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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.
Prior to Furyk's round, only six players had shot rounds of 59 in PGA Tour history. The first was Al Geiberger in 1977. Furyk himself was the last to do it, at the BMW Championship in 2013. [4] There had been approximately 1.5 million rounds played in Tour history at the time, and no one had ever managed to shoot lower than 59. [5] [6]
In 2010, he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year. [2] He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk holds the record for the lowest score in PGA Tour history, a round of 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship, and has earned notoriety for his unorthodox golf swing.
Hideki Matsuyama carded the lowest-ever 72-hole score in the history of the PGA Tour on Sunday, shooting an astonishing 35-under to win The Sentry in Kapalua, Hawaii.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Shane Lowry, the European Ryder Cup stalwart and 2019 Open champion, absolutely torched Valhalla Golf Club on Saturday, carding a 62 — tied for the lowest score ever recorded ...
Hideki Matsuyama wins The Sentry with the lowest 72-hole score in PGA TOUR HISTORY (-35). 🔥👏 pic.twitter.com ... If there was ever a time for him to land his second career major title, it ...
The PGA of America last presented the award in 2022. [3] The trophy was named for the Jersey golfing great Harry Vardon, who died in 1937. The PGA Tour presents its own Byron Nelson Award annually to the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average for the year. It has a 50-round minimum, and was instituted in 1980.
The tied participants play one extra hole at a time, with those still tied for the lowest score moving on to the next hole until a winner has been determined. All regular PGA Tour and European Tour tournaments use this system (except for The Players Championship starting in 2014), as does the Masters Tournament.