Professional golfers make the sport look easy, effortlessly posting rounds of sixties in most of their 18-hole rounds. In some rare cases, players have taken their prowess a notch higher and posted rounds in the fifties, making history. As of this writing, four golfers boast a score of 58 in competitive 18-hole rounds, with 20 players tying for a second-best round of 59. It’s worth noting that some other golfers have scored better in unofficial rounds of golf, with the lowest recognized score by the Guinness World Records being a round of 55 by Rhein Gibson at the River Oaks Golf Club in May 2012. We take a look at ten golfer with the lowest rounds from official tournaments on the leading professional tours below.
Top 10 Scores in Competitive 18-hole Rounds
Ryo Ishikawa – 58
Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa was the first player to score 58 in a professional 18-hole round. The fete happened during The Crowns 2010 event on the Japan Golf Tour, where the then 18-year-old golfer shot a 12-under-par 58 in the final round to win the tournament by five strokes. Ishikawa’s round consisted of 12 birdies and six pars, instantly catapulting him to fame in golfing circles.
Jim Furyk – 58
Jim Furyk boasts two records on this list, starting with a score of 59 at the 2013 BMW Championship. The American would do one better at the 2016 Travelers Championship, where he shot one eagle and ten birdies to attain a fourth round 58. Despite the effort, Furyk did not win the tournament but jumped 65 places up the rankings from 70th to 5th.
Kim Seong-Hyeon – 58
Kim Seong-Hyeon was the third player to attain a career 18-hole round of 58 during the 2021 Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Despite his spectacular final-round display of talent, the South Korean finished tied for 11th place. Nonetheless, Kim found his breakthrough later that year when he won the Japan PGA Championship by a stroke.
Bryson DeChambeau – 58
Bryson DeChambeau is LIV Golf League’s first entrant on this list, having posted a round of 58 at The Greenbrier tournament held at the Old White Golf Course in August 2023. He followed up an impressive 61 in the second round with a historic 58 in the third final round, where he shot 13 birdies and a bogey. As a result, DeChambeau won the event and earned a hefty paycheck of $4 million.
Al Geiberger – 59
American Al Geiberger was the first player to record a round of 59 during the PGA Tour’s 1977 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at the 7,193-yard Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee. The World Golf Hall of Fame member’s historic bogey-free round consisted of an eagle, 11 birdies, six pars, and 23 putts.