​Two weeks after Haeran Ryu claimed her first major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, she made golf history once again with a stunning performance at the Amundi Evian Championship. The South Korean produced the lowest round ever recorded in a major championship, a sparkling 11-under 60, during the third round. Her bid to become only the second player in LPGA history to shoot a 59 in a major stalled at the final moment when her eagle attempt on the par-5 18th slid just past the hole and stopped dead center, leaving her with a 60 instead of the elusive 59.
Ryu admitted she had no idea what her exact score would be until she counted the scorecard on the 18th green. The expression on her face told the story: astonishment mixed with disbelief. She glanced at her caddie in disbelief, then tallied the numbers again, raising two fingers as if to say, “I was that close to a 59.” “I was shocked,” Ryu said of the moment the total registered.
Entering the final hole at 10 under par, Ryu’s tee shot on the closing par-5 into the trees yielded a fortunate bounce back into the fairway, setting up a 5-iron from 173 yards. She reached the green in two, leaving herself a 30-foot birdie try to cap a monumental round that would redefine her place in major championship history. Her first birdie of the day came at the downhill par-3 second, and she nearly made an ace at the par-3 fifth after brushing the flagstick. She then holed out for eagle at the sixth, with a steady run of birdies following at the seventh, ninth, tenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and seventeenth, before the dramatic finish.
History at Evian already shows a pattern: three 61s have occurred in major championships, and all three have come at Evian. Hyo Joo Kim first posted a 61 in 2014, and in 2021 two players matched the mark—Jeongeun Lee6 during the second round and Leona Maguire in the final round. Ryu’s 11-under performance this weekend now leaves her three shots clear of the field heading into the final round, positioning her as the early leader in Evian’s major-championship narrative.
This developing story is being updated as play continues. The article originated on Golfweek and is being repurposed here to reflect Haeran Ryu’s historic 60 in the Evian Championship, a milestone that adds another chapter to her rapidly rising major résumé.