What is the lowest and highest professional score in golf? Furyk holds stunning record while worst round was carded with only one arm
Ever felt like breaking your club after a nightmare hole on the golf course? Well, so have some professional stars on tour as things totally unravelled for them. Even the best can have a horrible day on the courseGetty But with the elite players, they are also capable of pulling off an incredible round and we have seen some unbelievable scores down the years. Here, talkSPORT.com takes a look at the lowest and highest scores ever in golf… The lowest score ever in golf The lowest-ever professional score was carded by Jim Furyk in 2016. At the Travelers Championship, Furyk scored 58 on a par 70 course to pull off what still is the lowest score in history of the PGA Tour. He managed ten birdies and one eagle to finish 12-under after one round. Following his achievement, Kim Seong-hyeon scored 58 on the Japan Golf Tour in 2021 while Ryo Ishikawa also did so on the same tour in 2010. Bryson DeChambeau also carded a stunning 58 on the LIV Golf tour at The Greenbrier in August 2023. On the DP World Tour, Oliver Fisher scored a 59 at the 2018 Portugal Masters. Meanwhile, the lowest score in a men’s major was 62 from Branden Grace at The Open Championship in 2017 but at the PGA Championship at Valhalla this year, both Shane Lowry and Xander Schauffele equalled that score. In the women’s professional game, Annika Sorenstam posted a 59 in the Standard Register PING tournament on the 2001 LPGA Tour. Rounds of 59 on PGA Tour Al Geiberger – 1977 Memphis Classic Chip Beck – 1991 Las Vegas Invitational David Duval – 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Paul Goydos – 2010 John Deere Classic Stuart Appleby – 2010 Greenbrier Classic Jim Furyk – 2013 BMW Championship Justin Thomas – 2017 Sony Open Adam Hadwin – 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge Brandt Snedeker – 2018 Wyndham Championship Kevin Chappell – 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier Scottie Scheffler – 2020 The Northern Trust Cameron Young – 2024 Travelers Championship Hayden Springer – 2024 John Deere Classic Furyk has the lowest-ever round on the PGA Tour Lowry equalled the lowest-ever score at a men’s major at ValhallaGetty The highest score ever in golf The highest-ever score in professional golf is slightly harder to confirm but is said to have been carded by Mike Reasor in 1974. He managed to achieve the (unofficially) two worst cards ever in the sport at the Tallahassee Open. Reasor finished with a score of 123 on Saturday at the tournament before following it up with a 114 on Sunday. It wasn’t down to the American’s ability though, he was allegedly actually playing with only one arm! Back in the 70s, players who made the cut and completed all four rounds at a PGA event would qualify for the following tournament and each star would make that their main aim. Reasor managed to achieve that but after playing his second round, he apparently dislocated his shoulder, fractured two of his ribs and injured his knee ligaments in an accident. It meant he played with one arm and struggled through the remainder of the event to make sure he completed it to qualify. So he may hold the record for the highest-ever round in golf history, but he sure has an unbelievable story to go along with it!
Ever felt like breaking your club after a nightmare hole on the golf course?
Well, so have some professional stars on tour as things totally unravelled for them.
But with the elite players, they are also capable of pulling off an incredible round and we have seen some unbelievable scores down the years.
Here, talkSPORT.com takes a look at the lowest and highest scores ever in golf…
The lowest score ever in golf
The lowest-ever professional score was carded by Jim Furyk in 2016.
At the Travelers Championship, Furyk scored 58 on a par 70 course to pull off what still is the lowest score in history of the PGA Tour.
He managed ten birdies and one eagle to finish 12-under after one round.
Following his achievement, Kim Seong-hyeon scored 58 on the Japan Golf Tour in 2021 while Ryo Ishikawa also did so on the same tour in 2010.
Bryson DeChambeau also carded a stunning 58 on the LIV Golf tour at The Greenbrier in August 2023.
On the DP World Tour, Oliver Fisher scored a 59 at the 2018 Portugal Masters.
Meanwhile, the lowest score in a men’s major was 62 from Branden Grace at The Open Championship in 2017 but at the PGA Championship at Valhalla this year, both Shane Lowry and Xander Schauffele equalled that score.
In the women’s professional game, Annika Sorenstam posted a 59 in the Standard Register PING tournament on the 2001 LPGA Tour.
Rounds of 59 on PGA Tour
Al Geiberger – 1977 Memphis Classic
Chip Beck – 1991 Las Vegas Invitational
David Duval – 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Paul Goydos – 2010 John Deere Classic
Stuart Appleby – 2010 Greenbrier Classic
Jim Furyk – 2013 BMW Championship
Justin Thomas – 2017 Sony Open
Adam Hadwin – 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge
Brandt Snedeker – 2018 Wyndham Championship
Kevin Chappell – 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier
Scottie Scheffler – 2020 The Northern Trust
Cameron Young – 2024 Travelers Championship
Hayden Springer – 2024 John Deere Classic
The highest score ever in golf
The highest-ever score in professional golf is slightly harder to confirm but is said to have been carded by Mike Reasor in 1974.
He managed to achieve the (unofficially) two worst cards ever in the sport at the Tallahassee Open.
Reasor finished with a score of 123 on Saturday at the tournament before following it up with a 114 on Sunday.
It wasn’t down to the American’s ability though, he was allegedly actually playing with only one arm!
Back in the 70s, players who made the cut and completed all four rounds at a PGA event would qualify for the following tournament and each star would make that their main aim.
Reasor managed to achieve that but after playing his second round, he apparently dislocated his shoulder, fractured two of his ribs and injured his knee ligaments in an accident.
It meant he played with one arm and struggled through the remainder of the event to make sure he completed it to qualify.
So he may hold the record for the highest-ever round in golf history, but he sure has an unbelievable story to go along with it!
