What Is The Lowest Golf Score Ever? Take A Look At Some Of The Sport’s Record Rounds

It’s one of the few sports on earth where smaller scores are better, but just what is the lowest golf score ever?

While there are plenty of different variables and caveats regarding which scores count in official records, we’ve broken down some of the lowest scores ever recorded in golf.

Lowest Golf Tournament Score Ever Recorded

In men’s major championships, 62 is the lowest-ever golf score officially recorded. Branden Grace hit 62 at the 2017 Open Championship, while Richie Fowler and Xander Schauffele both managed the same score at the US Open in 2023.

For women’s major tournaments, the lowest round ever hit is 61. The record is held jointly by Leona Maguire, Lee Jeong-eun and Kim Hyo-joo. All three hit their record scores at the Evian Championship.

But the lowest documented score in competitive golf is even lower. While not in a major championship, several men have hit 57 in competitive play.

Bobby Wyatt managed it at the 2010 Alabama Boys Junior Championship, with Alex Ross doing the same at the 2019 Dogwood Invitational.

Ross’s round at the Druid Hills Golf Club was 15-under-par, including 13 birdies and an eagle.

As for the lowest PGA score ever, Jim Furyk shot a round of 58 on August 7 2016. During the final round of the Travelers Championship at TCP River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, Furyk set the new PGA tour record.

His was the seventh sub-60 round in the history of the PGA tour.

Lowest Golf Score Ever

The lowest officially recorded round of golf ever is 55, shot by Australian golfer Rhein Gibson at River Oaks Golf Club in Oklahoma. Gibson hit 12 birdies and two eagles on the par 71 course on May 12 2012.

This round is recognised by Guinness World Records as the lowest golf score ever. There have been several other 55-stroke rounds documented, but they are usually discounted due to the length of course or nature of the round.

Another was added on August 27 2020 as Alexander Hughes shot 55 in Jenks, Oklahoma less than 100 miles from where Gibson set the official record.

Golf’s most famous name, Tiger Woods, shot his lowest ever score back in 1997. With a score of 59, Woods hit his record round at his local course in Isleworth, Florida just a week before his forst Masters win at Augusta National.