Florida State's John Pak honored with Jack Nicklaus award
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) -- Florida State Men's Golf Senior John Pak won another National Player of the Year award on Sunday, receiving more widespread recognition as the recipient of the 2021 Jack Nicklaus Award given by True Spec Golf. Best player in collegiate golf.
The award marks a clean sweep for Pak in collegiate golf's three biggest honors, as he also won the Fred Haskins Award and Ben Hogan Award this week.
Jack Nicklaus said, "If you look at the records of these achievers, each one has put together dominating seasons and deserves a lot of this honor."
The Nicklaus Award undoubtedly makes Pak the best player in collegiate golf in 2021. 1 ranked player by both GolfStat and Golfweek, and has rewritten the career record books in his four-year career at Florida State.
Earning a Nicklaus Award is extra special for a Florida State student-athlete, as Nicklaus Design has spent a lot of time renovating the Seminole Legacy Club. The Herald Golf Course successfully hosted the 2021 NCAA Regional and received overwhelming reviews from the regional's many coaches and participants.
Because of Nicklaus' family ties to the state of Florida, his time in Tallahassee was spent working on re-designs, and with Pak's recent involvement in the Walker Cup, golf's all-time dominant leader has gotten to know Pak better over the years.
"I've had the opportunity to spend some time with John Pak in the state of Florida," Nicklaus said in a statement. "He has had one of the most decorated collegiate careers in recent history, and I hope he enjoys success to the next level. Crucial as it is, John is a fine young man who is a man of his own, his university and sports." represents very well."
Pakistan left FSU as their all-time leader in a low stroke average (69.87), wins (T1st with Nolan Henke on eight) and top 10 finishes (29). At the collegiate level, he is the most decorated golfer to don garnets and gold, guiding the Seminoles to a tie-for-fifth finish in the NCAA quarterfinals this year, the program's second-best finish.
Other finalists for the Jack Nicklaus Award at the Division I level included Pearson Cuddy (Texas), Noah Goodwin (Southern Methodist), Ryan Hall (South Carolina) and Davis Thompson (Georgia).
Nicklaus, a Big Ten and NCAA champion at Ohio State University, helped inspire and create the Jack Nicklaus Award in 1988, and is now presented for National Player of the Year in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, as well as the NAIA has gone. and the NJCAA.