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59

October 12th, 2025

PGA Tour pro suffers the most brutal collapse while trying to shoot sub-60 round

59, Baycurrent Classic, Golf, Japan, Matt McCarty, PGA Tour, Xander Schauffele, Yokohama Country Club

August 16th, 2025

LIV Golf Indianapolis: Sebastian Munoz shoots LIV’s third sub-60, Cam Smith in the hunt

[PHOTO: Getty Images (inset: LIV Golf)] Well, this is a stat. The first ever 59 on a professional tour that began on the second hole of a golf course was recorded today, at LIV Golf Indiana by Sebastian Munoz. RELATED: Professional dream one step closer for potential PNG pioneer Munoz, the Colombian who plays on Read more…

April 17th, 2025

LIV pro shoots 65 only to get completely dusted by Jon Rahm’s 59 (!) at Whisper Rock

It’s a particularly insane score at a popular PGA Tour spot known to be a very tough track.

February 28th, 2025

Jake Knapp shoots 59 at PGA National, narrowly misses equalling PGA Tour scoring record

Jake Knapp narrowly missed matching the PGA Tour single-round scoring record on the opening day of the Cognizant Classic. He happily settled for just the 15th sub-60 score in tour history.

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July 5th, 2024

Golfer known for tragedy shoots 59 in John Deere Classic

With eight birdies and two eagles – including a an unexpected 50-metre pitch-in for eagle at 17 and birdie at 18 – Hayden Springer shot a 12-under-par 59 on the par-71 course.

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June 23rd, 2024

Cameron Young threatens 58, scores 11-under 59 in Travelers Championship

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March 17th, 2024

Tour pro’s list of quirky golf ‘accomplishments’ grows by becoming first to shoot 59 on Asian Tour

John Catlin’s is the fourth sub-60 score posted in men’s pro golf in 2024.

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February 10th, 2024

Aldrich Potgieter becomes youngest player to shoot 59 in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event

For a second consecutive day, a sub-60 score was shot on the Korn Ferry Tour. This time, however, it was a different number that made it even more impressive.

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February 3rd, 2024

Joaquin Niemann was on a 57 WATCH(!) before settling for 59 in LIV Golf opener

Despite making seven birdies and an eagle over this first 10 holes, Joaquin Niemann swears he didn’t know what he was shooting on Friday in the LIV Golf season opener in Mexico.

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August 18th, 2023

Finnish tour pro overcomes stiffness from playing ice hockey to become latest golfer to shoot 59

Lauri Ruuska shot a 12-under par 59 in the first round to became only the fourth player to break 60 on the Challenge Tour.

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‘F—ING UNREAL’: Australian tour pro shoots 59 on back-to-back(!) days

WATCH: Pro golfer holes out the SHOT OF HIS LIFE to shoot 59!

Bryson DeChambeau misses putt for 59 at soft Caves Valley, settles for career-best score

If you’ve never seen a scorecard with 10 birdies and two eagles, check this out from a Euro Tour pro’s 59 at Streamsong Black

Mini-tour legend wins from NINE shots back thanks to birthday 59 – and there’s even video to prove it

What’s the greatest single round in PGA Tour history? We (may) have the answer

September 22nd, 2018

Oliver Fisher becomes the first golfer to shoot a 59 in European Tour history

It’s the first sub-60 round in European Tour history.

August 18th, 2018

Brandt Snedeker retains lead with late-round run at Wyndham Championship

While Snedeker’s three-under 67 was eight worse than what he shot Thursday, it’s a strong way to back up a career round.

August 17th, 2018

Brandt Snedeker opens Wyndham Championship with 11-under 59

The putting maestro carded just the 10th sub-60 round in US PGA Tour history.

June 11th, 2018

Annie Park overcomes a season of struggles to win ShopRite LPGA Classic

With only partial status on the LPGA Tour, the world No.236 made the most of her opportunity in Atlantic City.

January 22nd, 2017

Adam Hadwin shoots 59 to take CareerBuilder Challenge lead

Fifty-nine no longer seems like a magic number on the US PGA Tour

January 13th, 2017

Watch Justin Thomas eagle his final hole to shoot 59 at the Sony Open

It’s taken just 13 days but we may have seen the lowest round for the rest of the year

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1Bryson DeChambeau-26184
2Jon Rahm-26184
T3Thomas Detry-23184
T3Branden Grace-23184
T3Abraham Ancer-23184
T6Dean Burmester-22184
T6David Puig-22184
8Carlos Ortiz-21184
T9Anirban Lahiri-20184
T9Charles Howell III-20184
11Scott Vincent-19184
T12Michael La Sasso-17184
T12Josele Ballester-17184
T12Richard Bland-17184
T12Joaquin Niemann-17184
T12Victor Perez-17184
T17Louis Oosthuizen-16184
T17Sergio Garcia-16184
T17Cameron Smith-16184
T17Younghan Song-16184
T17Laurie Canter-16184
T22Jason Kokrak-15184
T22Adrian Meronk-15184
T24Tom McKibbin-14184
T24Luis Masaveu-14184
T24Caleb Surratt-14184
T24Charl Schwartzel-14184
T24Brendan Steele-14184
T24Talor Gooch-14184
30Peter Uihlein-13184
T31Richard T. Lee-12184
T31Dustin Johnson-12184
T31Marc Leishman-12184
T31Martin Kaymer-12184
T31Lucas Herbert-12184
T31Cameron Tringale-12184
37Sebastian Muñoz-11184
T38Harold Varner III-10184
T38Tyrrell Hatton-10184
T38Paul Casey-10184
T38Bubba Watson-10184
T38Thomas Pieters-10184
43Yosuke Asaji-9184
T44Ben Campbell-8184
T44Elvis Smylie-8184
T44Byeong Hun An-8184
T44Sam Horsfield-8184
T48Phil Mickelson-7184
T48Ian Poulter-7184
50Lee Westwood-6184
51Miguel Tabuena-4184
52Danny Lee-3184
T53Graeme McDowell-2184
T53Matthew Wolff-2184
55Björn Hellgren-1184
56Anthony Kim+1184
57Minkyu Kim+3184
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3TORQUE GC-72184
4FIREBALLS GC-69184
5LEGION XIII-64184
6CLEEKS GOLF CLUB-61184
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94ACES GC-44184
10SMASH GC-41184
11MAJESTICKS GC-37184
12RANGEGOATS GC-33184
13KOREAN GOLF CLUB-24184
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