John Paul Cain

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|1|14}}

| birth_place = Sweetwater, Texas

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|20|1936|1|14}}

| death_place = Abilene, Texas

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| spouse = Carol Cain

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| children = Julia Cain, Kellie Longwell

| college = Texas Tech University

| yearpro = 1988

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| extour = Champions Tour

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John Paul Cain (January 14, 1936 – March 20, 2017{{cite news |url=http://lubbockonline.com/news/sports-red-raiders/sports/2017-03-24/john-paul-cain-tech-golf-great-pga-senior-player-dies-81 |title=John Paul Cain, Tech golf great, PGA Senior player, dies at 81 |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |first=Don |last=Williams |date=March 24, 2017}}) was an American professional golfer who played on the Senior PGA Tour.

Cain was born and raised in Sweetwater, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University and was a member of the golf team from 1955–1956 and 1958–1959. He helped the Red Raiders win the last two Border Conference championships in 1955 and 1956. In 1959, Cain helped the team win the Southwest Conference championship and place fifth in the NCAA Championship.{{cite web |title=Biographical information from Texas Tech Red Raiders Athletic's Official Site |url=http://texastech.cstv.com/trads/hoh-ad.html |accessdate=December 5, 2007 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401130714/http://texastech.cstv.com/trads/hoh-ad.html |archivedate=April 1, 2009 |df= }}

Cain worked as a stockbroker in Houston until turning professional in 1988 at the age of 52. He won his first tournament a year later at the Greater Grand Rapids Open, becoming only the second Monday qualifier (after Larry Mowry) to win a Senior PGA Tour event.{{cite news |title=Qualifier Captures Seniors' Tournament |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 17, 1989 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DA163BF934A25754C0A96F948260 |accessdate=December 5, 2007}} In 1994, Cain, playing as a sponsor's exemption, earned his second Senior Tour title at the Ameritech Senior Open by one stroke over Jim Colbert and Simon Hobday, both of whom had also finished at T-2 the previous year.{{cite web |title=The SBC Senior Open — A Brief History |publisher=GolfChicago.com |date=July 11, 2002 |url=http://www.golfchicago.com/chicago/story.asp?id=1054 |accessdate=December 5, 2007}}

Cain is a member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.