{"id":794016,"date":"2026-07-11T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794016\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:36:11","slug":"60-haeran-ryu-records-lowest-score-in-major-history-is-on-cusp-of-second-major-this-season-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794016\/","title":{"rendered":"60! Haeran Ryu records lowest score in major history, is on cusp of second major this season \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haeran Ryu left the 30-foot eagle putt a few inches short to shoot the second 59 in LPGA history. She tapped in on the 18th hole at the Evian Resort and had to \u201csettle\u201d for shooting 11-under 60, which is the lowest score in major championship history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never know,\u201d Ryu said shortly after signing for the record-breaking score at the Amundi Evian Championship.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just inches away from a 59 \ud83d\ude29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uedfpoAJUE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uedfpoAJUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2075938488168382620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, she had no idea and the reaction on Golf Channel was priceless, showing the 25-year-old from Korea add up her scorecard and act in amazement once she realized what she had just done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So\u2026 Haeran Ryu had no idea she had a chance to shoot 59 today \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iLdrE4zO6V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iLdrE4zO6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2075941195667099683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryu just won the KPMG Women\u2019s PGA Championship two weeks ago at Hazeltine National for her first major title. Now, just a few short days later she stands at 19 under after three days in France and is three shots ahead of Japan\u2019s Aki Iwai. Brooke Henderson and Mao Saigo are tied for third seven shots behind.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the scoring was done while people were still sleeping in the United States. Ryu was one under after four holes then played the next three in four under to get the party started, including a near-ace on the fifth and an eagle on the sixth hole where she holed out from the fairway. After a birdie on the ninth hole she turned in 29.<\/p>\n<p>But again, on the back, she was only one under after the first four holes then made four birdies over the last five holes to shoot 31 and sign for a 60.<\/p>\n<p>When Ryu made birdie on the 17th hole from only five feet, the masses were alerted that golf\u2019s magic score had a chance to be shot because the final hole is a par 5, which has been eagled many memorable times at Evian, including last year by eventual winner Grace Kim.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A lucky bounce keeps Haeran Ryu in the fairway on 18 as she chases the second 59 in LPGA history \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbIr3oBYBh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fbIr3oBYBh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2075934953242603946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryu\u2019s tee shot on 18 went well left, hit a tree and bounced back into the middle of the fairway. She hit her second shot to 30 feet and gave the putt a chance, coming up just short. Annika Sorenstam is the only player in LPGA history to shoot 59, which she did in 2001 at the Standard Register Ping event in Phoenix. Lydia Ko shot 60 earlier this year and was the eighth to do so. Hyo Joo Kim, Jeongeun Lee6 and Leona Maguire have all shot 61 at the Evian. A 62 has been shot five times in men\u2019s majors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an amazing day,\u201d Ryu said. \u201cBut we have one more day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With all eyes on Nelly Korda coming into this week, the World No. 7 Ryu has now stolen the show. Korda won the first two majors of the season and came into the Evian with a chance to win the career Grand Slam and gain entrance into the LPGA Hall of Fame. But she missed the cut. Now Ryu, having just won the last major championship two weeks ago in Minnesota, has a chance to win the second of her career, the second of the year and realistically challenge Korda for player of the year honors.<\/p>\n<p>But none of that mattered in the immediate aftermath of shooting 60 when Ryu, understandably, could not wipe the smile off her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Even if she didn\u2019t know that she made history until moments after everyone else did.<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haeran Ryu left the 30-foot eagle putt a few inches short to shoot the second 59 in LPGA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,755,138747,85],"class_list":["post-794016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}