 18-hole high position: T2/2024 Compliance Solutions Championship/won)
- Owns five made cuts through six starts on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season, highlighted by a T12 at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard in Bogota, Colombia
- Finished T3 at the 2024 Club Car Championship, his only made cut in two previous starts at the event
- Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate earned his first PGA TOUR card with a No. 23 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, primarily off the strength of his victory at the 2024 Compliance Solutions Championship
- As a PGA TOUR rookie, finished No. 152 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall, recording three top-25 finishes and a top 10 in 26 starts
- Finished No. 145 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
- Made 10 starts during the 2023 PGA TOUR Canada Season, finishing eighth in the Order of Merit, highlighted by a win at the 2023 Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open presented by Lake Country Co-Op
- Finished first in the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021 after four seasons at Florida State (2017- 21), collecting eight individual wins and All-America honors all four seasons (first-team selection in 2019 and 2021, second-team honoree in 2020 and third-team selection in 2018)
Additional notes
- Ian Gilligan (second/10 under), who finished fourth in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025, made seven of his 11 birdies on his back nine en route to a 10-under 62, logging a new high first-round position (previous career high 18-hole position: T5/2025 Evans Scholar Invitational/MC).
- Korn Ferry Tour winner Kevin Velo (T3/8 under), a Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate, opens with an 8-under 64 and stands inside the top five through 18 holes in an individual stroke play event for the first time since the 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic (T4/finished T30).
- Sponsor exemption and Pepperdine University senior Mahanth Chirravuri (T5/7 under), who stands sixth in the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking, opens with a bogey-free, 7-under 65 with five 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 under), who finished No. 47 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, holds his best 18-hole position at the Club Car Championship in his fourth start (previous high 18-hole position at Club Car Championship: 2025/T29/finished T69).
