Lowest rounds of golf

"Perfect round" redirects here. For the measure of the shape of a round object, see Sphericity.

This article lists the lowest recorded rounds in golf. In professional competition, a round of 59 or less is regarded as a significant achievement.^[1] In men's major championships the lowest rounds are 62 by Branden Grace at the 2017 Open Championship, by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele at the 2023 U.S. Open, and by Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry at the 2024 PGA Championship. The lowest officially recorded round is 55 by Rhein Gibson in 2012. In women's major championships the lowest round is 61, held jointly by Leona Maguire, Lee Jeong-eun and Kim Hyo-joo, all at the Evian Championship.

Lowest rounds of golf

The lowest officially recorded round of golf is 55 by Rhein Gibson (12 birdies, two eagles, on a par 71) on May 12, 2012, at River Oaks Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. This score is recognized by the Guinness World Records.^[2]

Three other rounds of 55 are documented, but these are commonly discounted due to the length of the course or the nature of the round.^[3] On August 27, 2020, another was added, as Alexander Hughes shot a 55 in Jenks, Oklahoma, within 100 miles of where Gibson had his best day.^[4]

Possibly the lowest documented round in competitive golf is 57, achieved by (among others) Bobby Wyatt in the 2010 Alabama Boys Junior Championship, and Alex Ross in the 2019 Dogwood Invitational. Ross's round was 15-under-par for the Druid Hills Golf Club course in Atlanta, and included 13 birdies and one eagle.^[5] More recently, LIV Golfer and YouTube influencer Bryson DeChambeau shot a 58 on the par 70 course at LIV Golf Greenbrier on August 6, 2023.

Lowest rounds in professional competition

Official tournaments on the leading professional tours

Player	Score	To par	Rnd	Finish	Year	Tour	Tournament	Ref.
Ryo Ishikawa	58	−12	4/4	1	2010	Japan Golf Tour	The Crowns	[6]
Jim Furyk	58	−12	4/4	T5	2016	PGA Tour	Travelers Championship	[7]
Kim Seong-hyeon	58	−12	4/4	T11	2021	Japan Golf Tour	Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament	[8]
Bryson DeChambeau	58[a]	−12	3/3	1	2023	LIV Golf League	LIV Golf Greenbrier	[9]
Al Geiberger	59[a]	−13	2/4	1	1977	PGA Tour	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	[10][11]
Chip Beck	59	−13	3/5	T3	1991	PGA Tour	Las Vegas Invitational	[10][12]
David Duval	59	−13	5/5	1	1999	PGA Tour	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	[10][13]
Annika Sörenstam	59	−13	2/4	1	2001	LPGA Tour	Standard Register PING	[14]
Masahiro Kuramoto	59	−12	1/4	1	2003	Japan Golf Tour	Acom International	[15]
Peter Karmis	59	−13	3/3	1	2009	Sunshine Tour	Lombard Insurance Classic	[16]
Paul Goydos	59[a]	−12	1/4	2	2010	PGA Tour	John Deere Classic	[17]
Stuart Appleby	59	−11	4/4	1	2010	PGA Tour	Greenbrier Classic	[18]
Jim Furyk	59	−12	2/4	3	2013	PGA Tour	BMW Championship	[19]
Jorge Campillo	59[a]	−11	2/3	T2	2013	European Tour, Sunshine Tour	Nelson Mandela Championship	[20]
Colin Nel	59[a]	−11	2/3	T40	2013	European Tour, Sunshine Tour	Nelson Mandela Championship	[20]
Justin Thomas	59	−11	1/4	1	2017	PGA Tour	Sony Open in Hawaii	[21]
Adam Hadwin	59	−13	3/4	2	2017	PGA Tour	CareerBuilder Challenge	[22]
Brandt Snedeker	59	−11	1/4	1	2018	PGA Tour	Wyndham Championship	[23]
Oliver Fisher	59	−12	2/4	T7	2018	European Tour	Portugal Masters	[24]
Kevin Chappell	59	−11	2/4	T47	2019	PGA Tour	A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier	[25]
Scottie Scheffler	59	−12	2/4	T4	2020	PGA Tour	The Northern Trust	[26]
Yuta Ikeda	59	−11	1/4	7	2022	Japan Golf Tour	Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament	[27]
Casey Jarvis	59	−13	3/4	T2	2023	Sunshine Tour	Stella Artois Players Championship	[28]
Joaquín Niemann	59	−12	1/3	1	2024	LIV Golf League	LIV Golf Mayakoba	[29]
John Catlin	59	−11	3/4	1	2024	Asian Tour	International Series Macau	[30]
Cameron Young	59[a]	−11	3/4	T9	2024	PGA Tour	Travelers Championship	[31]
Hayden Springer	59[a]	−12	1/4	T7	2024	PGA Tour	John Deere Classic	[32]
Patrick Reed	59[a]	−11	3/4	1	2024	Asian Tour	Link Hong Kong Open	[33]
Connor McKinney	59	−11	2/4	T5	2024	PGA Tour of Australasia	Gippsland Super 6	[34]
Jake Knapp	59	−12	1/4	T6	2025	PGA Tour	Cognizant Classic	[35]

Official tournaments on the second tier professional tours

Player	Score	To par	Rnd	Finish	Year	Tour	Tournament	Ref.
Cristóbal del Solar	57[a]	−13	1/4	5	2024	Korn Ferry Tour	Astara Golf Championship	[36]
Stephan Jäger	58	−12	1/4	1	2016	Web.com Tour	Ellie Mae Classic	[37]
Alejandro del Rey	58	−14	2/4	T10	2021	Challenge Tour	Swiss Challenge	[38]
Frankie Capan III	58	−13	1/4	4	2024	Korn Ferry Tour	Veritex Bank Championship	[39]
Doug Dunakey	59	−11	2/4	T2	1998	Nike Tour	Miami Valley Open	[10][40]
Notah Begay III	59	−13	2/4	T6	1998	Nike Tour	Nike Dominion Open	[10][41]
Jason Gore	59	−12	2/4	1	2005	Nationwide Tour	Cox Classic	[42]
Brad McIntosh	59	−12	2/4	T12	2005	Von Nida Tour	Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship	[43]
Adrien Mörk	59	−12	2/4	1	2006	Challenge Tour	Tikida Hotels Agadir Moroccan Classic	[44]
Will Wilcox	59	−12	4/4	T3	2013	Web.com Tour	Utah Championship	[45]
Russell Knox	59	−12	2/4	T12	2013	Web.com Tour	Albertsons Boise Open	[46]
Nicolò Ravano	59	−12	2/3	2	2016	Challenge Tour	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	[47]
Sutijet Kooratanapisan	59	−11	4/4	3	2017	Asian Development Tour, All Thailand Golf Tour	Singha Phuket Open	[48]
Sam Saunders	59	−12	1/4	T2	2017	Web.com Tour	Web.com Tour Championship	[49]
Kaigo Tamaki	59	−11	1/3	T5	2022	Japan Challenge Tour	Delight Works JGTO Final	[50][51]
Mac Meissner	59	−12	2/4	T16	2023	Korn Ferry Tour	LECOM Suncoast Classic	[52]
Michael Feagles	59	−12	1/4	T15	2023	Korn Ferry Tour	BMW Charity Pro-Am	[53]
Lauri Ruuska	59	−12	1/4	1	2023	Challenge Tour	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	[54]
David Kocher	59	−12	4/4	2	2023	Korn Ferry Tour	Albertsons Boise Open	[55]
Aldrich Potgieter	59[a]	−11	2/4	T20	2024	Korn Ferry Tour	Astara Golf Championship	[56]
Suguru Shimoke	59	−11	3/3	1	2024	Japan Challenge Tour	PGM Challenge	[57]

Official tournaments on the leading senior tours

Player	Score	To par	Rnd	Finish	Year	Tour	Tournament	Ref.
Kevin Sutherland	59	−13	2/3	T7	2014	Champions Tour	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	[58]
Miguel Ángel Martín	59	−9	2/3	T4	2018	European Senior Tour	MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)	[59]

Other tournaments

Player	Score	To par	Rnd	Finish	Year	Tour	Tournament	Ref.
David Carey	57	−11	1/3	1	2019	Alps Tour	Cervino Open	[60]
Steve Anderson-Chapman	58	−11	2/2	3	1984	n/a	West Country Open	[61]
Shigeki Maruyama	58	−13	1/2	n/a	2000	n/a	U.S. Open qualifying round	[62]
Jason Bohn	58	−13	4/4	1	2001	Canadian Tour	Bayer Championship	[63]
John Hahn	58	−12	4/6	T50	2014	European Tour	Qualifying school tournament	[64]
Sam Snead	59	−11	3/4	1	1959	n/a	Sam Snead Festival	[65]
Gary Player	59	−10	2/4	1	1974	n/a	Brazil Open	[66]
Tsutomu Irie	59	−11	1/2	1	1985	Japan Golf Tour	Kuzuha International	[67]
Zoran Zorkic	59	−12	4/4	3	1990	U.S. Golf Tour	Turtle Classic	[68]
Sean Pappas	59	−12	1/4	1	1991	T. C. Jordan Tour	Hartland Classic	[69]
David Gossett	59	−13	4/6	T68	2000	PGA Tour	Qualifying school tournament	[10][70]
Phil Mickelson	59	−13	2/2	1	2004	PGA Tour	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	[71]
Martin Kaymer	59	−13	2/3	1	2006	EPD Tour	Habsberg Classic	[72]
Steve Marino	59	−13	3/4	1	2006	Gateway Tour	Sidney Frank Memorial Tour Championship	[73]
Harrison Frazar	59	−13	4/6	1	2008	PGA Tour	Qualifying school tournament	[74]
Richard Lee	59	−11	2/4	T25	2010	Charles Tour	Carrus Tauranga Open	[75]
Chris Erwin	59	−13	2/4	T25	2010	NGA Hooters Tour	ADI Classic	[76]
Ashok Kumar	59	−10	1/4	1	2010	Professional Golf Tour of India	Tata Open	[77]
Jens Dantorp	59	−12	2/3	1	2011	Nordic Golf League	Bravo Tours Open	[78]
Jesse Smith	59	−11	1/2	2	2013	Fore The Players Tour	Orlando Open	[79]
Mark Brown	59	−11	2/4	1	2014	Charles Tour	Carrus Open	[80]
Will McCurdy	59	−13	2/3	1	2015	SwingThought.com Tour	Callaway Gardens 3 Day	[81]
Robin Kind	59	−13	2/3	1	2015	Pro Golf Tour	Sparkassen Open	[82]
James Love	59	−12	1/4	n/a	2016	Web.com Tour	Qualifying school tournament	[83]
Woody Austin	59	−12	1/3	1	2017	PGA Tour Champions	Diamond Resorts Invitational	[84]
Hinrich Arkenau	59	−13	1/3	1	2017	Pro Golf Tour	Sparkassen Open	[85]
Jacob Glennemo	59	−10	2/3	T8	2017	Nordic Golf League	Race to HimmerLand	[86]
Mark Brown	59	−11	2/4	T2	2018	Charles Tour	Carrus Open	[87]
Drew Nesbitt	59	−12	2/4	T49	2018	PGA Tour Latinoamérica	JHSF Aberto do Brasil	[88]
Greyson Sigg	59	−12	4/4	3	2019	PGA Tour Canada	GolfBC Championship	[89]
Harry Ellis	59	−12	2/3	1	2020	n/a	Memorial Olivier Barras	[90]
Chris Gilman	59	−13	3/3	1	2020	Dakotas Tour	South Dakota Open Pro-Am	[91]
Luke Schniederjans	59	−11	2/3	2	2020	GPro Tour	Mimosa Challenge	[92]
Jack South	59	−11	3/3	1	2021	PGA EuroPro Tour	Motocaddy Masters	[93]
Phachara Khongwatmai	59	−11	1/4	1	2021	All Thailand Golf Tour	Singha Pattaya Open	[94]
Gregorio De Leo	59	−11	3/3	1	2022	Alps Tour	Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	[95]
Matías Domínguez	59	−12	2/2	n/a	2024	Professional Golf Tour of India	Qualifying school tournament	[96]
Peter Lonard	59	−11	2/2	1	2024	PGA of Australia Legends Tour	Moama Masters	[97]
Vince van Veen	59	−12	3/6	T43	2024	European Tour	Qualifying school tournament	[98]

Notes:

• Rnd is the round in which the score was shot, i.e. 2/4 means the round was shot in the second of four rounds.
• Finish is the final tournament finish of the player

Lowest rounds in men's major championships

In men's major championships the lowest round is 62 which was first recorded by South African golfer Branden Grace in the third round of the 2017 Open Championship. In the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship, Xander Schauffele became the first golfer to record a round of 62 in a major championship twice.

#	Player	Major	Date	Course	Rnd	To par	Finish
1	Branden Grace	The Open Championship	Jul 22, 2017	Royal Birkdale Golf Club	3	−8	T6
2	Rickie Fowler	U.S. Open	Jun 15, 2023	Los Angeles Country Club	1	−8	T5
3	Xander Schauffele	U.S. Open	Jun 15, 2023	Los Angeles Country Club (2)	1	−8	T10
4	Xander Schauffele (2)	PGA Championship	May 16, 2024	Valhalla Golf Club	1	−9	1
5	Shane Lowry	PGA Championship	May 18, 2024	Valhalla Golf Club (2)	3	−9	T6

Many players have recorded a score of 63.^[99] Johnny Miller was the first golfer to shoot 63 in a major and was the only golfer to shoot 63 in the final round to win a major until Henrik Stenson did so as well during the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club. Greg Norman, Vijay Singh, Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood are the only golfers to record two rounds of 63 in the majors.^[100]

#	Player	Major	Date	Course	Rnd	To par	Finish
1	Johnny Miller	U.S. Open	Jun 17, 1973	Oakmont Country Club	4	−8	1
2	Bruce Crampton	PGA Championship	Aug 8, 1975	Firestone Country Club	2	−7	2
3	Mark Hayes	The Open Championship	Jul 7, 1977	Turnberry	2	−7	T9
4	Tom Weiskopf	U.S. Open	Jun 12, 1980	Baltusrol Golf Club	1	−7	37
5	Jack Nicklaus	U.S. Open	Jun 12, 1980	Baltusrol Golf Club (2)	1	−7	1
6	Isao Aoki	The Open Championship	Jul 19, 1980	Muirfield	3	−8	T12
7	Raymond Floyd	PGA Championship	Aug 5, 1982	Southern Hills Country Club	1	−7	1
8	Gary Player	PGA Championship	Aug 17, 1984	Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club	2	−9	T2
9	Nick Price	Masters Tournament	Apr 12, 1986	Augusta National Golf Club	3	−9	5
10	Greg Norman	The Open Championship	Jul 18, 1986	Turnberry (2)	2	−7	1
11	Paul Broadhurst	The Open Championship	Jul 21, 1990	Old Course at St Andrews	3	−9	T12
12	Jodie Mudd	The Open Championship	Jul 21, 1991	Royal Birkdale Golf Club	4	−7	T5
13	Nick Faldo	The Open Championship	Jul 16, 1993	Royal St George's Golf Club	2	−7	2
14	Payne Stewart	The Open Championship	Jul 18, 1993	Royal St George's Golf Club (2)	4	−7	12
15	Vijay Singh	PGA Championship	Aug 13, 1993	Inverness Club	2	−8	4
16	Michael Bradley	PGA Championship	Aug 10, 1995	Riviera Country Club	1	−8	T54
17	Brad Faxon	PGA Championship	Aug 13, 1995	Riviera Country Club (2)	4	−8	5
18	Greg Norman (2)	Masters Tournament	Apr 11, 1996	Augusta National Golf Club (2)	1	−9	2
19	José María Olazábal	PGA Championship	Aug 19, 2000	Valhalla Golf Club	3	−9	T4
20	Mark O'Meara	PGA Championship	Aug 17, 2001	Atlanta Athletic Club	2	−7	T22
21	Vijay Singh (2)	U.S. Open	Jun 13, 2003	Olympia Fields Country Club	2	−7	T20
22	Thomas Bjørn	PGA Championship	Aug 13, 2005	Baltusrol Golf Club (3)	3	−7	T2
23	Tiger Woods	PGA Championship	Aug 10, 2007	Southern Hills Country Club (2)	2	−7	1
24	Rory McIlroy	The Open Championship	Jul 15, 2010	Old Course at St Andrews (2)	1	−9	T3
25	Steve Stricker	PGA Championship	Aug 11, 2011	Atlanta Athletic Club (2)	1	−7	T12
26	Jason Dufner	PGA Championship	Aug 9, 2013	Oak Hill Country Club	2	−7	1
27	Hiroshi Iwata	PGA Championship	Aug 14, 2015	Whistling Straits	2	−9	T21
28	Phil Mickelson	The Open Championship	Jul 14, 2016	Royal Troon Golf Club	1	−8	2
29	Henrik Stenson	The Open Championship	Jul 17, 2016	Royal Troon Golf Club (2)	4	−8	1
30	Robert Streb	PGA Championship	Jul 29, 2016	Baltusrol Golf Club (4)	2	−7	T7
31	Justin Thomas	U.S. Open	Jun 17, 2017	Erin Hills	3	−9	T9
32	Li Haotong	The Open Championship	Jul 23, 2017	Royal Birkdale Golf Club (2)	4	−7	3
33	Tommy Fleetwood	U.S. Open	Jun 17, 2018	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club	4	−7	2
34	Brooks Koepka	PGA Championship	Aug 10, 2018	Bellerive Country Club	2	−7	1
35	Charl Schwartzel	PGA Championship	Aug 10, 2018	Bellerive Country Club (2)	2	−7	T42
36	Brooks Koepka (2)	PGA Championship	May 16, 2019	Bethpage Black Course	1	−7	1
37	Shane Lowry	The Open Championship	Jul 20, 2019	Royal Portrush Golf Club	3	−8	1
38	Bubba Watson	PGA Championship	May 20, 2022	Southern Hills Country Club	2	−7	T30
39	Tommy Fleetwood (2)	U.S. Open	Jun 18, 2023	Los Angeles Country Club	4	−7	T5
40	Jon Rahm	The Open Championship	July 22, 2023	Royal Liverpool Golf Club	3	−8	T2

Lowest rounds in women's professional competition

Official tournaments on major tours

There have been 3 rounds of 58 recorded on the Ladies European Tour, all in the Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic. These rounds were achieved by Trish Johnson (1990), Jane Connachan (1991) and Dale Reid (1991). This tournament was played on a par 65 public golf course. The lowest Ladies European Tour round on a course with par of minimum 70 has been 61.

Player	Score	To par	Rnd	Finish	Year	Tour	Tournament	Ref.
Annika Sorenstam	59	−13	2/4	1	2001	LPGA	Standard Register PING	[101]
Ye Sung Jun	60	−12	2/4	2	2024	KLPGA	Creas F&C KLPGA Championship	[102]
Meg Mallon	60	−10	2/4	6	2003	LPGA	Welch's/Fry's Championship	[101]
Sarah Lee	60	−10	2/4	T2	2004	LPGA	Welch's/Fry's Championship	[101]
Anna Acker-Macosko	60	−11	4/4	T5	2004	LPGA	Longs Drugs Challenge	[101]
Paula Creamer	60	−10	1/4	1	2008	LPGA	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic	[101]
Jessica Korda	60	−11	3/4	1	2021	LPGA	Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions	[103]
Linnea Ström	60	−11	3/3	1	2024	LPGA	ShopRite LPGA Classic	[104]

Lowest rounds in women's major championships

In women's major championships the lowest round is 61, which has been recorded by three golfers: Leona Maguire, Lee Jeong-eun and Kim Hyo-joo.

#	Player	Major	Date	Course	Rnd	To par	Finish
1	Kim Hyo-joo	The Evian Championship	Sep 11, 2014	Evian Resort Golf Club	1	−10	1
2	Lee Jeong-eun	The Evian Championship	Jul 23, 2021	Evian Resort Golf Club	2	−10	2
3	Leona Maguire	The Evian Championship	Jul 25, 2021	Evian Resort Golf Club	4	−10	T6

Perfect round

A perfect round is a round of eighteen holes where all holes were played on average at one under par (average of birdie on every hole) resulting in a score of 55 on a par 73 course, 54 on a par 72 course, 53 on a par 71 course, and 52 on a par 70 course.^{[citation needed]}

There is a philosophy popularized by Pia Nilsson's Vision 54 that concentrates on achieving the perfect round, the basic ideology being that striving for perfection results in better scores even if the goal is not met.^[105] Cecilia Ekelundh, who formerly played on the Ladies European Tour, did keep the perfect round on her mind by drawing a 54 on the ball she played in competition.^[106]

Notes

1. A local rule allowing players to lift, clean and place their ball ("preferred lies") was in effect because of weather affecting the course or tournament.