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There are good days on the golf course, and then there’s what Haeran Ryu just did on Saturday.
Ryu, 25, recorded the lowest round in LPGA major history on Saturday with a score of 11-under 60 at the Evian Championship. With the South Korean golfer’s historic run, she holds a three-shot lead.
Ryu’s round comes just two weeks after winning her first major at the Women’s PGA Championship. On the 18th hole, Ryu left a 30-foot eagle putt inches short and settled for birdie.
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Haeran Ryu of South Korea reacts on the 18th green after the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
She said after the round that she had no idea what she had done until she counted her score.
“But after the putt, I counted my score with my caddy,” she said. “Oh my God, it’s 11 under par today. It was so amazing. My caddy goes, ‘Yeah.’ I’m so happy right now.”
Had Ryu made the eagle putt on the 18th hole, she would have been only the second player to shoot a 59 in LPGA history.
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Haeran Ryu of South Korea celebrates a birdie on the 15th green during the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 11, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Her 60 instantly broke the record for the lowest round in an LPGA major. Leona Maguire and Jeungeun Lee6 in 2021, and Hyo Joo Kim in 2014, each shot 61 points at the Evian Championship, designated as an LPGA major in 2013.
The lowest round in a men’s major is 62, shared by four players: Branden Grace at Royal Birkdale at the 2017 British Open, Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler at the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club, and Schauffele and Shane Lowry at the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
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Haeran Ryu of South Korea and Lottie Woad of England interact after their round on the 18th green during the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Ryu hopes his historic third round can help him secure a second major victory in three weeks.
“It’s an incredible, incredible dream,” Ryu said. “So I just want to make it happen, but we have one more day.”
