Haeran Ryu records lowest round in LPGA major history at Evian Championship
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There are good days on the golf course, and then there is what Haeran Ryu did on Saturday.
Ryu, 25, recorded the lowest round in LPGA major history with an 11-under 60 at the Evian Championship on Saturday. The South Korean golfer holds a three-stroke lead with his historic round.
Ryu’s outing comes just two weeks after winning her first major at the Women’s PGA Championship. On the 18th hole, Ryu gave up a 30-foot eagle putt inches short and settled for a birdie instead.
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Haeran Ryu of South Korea reacts on the 18th green after the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
He said he had no idea what he was doing until he counted the scorecard after the round.
“But after the shot, I counted my score with my assistant,” he said. “Oh my gosh, 11 under par today. It was so amazing. My caddy says ‘Yes.’ I’m so happy right now.”
If Ryu had holed the eagle on the 18th hole, she would have become the second player in LPGA history to shoot a 59.
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Haeran Ryu of South Korea celebrates birdie on the 15th green during the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Her 60 broke the record for lowest round in an LPGA major by one shot. Leona Maguire and Jeungeun Lee6 in 2021 and Hyo Joo Kim in 2014 shot 61 each in the Evian Championship, which was designated as an LPGA branch in 2013.
The lowest round in the men’s major is 62, which is shared by four players: Branden Grace in the 2017 British Open at Royal Birkdale, Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler in the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, and Schauffele and Shane Lowry in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
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South Korea’s Haeran Ryu and England’s Lottie Woad face off after their rounds on the 18th green during the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Ryu hopes his historic third outing can help propel him to a second big win in three weeks.
“This is an incredible, amazing dream,” Ryu said. “So I just want it to happen, but we have one more day.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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