Honors & Awards:
- 2023 GCAA All-America Scholar
- Won the 2020 UConn Collegiate at GreatHorse
2023-24
Competed in seven tournaments and played 19 competitive rounds ... Carried a 75.32 stroke average ... Posted a collegiate-low round of 6-under 66 at the Roar-EE Invitational (April 13), finishing tied for 13th in the 75-man field at 1-under-par 143.
2022-23
Boasted a collegiate-low 73.90 stroke average across 21 rounds and nine tournaments ... Posted two top 10s and two top 25s ... Fired a collegiate-low round of 67 in the first tournament of the season at The Doc Gimmler (Sept. 10-11) ... Matched his low round later that fall at the Columbia Autumn Invitational (Oct. 1-2), going on to post a 54-hole collegiate low 1-under-par 212 to tie for seventh and help the Lions to a tournament victory ... Finished runner-up with a 36-hole score of 2-under 138 at the Columbia Spring Invite (Apr. 3).
2021-22
Carried a 75.03 stroke average ... Competed in eight tournaments with two top 10s and three top 25s ... Shot an even-par 144 to tie for ninth individually at the Columbia Autumn Invitational (Oct. 11) ... Shot his lowest round of the year (69) in the process .. Carded a 2-over-par 74 in match play against Richmond (Feb. 26).
2019-20
As a first-year, finished with a 75.08 stroke average (976 strokes in 13 rounds), registered one top-5 finish, one top-10 finish, two top-25 finishes and five par/under-par rounds … Career and season-low round was a 68 shot during round three of the UConn Collegiate at GreatHorse … Won the UConn Collegiate at Greathorse (Sept. 29-Oct. 1) after battling from behind and finishing with a two-under-par 75-71-68-214 … Placed 24
th at the Cornell Invitational (Sept. 14-16) with a seven-over-par 72-75-73-220 … In first collegiate invitational, finished 45
th with a 12-over-par 71-77-80-228 at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational (Sept. 7-8).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Wash., where he played four years of varsity golf for Head Coach Vic Alinen … Selected to participate in the 2019 United States Junior Amateur Championships … Named WJGA Player of the Year in 2017 by over 200 points … Guided his team to four straight league and district titles (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) … Also guided his squad to three Tom Dolan Invitational titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the 2019 title by 10 strokes … Finished among the top-5 individuals at the WIAA state championship as a junior in 2018 … Won WIAA District championship in 2018 … Captured the Snohomish Amateur County Golf Tournament in May 2019 … Guided Kamiak to the 2019 Class 4A state team golf championship after placing 23
rd individually as a senior … Three-time Class 4A top-10 finisher … Placed third at the Kyle Stanley and Ryan Moore AJGA events as a junior … Placed second at the WJGA state championships in 2017 … Won WJGA Western Open championship in 2017 … Advanced to the round of 32 at the U.S. Junior Amateur AM after defeating the No. 2 seed in 2017 … Placed fourth at the AJGA Golf Performance Center Championship in 2017 … Medalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier and IMG Junior World state qualifier … Placed fourth at the Snohomish County Amateur Championship and fourth at the WJA Eastern Open in 2017 … Two-time Dolan Invitational champion (2017 and 2019), the only player to win the event more than once … Two-time WIAA April Athlete of the Month (2017 and 2019) … Four-year varsity team captain … Shot a tournament record at the IMG Junior World Qualifier in 2016 and won by eight shots … As a sophomore, finished in second place at the WJGA state championship … Represented Team Washington in the Hogan Cup and guided the squad to a third place team finish in 2016 … Placed fourth at the 2016 AJGA Sunriver Open … Qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in 2015, the second youngest player in the field … Represented Team Washington in the Junior America Cup in 2015, the youngest player ever to make it from Washington state and the youngest player in the field … Won the 2014 US Kids Golf Teen World Championship … Represented Team USA in the Teen World Cup in 2014 and helped the Americans defeat the international team … Participated in the Junior America Cup Team Washington in 2015 and 2017 and the Hogan Cup Washington Team in 2016.
PERSONAL
Born Alvin Dohyun Kwak on January 1, 2001 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Son of Andrew Kwak and Min JinKim (MJ) of Mukilteo, Wash. … Has an older sister Renee … Uncle Anthony Kim attended Columbia College … Lived for seven years in South Korea … His family moved back to the United States in 2009 and he spoke no English … Hobbies and interests include hiking … Role model is his father for working hard and putting family above all else … First picked up a golf club when he was eight years old … Plays golf for the challenge that it offers … Favorite home-cooked meal: Bibimbob … Favorite sports figure: Tiger Woods … One word that describes him: conscientious … Favorite sports memory was playing with the best players in the world in the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship as the second youngest player in the field … Favorite things about Columbia are its location, golf team, Coach Rich Mueller, connections, opportunities for the students and happy student lifestyle … Chose Columbia because he fell in love with the golf team’s atmosphere and the way Coach Mueller coached the team … He noted Coach Mueller’s optimism and motivation to take the team to the top was apparent and he knew it was the right place to go in order to have a successful collegiate golf experience … Chose Columbia over Harvard, Princeton, Northeastern, Duke and California … Enrolled at Columbia College … Plans to major in Financial Economics.
ARTICLES
https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/kamiak-senior-wins-snohomish-county-amateur-golf-tourney/
https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/kwak-leads-kamiak-boys-golf-to-dolan-invitational-title/
https://thewsga.org/alvin-kwak-medals-at-u-s-junior-amateur-qualifier-at-classic-golf-club-gunnar-knutson-medals-at-rock-creek/
https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/13-year-old-golfer-alvin-kwak-of-mukilteo-is-a-world-champion/
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/kamiak-sophomore-alvin-kwak-hoping-for-top-five-finish-at-4a-state-golf/
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
|
No. |
No. |
|
Avg. |
Low |
In |
Par or |
|
|
|
Best |
| Season |
Tour |
Rds |
Strokes |
Score |
Round |
60s |
Better |
Wins |
Top 10 |
Top 25 |
Finish |
| 2019-20 |
5 |
13.0 |
976 |
75.08 |
68 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 / 84 |
| 2021-22 |
8 |
18.5 |
1,388 |
75.03 |
69 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
9 / 64 |
| 2022-23 |
9 |
21.0 |
1,552 |
73.90 |
67 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 / 88 |
| 2023-24 |
7 |
19.0 |
1,431 |
75.32 |
66 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
T13 / 75 |
| Career |
29 |
71.5 |
5,347 |
74.78 |
66 |
7 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
1 / 84 |
2023-24 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| The Doc Gimmler |
Sept. 9-10 |
73 |
74 |
71 |
218 |
+8 |
T58 / 87 |
| Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate |
Sept. 16-17 |
77 |
73 |
-- |
150 |
+8 |
T47 / 90 |
| Columbia Autumn Invitational |
Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 |
77 |
76 |
72 |
225 |
+12 |
T36 / 63 |
| The Savannah Intercollegiate |
Feb. 17-18 |
82 |
82 |
77 |
241 |
+25 |
80 / 83 |
| GCU Invitational |
Mar. 12-13 |
72 |
69 |
79 |
220 |
+7 |
T63 / 93 |
| Princeton Invitational |
Apr.6-7 |
79 |
76 |
79 |
234 |
+21 |
T62 / 75 |
| Roar-EE Invitational |
Apr. 13 |
66 |
77 |
-- |
143 |
-1 |
T13 / 75 |
2022-23 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| The Doc Gimmler |
Sept. 10-11 |
67 |
75 |
70 |
212 |
+2 |
T43 / 86 |
| Cornell/Temple Invitational |
Sept. 17-18 |
72 |
79 |
-- |
151 |
+11 |
T53 / 84 |
| Columbia Autumn Invite |
Oct. 1-2 |
71 |
74 |
67 |
212 |
-1 |
T7 / 59 |
| Georgetown Intercollegiate |
Oct. 10-11 |
78 |
73 |
85 |
236 |
+20 |
T56 / 60 |
| The Savannah Intercollegiate |
Feb. 18-19 |
84 |
WD |
-- |
84 |
+12 |
DNF |
| GCU Invitational |
Mar. 13-14 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
215 |
+2 |
T28 / 87 |
| Columbia Spring Invite |
Apr. 3 |
70 |
68 |
-- |
138 |
-2 |
2 / 88 |
| Princeton Invitational |
Apr. 8-9 |
76 |
75 |
75 |
226 |
+13 |
69 / 77 |
| Roar-EE Invitational |
Apr. 15 |
78 |
-- |
-- |
78 |
+6 |
T57 / 69 |
2021-22 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| The Doc Gimmler |
Sept. 11-12 |
71 |
70 |
77 |
218 |
+8 |
T35 / 78 |
| UCtonn Invite at GreatHorse |
Oct. 3-5 |
78 |
79 |
75 |
232 |
+16 |
T61 / 90 |
| Columbia Autumn Invitational |
Oct. 11 |
75 |
69 |
-- |
144 |
E |
T9 / 64 |
| Metropolitan Intercollegiate |
Nov. 1-2 |
71 |
42* |
-- |
113 |
+8 |
T18 / 63 |
| Savannah Intercollegiate |
Feb. 19-20 |
77 |
78 |
74 |
229 |
+13 |
T53 / 92 |
| vs. Richmond |
Feb. 26 |
74 |
-- |
-- |
74 |
+2 |
T9 / 15 |
| GCU Invitational |
Mar. 14-15 |
72 |
75 |
76 |
223 |
+10 |
T89 / 120 |
| Columbia Spring Invitational |
Apr. 4 |
80 |
75 |
-- |
155 |
+15 |
T52 / 78 |
2019-20 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invite |
Sept. 7-8 |
71 |
77 |
80 |
228 |
+12 |
T45 / 96 |
| Cornell Invitational |
Sept. 14-16 |
72 |
75 |
73 |
220 |
+7 |
T24 / 990 |
| UConn Collegiate at GreatHorse |
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 |
75 |
71 |
68 |
214 |
-2 |
1 / 84 |
| Invitational at Savannah Harbor |
Feb. 15-16 |
81 |
69 |
72 |
222 |
+6 |
T29 / 99 |
| vs. Keiser |
Feb. 28 |
92 |
-- |
-- |
92 |
+20 |
16 / 16 |
