John Merrick (golfer)

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**John Merrick**
Personal Information
Birth	March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 26) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Nationality	United States
College	UCLA
Career
Turned Pro	2004
Current tour	PGA Tour
Professional wins	1 (Nationwide Tour: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2005
British Open	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP

John Sampson Merrick (born March 20, 1982) is an American professional golfer.

Merrick is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He gained his PGA Tour card by finishing 21st on the money list in 2006 after his first professional win at the Peek'n Peak Classic. He then went to Q-School and finished tied for fourth. He was the first player to improve his status through Q-School. After finishing 135th on the money list in 2007, Merrick went back to Q-School where he birdied the last hole to shoot -5 to regain his PGA Tour card for 2008.

He won the Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship when he was only 19 years old, making him the youngest person since Tiger Woods in 1994 to capture that title. In 2003 he medaled at the Pac-10 Men's Golf Championships, leading the Bruins to their first championship victory since 1985.