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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, posted 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-stroke 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 a few inches short and settled for 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)
She said after the round that she had no idea what she had done until she read up her scorecard.
“But after the putt and I talked my score with my caddy,” she said. “Oh my god, it’s 11 under par today. It was so amazing. My caddy says, ‘yep.’ I’m so happy right now.”
If Ryu had 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 broke the record for the lowest round in an LPGA major by one shot. Leona Maguire and Jeungeun Lee6 in 2021 and Hyo Joo Kim in 2014 each shot 61 at the Evian Championship, which was designated an 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 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, on July 11, 2026. (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Ryu hopes her historic third round can help her to a second major win in three weeks.
“It’s a great, great dream,” Ryu said. “So I just want it to come true, but we have one more day.”
