Pro Golfers To Break 60 On The PGA Tour, DP World Tour And In The LIV Golf League

In the sport of golf, 59 is the magic number.

With par usually being between 70-72, a great round on the elite professional tours tends to be between 62-64 and anywhere from eight-under-par to ten-under-par.

However, there are times when the world's best can go even lower - into the 50s. It's happened 15 times on the PGA Tour, with 14 scores of 59 and one at 58. On both the DP World Tour and LPGA Tour, only one player has ever recorded fewer than 60 shots in a round.

Meanwhile, the newest kid on the block, the LIV Golf League has already joined in with a couple of its own entries since forming in 2022.

So, who are the sub-60 shooters on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and in the LIV Golf League? And who else has done it in another leading professional event?

PLAYERS TO BREAK 60 IN PRO GOLF

Al Geiberger - 1977 Memphis Classic

Geiberger was the inaugural member of the 59 Club, putting his wonder score together during the second round of the 1977 Memphis Classic at Colonial Country Club.

Geiberger, who obviously became known as Mr 59, crammed 11 birdies and an eagle into his 13-under-par round, and went on to win the tournament, despite not bettering 70 in his other three rounds.

Chip Beck - 1991 Las Vegas Invitational

Beck’s 59 came during the third round of the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise Golf Course. He opened up with a 40-footer for birdie on his first hole – the 10th – and never let up, adding 12 more birdies.

Sunrise was a late replacement for Spanish Trails, and many players felt a 59 might be possible as the course was short, flat, new and never really designed to host a tournament.

Beck didn’t mind either way as the Hilton Corp hotel chain had put up a $500,000 bonus if anyone could shoot 59, with a further half million going to junior golf and PGA Tour charities - phenomenal sums given that the typical winner’s cheque that year was $180,000.

David Duval - 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

Double D could play a bit in his heyday, nowhere more so than in his highly impressive 59 during the final round of the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Duval had already compiled 11 birdies heading into the 18th, before memorably hitting it close on the par-5 finale and rolling in the six-footer for eagle.

Most impressive of all is that Duval had birdie or eagle putts on 17 holes and only four of those were outside 10ft. He won the event by one from Steve Pate.

Annika Sorenstam - 2001 Standard Register PING

As one of the best female golfers of all time, there is not much Annika Sorenstam did not achieve throughout her career. But one of the best days of her life surely arrived when she shot 59 during the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix.

Sorenstam began her record round on Moon Valley’s back nine and made eight consecutive birdies to go out in 28. She birdied 12 of the first 13 holes that day and went sub-60 with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 eighth hole (her 17th). To this day, she remains the only player ever to break 60 on the LPGA Tour.

Paul Goydos - 2010 John Deere Classic

Goydos needed just 22 putts in his opening 59 at the 2010 John Deere Classic, shooting an eight-under par 28 on the back nine to match the lowest nine-hole score in relation to par in PGA Tour history.

Incredibly, he only led by one from Steve Stricker, the only man in PGA Tour history to shoot 60 in the first round and find himself trailing!

Stuart Appleby - 2010 Greenbrier Classic

2010 was a vintage year for 59s with Stuart Appleby holing a curling left-to-right 15-footer to not only join the 59 Club but also claim the Greenbrier Classic in dramatic fashion.

Six-under to the turn, Appleby bagged an eagle on 12 and then a trio of birdies to close out his round and pip Jeff Overton by one.

Jim Furyk - 2013 BMW Championship

Furyk’s 59 came in the second round of the BMW Championship in 2013. After a solid start playing the back nine first, his round really got a lift when he holed out from 115 yards on 15 with a wedge to be six-under after six.

Remarkably, Furyk bogeyed the 5th on his homeward run, but hit the magic number with a majestic wedge approach to three feet on his final hole before calmly rolling the putt in.

Justin Thomas - 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii

Thomas made his little piece of history en route to winning the 2017 Sony Open. He put this tournament straight to bed when he shot 59 in the opening round.

He eventually won by seven shots on 27-under, well clear of England's Justin Rose in second place.

Adam Hadwin - 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge

The Canadian, Adam Hadwin took control of the 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge in round three when he shot 59 just a week after Justin Thomas had his low round in Hawaii.

Unfortunately for Hadwin, he shot 11 strokes worse in the final round to score a 70 – this meant he lost out on the title by a single shot to eventual winner, Hudson Swafford.

Brandt Snedeker - 2018 Wyndham Championship

Brandt Snedeker had his 59 in the opening round of the Wyndham Championship - but he did not have the tournament all his own way, having to shoot a 65 in the final round to hold off a charging Webb Simpson and C.T. Pan to claim the title.

Snedeker was the 10th man to go lower than 60 on the PGA Tour and the third with a bogey on the card. He was out in 32 but buried a putt from the fringe of the 18th green to come back in 27 and book his own place in the history books.

Oliver Fisher - 2018 Portugal Masters

Finally, Oliver Fisher became the first person to break 60 on the European Tour in 2018 when - in round two of the 2018 Portugal Masters - he had 10 birdies and an eagle to shoot 59.

This performance in round two likely had an adverse effect on him as he shot 69 and 70 over the weekend to finish in a tie for seventh. To this day, Fisher remains the only DP World Tour player ever to achieve the feat.

Kevin Chappell - 2019 A Military Tribute To The Greenbrier

Golf is a strange sport, and this can be summed up with Kevin Chappell's performance at the 2019 A Military Tribute To The Greenbrier - he shot an opening round of 71, followed that up with a flawless 59, which included a stretch of nine consecutive birdies.

The American then failed to break 70 over the weekend to finish tied 47th.

Scottie Scheffler - 2020 The Northern Trust

The American broke 60 in round two of The Northern Trust in 2020 during the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The then-PGA-Tour-rookie made six birdies on each nine for a 12-under-par total at TPC Boston to become the second player to break 60 in the FedExCup Playoffs after Jim Furyk at the 2013 BMW Championship.

He ended the week T4th, a total of 13 strokes behind Dustin Johnson who had a 60 in the second round himself.

Joaquin Niemann - 2024 LIV Golf Mayakoba

Joaquin Niemann was actually the second player in LIV Golf history to go under 60, with Bryson DeChambeau carding one shot less the year before (more on him later).

Niemann ultimately won LIV Golf Mayakoba via a playoff against Sergio Garcia, with the Chilean having done most of his work during round one thanks to a 12-under 59 at the El Camaleon course.

Niemann was nine-under through 10 holes and looking at a potential 57 before having to almost make do with 59 after his round.

Cameron Young - 2024 Travelers Championship

Finding two eagles and seven birdies at TPC River Highlands, Cameron Young became just the 13th player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59, with his 28 on the front nine being followed by a four-under 31 on the back nine.

Rather amusingly, despite firing a 59 in Connecticut, the 11-under-par round is technically not the course record as, famously back in 2016, Furyk carded a 12-under 58. However, the score vaulted Young up the leaderboard at the PGA Tour's final Signature Event.

Hayden Springer - 2024 John Deere Classic

On July 4, 2024, Hayden Springer became the latest player to not only shoot 59 but also do it at TPC Deere Run. It was something of a surprise to most onlookers given that he had missed seven cuts in his past eight starts.

But after blasting out of the blocks in 27, Springer held on somewhat coming in, carding a 32 - capped off with a 13-foot birdie on the last - to cap off his iconic round.

Jake Knapp - 2025 Cognizant Classic

Knapp made the most of a particularly friendly PGA National Resort to rip the course apart and card 12 birdies plus six pars in his opening-round 59 at the Cognizant Classic.

At a course which normally bears its teeth in a big way, 2025 saw a redesign which helped most of the field go under par and several players shoot something in the low 60s. But Knapp led the way by four after one day, having produced the first 59 at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course) in tournament history.

PLAYERS TO SHOOT 58 OR LOWER IN PRO GOLF

Jim Furyk - 2016 Travelers Championship

There has been one performance that tops the 59s even - and it came in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. Furyk started 16 shots behind leader Daniel Berger – having just made the cut on the number on the Friday and had a two-over-par 73 on the Saturday.

An Eagle and 10 birdies later, he shot an incredible 58 and managed to finish fifth, just three shots back from eventual winner Russel Knox. Incredibly, Furyk parred five of the final six holes... so it could have been lower!

Bryson DeChambeau - 2023 LIV Golf Greenbrier

DeChambeau's 58 at The Greenbrier was pure entertainment. It was pure DeChambeau. It even contained a bogey on the 236-yard par-3 eighth hole!

The American ultimately punched in four consecutive birdies coming home - including a 35-foot effort at the last as the rain began to pour - to seal a stunning 58 and win LIV Golf Greenbrier on the par-70 course at which Stuart Appleby had recorded a 59 some 13 years earlier on the PGA Tour.

It was DeChambeau's first win on the PIF-backed circuit and will likely remain his most special.

Other 58s: Four other players have shot rounds of 58 in a men's professional golf tournament, although only one arrived on a top tour - Ryo Ishikawa on the Japan Golf Tour in 2010.

Players to shoot 58 on secondary tours include Jason Bohn on the Canadian Tour in 2001, Stephen Jager on the Web.com Tour in 2016, and Alejandro Del Rey on the Challenge Tour in 2021.

Has Anyone Ever Shot 57 In Pro Golf?

Two pros have officially recorded rounds of 57 in competitive events, the first being Irishman David Carey during the 2019 Cervino Open on the Alps Tour - equivalent to the third level of European golf.

Then, in 2024, Cristobal Del Solar matched that effort in a Korn Ferry Tour competition, making the Chilean the owner of the lowest single-round score ever at a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.

Playing the Astara Golf Championship at Country Club de Bogotá-Pacos in Bogota, Colombia - a par-70 measuring 6,254 yards at nearly 9,000 feet of elevation - Del Solar was out in eight-under (27 strokes) before making three birdies and an eagle coming home.

“It was crazy, honestly I didn’t even know what I shot,” Del Solar said. “I knew I was playing, obviously, great… Everything just kept happening. Everything just clicked.”

It clicked for another player the very next day, too, although very few people were talking about Aldrich Potgieter - despite the monster-hitting South African carding 59 during round two on Friday.

Potgieter - who was 19 at the time - went out in 28 before making birdie on his final three holes to record the 12th sub-60 score in Korn Ferry Tour history and move one stroke ahead of Del Solar, who followed up his 57 with a score of 69 on the tougher Lagos course.

SUB-60 SCORES IN PRO GOLF