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There are good days on the golf course, and then there is what Haeran Ryu just did on Saturday.
Ryu, 25, recorded the lowest round in LPGA Major history on Saturday with an 11-under 60 at the Evian Championship. With the South Korean golfer’s historic round, she has 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 just inches away 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 the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
After the round, he said he had no idea what he had done until he counted his scorecard.
“But after the putt I counted my score with my caddie,” he said. “Oh my God, it’s 11 under par today. It was amazing. My caddie says, ‘Yes’. I’m so happy right now.”
If Ryu had made the eagle putt on the 18th hole, she would have been just 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 the Evian Resort Golf Club on July 11, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Her 60 broke the record for the lowest round in an LPGA major by one stroke. Leona Maguire and Jeungeun Lee6 in 2021, and Hyo Joo Kim in 2014, each shot 61 at the Evian Championship, which was designated the LPGA Major in 2013.
The lowest round in a men’s major is 62, shared by four players: Branden Grace at Royal Birkdale in the 2017 British Open, 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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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, on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Ryu hopes her historic third round win can help her achieve a second major victory in three weeks.
“That’s an amazing, amazing dream,” Ryu said. “So I just want that to come true, but we have one more day.”
