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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

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  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Aguora Hills, California
    Hometown
  • Aguora HS
    High School
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John Cook
John Cook
Graduate Student
Class
Aguora Hills, California
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Cobalt All-America Scholar (2025); Academic All-Mountain West (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025).

TOURNAMENT RECORDS: Tied for the ninth-lowest round in USU history with a 7-under 65 at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club at the National Golf Invitational Championship and a 7-under 65 at the Sunbrook Golf Course at the Utah Collegiate Shootout during the 2024-25 season. 

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Ranks tied for ninth all-time at USU in under-par rounds with 10, set in 2024-25.

CAREER RECORDS: Ranks ninth all-time at Utah State in stroke average with a mark of 73.88 ... Ranks tied for ninth all-time at USU in under-par rounds with 24... Ranks ninth all-time at USU in rounds in the 60s with 11... Finished his career with eight top 20 placings, two top 10 finishes and one top five placing.

2024-25 SEASON (SR): Appeared in 10 tournaments, playing 29 rounds… Had a stroke average of 72.79 to rank third on the team, including averaging 73.40 in the first round, 71.70 in the second round and 73.33 in the third round… Tied for 12th at the National Golf Invitational Championship with a 1-under 215 (73-65-77) at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona... His second round 7-under 65 was a career-low and tied for the ninth-lowest round in program history... Tied for 23rd at the Mountain West Championships as he shot a 2-under 214 (70-71-73) at the Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell, Oregon… Recorded his best-ever tournament finish as he placed second with an 8-under 136 (71-65) at the Utah Collegiate Shootout at the Sunbrook Golf Course in St. George, Utah... His second round 7-under 65 was a career low and tied for the ninth-lowest round in program history... Tied his career-best 54-hole score of 4-under 212 (70-72-70) to tie for 17th at the Monterrey Collegiate Classic… Notched four top-20 finishes, recorded 10 rounds under par, which ranked tied for second on the team, and had four rounds in the 60s to tie for second on the team... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was a MW Scholar-Athlete... Named a Cobalt All-America Scholar.

2023-24 SEASON (JR): Appeared in seven tournaments, playing 20 rounds… Ranked tied for third in top-10 finishes (1), tied for fourth in top-20 finishes (1), fifth in rounds at par or better (7) and sixth in stroke average (74.55)... Played in all three rounds of the Mountain West Championships, shooting a 74, 69 and 81, respectively, on his way to a tie for 42nd finish with a 8-over 224 at the Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell, Oregon… Recorded a career-best top finish of tied for seventh with a 36-hole score of 1-under 143 (71-72), helping Utah State to its 23rd team title in program history in the Northern Colorado Spring Invitational at Raindance National Golf Course in Windsor, Colorado… Recorded one top-10 finish and shot five rounds under par… Earned Academic All-MW honors ... Helped USU receive the All-Academic Team Award from the Golf Coaches Association of American.
 
2022-23 SEASON (SO): Appeared in nine tournaments, playing 25 rounds… Had a stroke average of 74.44, including averaging 73.89 in the first round, 74.89 in the second round and 74.57 in the third round… Ranked second on the team in pars (266), second in birdies (66) and third in eagles (3)… Tied for 46th at the Mountain West Championships as he shot a 9-over 225 (76-75-74) on the Catalina Course at the OMNI Tucson National Resort in Tucson, Arizona… Shot a career-best 54-hole score of 4-under 212 (72-67-73) to tie for 19th – matching his personal-best finish – at the UC San Diego Invitational on the North Course of Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California… Also tied for 19th (1-over 217) at the Southern Utah-hosted Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational at Sunbrook Golf Course in St. George, Utah… Notched two top-20 finishes, recorded seven rounds under par, which ranked second on the team, and had three rounds in the 60s to lead the team... Earned Academic All-MW honors.
 
2021-22 SEASON (FR): Competed in all five of Utah State’s spring tournaments, playing 14 rounds… Ranked third on the team with a stroke average of 74.14, including an average of 73.00 in his first round, 73.60 in the second round and 76.25 in the third round… Ranked second on the team in eagles (3), fifth in birdies (41) and sixth in pars (145)… Shot an 11-over 227 (75-77-75) at the Mountain West Championships to tie for 42nd… One of two Aggies to record an eagle at the MW Championship, which was held on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington… Made collegiate debut at the Southern Utah-hosted Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational at Sunbrook Golf Course in St. George, Utah, where he competed as an individual and shot a 2-over 218 to tie for 29th… Opened the Thunderbird Invitational with a 4-under 68, one of two rounds he shot in the 60s on the season… Best finish of the season was at the UC San Diego Invitational on the La Costa Champions Course in Carlsbad, California, tying for 20th at 3-over 219… Was 1-over through the first three holes of the second round before making five birdies and an eagle to finish at 6-under 66, a career best for 18 holes… Earned Academic All-MW honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-year letterwinner in golf at Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California… Had a 75.88 scoring average during his senior season, including a 75.80 average in the playoffs… Earned first-team All-Marmonte League honors as a senior and second-team accolades as a junior… Was the runner-up in the Marmonte League Finals during his senior campaign… Graduated from Agoura HS in 2018.

PERSONAL: Son of Steve and Marici Cook... Has one brothers… Called to serve in the Guatemala Quetzaltenango mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but was reassigned to the Arizona Phoenix mission, where he served from Aug. 2019-21… Graduated from Utah State in the spring of 2025 with his bachelor's degree in management: operations supply chain management.

CAREER STATS: 
Year Tourneys Rds-Stks Lo-Hi Avg. In 60s Low 54 T10s T20s Rounds
Under Par
Finishes
Under Par
Best
Finish
Wins
2021-22 5 14-1,038 66-80 74.14 2 218 (+2) 0 1 2 0 T-20th 0
2022-23     9 25-1,861 67-86 74.44 3 212 (-4) 0 2 7 1 T-19th (2x) 0
2023-24 7 20-1,491 69-81 74.55 2 214 (+1) 1 1 5 1 T-7th 0
2024-25 10 29-2,111 65-85 72.79 4 212 (-4) 1 4 10 5 2nd 0
TOTALS 31 88-6,501 65-86 73.88 11 212 (-4) 2 8 24 7 2nd 0

Career Bests
Low Round: 65 (2x), second round of the National Golf Invitational Championship (5/17/25); Low 54-Hole Score: 4-under 212 (2x), last at Monterrey Collegiate Classic (10/26/24); Top Finish: 2nd, at Utah Collegiate Shootout (10/14/24).
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