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 setting single-round scoring record at Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club

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John Pak makes birdie on No. 8 at Club Car Championship

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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)

CategoryJohn PakAge272026 Korn Ferry Tour Points ListNo. 47Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 20266-0-0Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career43-1-2Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Astara Chile Classic2-0-1

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 Etulian/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)

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).

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