{"id":602437,"date":"2026-02-20T02:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/602437\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:43:47","slug":"ranking-the-15-best-rounds-of-golf-ever-played-on-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/602437\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking The 15 Best Rounds Of Golf Ever Played On PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jim-furyk-59-bmw-championship-2013.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Furyk after a PGA Tour best 59 at the BMW Championship in 2013\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696243\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Stan Badz\/PGA TOUR<\/p>\n<p>Every so often a <strong>PGA Tour<\/strong> pro wakes up and simply cannot miss the center of the club face. Putts track to the cup like a heat-seeking missile. And on those rare occasions, their true strokes gained against the field are incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we see the 15 best rounds of golf ever played on the PGA Tour ranked by True SG. These aren\u2019t the raw \u2018lowest\u2019 scores in PGA Tour history, they\u2019re the best rounds ever when compared to the competition. The guys who truly went out and blew away the field.<\/p>\n<p>I should mention there have been incredible rounds of competitive golf that weren\u2019t on the PGA Tour like Ryo Ishikawa\u2019s 58 (+11.91 SG) on the Japan Golf Tour or Joaquin Niemann\u2019s 59 at LIV Golf Mayakoba (+11.51 SG). But these scores are strictly the best single rounds from the PGA Tour. Interestingly, 15 golfers have broken 60 on the PGA Tour but only 4 of those rounds made it into the best single rounds of all-time based on Strokes Gained.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking The 15 Best Rounds Of Golf Ever Played On The PGA Tour<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tiger-woods-pebble-beach-gc.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach Golf Links\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23969717\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour has seen tens of thousands of scores logged throughout the years and very few come close to the greatness we see here. These are the 15 greatest single rounds in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>To determine these rankings we simply turned to the True SG (Strokes Gained) rating. That adjusts not just for a player\u2019s performance against the field that week but it also adjusts for their performance against the PGA Tour average over the course of the season.<\/p>\n<p>For context, J.J. Spaun was +4.36 SG over the field for the entire U.S. Open. Jim Furyk has more than doubled that on two separate occasions in a single round! Without further ado, these are the 15 best single rounds in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>15. Jim Furyk, 2016 Travelers Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jim-Furyk-Ryder-Cup.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Furyk at the Ryder Cup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23793542\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 2016 Travelers Championship, Jim Furyk made history with the first 12-under \u201958\u2019 in PGA Tour history. Furyk\u2019s 58 was an astounding +10.90 strokes gained on the field.<\/p>\n<p>His round started with a par followed by birdie-eagle-birdie-par-birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie for a front-9 score of 27. Jim would stay hot on the back with 4 more birdies, including the first three holes on the back-9 which gave him 7 birdies in a row during that round. Unreal.<\/p>\n<p>Furyk would finish t5th for the tournament at -11 despite shooting -12 in the final round.<\/p>\n<p>14. Cameron Tringale, 2022 Genesis Scottish Open<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cameron-tringale-2022-scottish-open.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Tringale in 2022 on the PGA Tour\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696215\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Michael Madrid-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Tringale was unstoppable in the first round of the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open. He fired off a 1st round score of 61 (-9) with 3 birdies on the front and 6 on the back. Tringale\u2019s +10.90 adjusted SG for that 61 makes it the 14th best round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, winning wasn\u2019t in the cards for him that week. He shot a 72 (+2) in the 2nd round, 74 (+4) in the 3rd round, and finished Sunday with an even par 70 to end in a tie for 6th place.<\/p>\n<p>13. Bryson DeChambeau, 2021 BMW Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bryson-dechambeau-us-open-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau at 2020 US Open\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23690062\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Kelvin Kuo-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd round of the 2021 BMW Championship, a week ahead of the TOUR Championship, Bryson DeChambeau put together the best round of competitive golf of his PGA Tour or LIV Golf career. He fired a -12 score of 60 at the Caves Valley Golf Club which was good for +10.91 SG on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson would eventually lose the tournament to Patrick Cantlay that week in a 6-hole playoff despite Bryson finishing at -27. During his round of 60, Bryson had an eagle on the front and back with 8 other birdies for a combined 29-31 score. 29 on the front!<\/p>\n<p>12. Gary Player, 1984 PGA Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gary-player-1984-pga-championship.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Player at the 1984 PGA Championship\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696219\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Jeff McBride\/PGA of America<\/p>\n<p>At the 1984 PGA Championship held at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama, Gary Player captured lightning in a bottle in the 2nd round and shot a 63 which was good for +10.91 SG (True) on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Gary got off to a slow start with a +2 74 on Thursday but came roaring back with the 63 to be tied for the lead going into the weekend. He would eventually finish tied for 2nd place and 4 strokes behind winner Lee Trevino who shot under 70 for every round of the 1984 PGA.<\/p>\n<p>11. Nick Taylor, 2024 WM Phoenix Open<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nick-taylor-2024-wm-phoenix-open.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Taylor at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696221\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Rob Schumacher\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>The most recent round in the top 15 single best rounds in PGA Tour history is the 1st round 60 from Canadian Nick Taylor at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open which was good for +10.91 SG on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Nick went 31-29 for 1st round 60 with 5 birdies on the front and a blistering 6 birdies on the back. Managing to shoot 60 with no eagles has to feel like a cheat code. He would then go wire-to-wire and beat Charley Hoffman in 2-hole playoff on Sunday after Nick Taylor birdied 18 twice in a row. Truly a masterclass.<\/p>\n<p>10. Tiger Woods, 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tiger-woods-bridgestone-invitational.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Woods at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696223\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/tiger-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tiger Woods<\/a> ran away with the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after a second round score of 61 which was good for +10.92 SG (true), making it the 10th single best round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>In true Tiger Woods fashion, once he got the lead he held onto it, firing off rounds of 66-61-68-70 to beat the field by a whopping 7 strokes at Firestone.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods has had many memorable rounds throughout his career, more than I could begin to call out or mention here, but this one was statistically his best round on the PGA Tour as a professional.<\/p>\n<p>9. George Burns, 1983 Kemper Open, 1st round<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/golfer-george-burns.jpg\" alt=\"Golfer George Burns\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696224\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Bettmann<\/p>\n<p>George Burns holds the oldest round in the top 15 on this list of the best single rounds in PGA Tour. It came in the 1st round at the 1983 Kemper Open when Burns fired off a 64 which was a whopping +10.93 SG on the field that week. Just incredible golf!<\/p>\n<p>8. Rory McIlroy, 2010 Quail Hollow Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rory-mcilroy-2010.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy in 2010\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696229\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship aka Wells Fargo Championship, Rory McIlroy went beast mode in the final round and shot a blistering 62 which was good for +10.95 SG (true) on the field and it sealed the win for Rory.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy had 4 birdies on the front and 4 on the back along with an eagle on the 15th hole. The 62 would put him a comfortable 4 strokes in front of Phil Mickelson who finished in solo second place that week.<\/p>\n<p>7. David Duval, 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/david-duval-1999.jpg\" alt=\"golfer David Duval in 1999\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696230\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Matthew Emmons-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a tournament that uniquely featured 5 rounds of golf instead of the usual 4, David Duval had a 5th round score of 59 at the Palmer Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California, his lowest round throughout his competitive golf career. That round was a whopping +11.03 SG on the field and it is still in the books as the 7th best single round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/slideshows\/article\/lowest-pga-tour-rounds-under-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 15 Golfers Who\u2019ve Broken 60 In A PGA Tour Tournament (And Where They Ended Up Finishing)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Ken Duke, 2016 The Players Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ken-duke-2016-players-championship.jpg\" alt=\"golfer Ken Duke at the 2016 Players Championship\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696233\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Jason Getz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Ken Duke finished in a 4-way tie for 3rd place in 2013 at The Players Championship. His 3rd round score of 65\u2026yes, you read that right, 65, put him on Page 1 of the leader board.<\/p>\n<p>You must be thinking \u2018how could a 65 be the 6th best round in PGA Tour history?\u2019 Well, it was good for +11.18 SG (true) after they \u2018lost the course\u2019 and scoring was incredibly difficult on Saturday. There were only 3 scores in round 3 under 70. Ken Duke\u2019s 65, Hideki Matsuyama\u2019s 67, and Graeme McDowell\u2019s 69. Everyone else got beat up by TPC Sawgrass that day while Ken Duke crushed it.<\/p>\n<p>5. Scottie Scheffler, 2020 The Northern Trust<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scottie-scheffler-2020-northern-trust.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler at the 2020 Northern Trust\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696207\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Mark Konezny-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to remember but back in 2020 the <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/scottie-scheffler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a> we know now had yet to emerge on the PGA Tour as the most dominant World #1 golfer since Tiger Woods. But there were signs!<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd round of the 2020 The Northern Trust, Scottie Scheffler fired off a 59 for +11.20 SG (true) on the field making it the 5th best single round in PGA Tour history. Scottie would finish t4th that week after going 70-59-67-71 and with the magic he had on the course that day, and in the years since, it is hard to imagine a world where Scheffler doesn\u2019t put together another round in his career to get on this list again.<\/p>\n<p>4. Jose Maria Olazabal, 1990 NEC World Series of Golf<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jose-maria-olazabal.jpg\" alt=\"golfer Jose Maria Olazabal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696236\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 The Augusta Chronicle-USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>At the 1990 NEC World Series of Golf held at Firestone Golf Club, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal was simply in a field of his own. He had no competition that week.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal shot a 1st round score of 61 which was +11.22 SG (true) and he would stay strong to win the tournament by a whopping 12 strokes, by far the largest margin of victory in the history of that tournament. The second largest margin of victory at the NEC World Series of Golf was 5 strokes in 1977 and in 1993. <\/p>\n<p>3. John Huston, 1996 Memorial Tournament<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/golfer-john-huston.jpg\" alt=\"pro golfer John Huston\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696238\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Rob Schumacher-Arizona Republic<\/p>\n<p>At the Muirfield Village Golf Club during the 1996 Memorial Tournament, John Huston set the course on fire in the second round with an 11-under par 61 for +11.66 true SG on the field. Remember when I said J.J. Spaun\u2019s entire 2025 U.S. Open was just +4.36 SG?! John Huston had +11.66 true SG in one single round.<\/p>\n<p>After the round, John Huston would tell reporters \u201cI was in a zone. It\u2019s kind of like playing with the banks money in Vegas. You just don\u2019t feel like you can lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. J.B. Holmes, 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jb-holmes-2015-wgc-championship.jpg\" alt=\"J.B. Holmes in 2015\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23696240\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Jason Getz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Johnson won the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship but it was J.B. Holmes who stole the show with his first round 62 which, with +12.02 adjusted SG, is the 2nd best single round of golf in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes was *this close* from going wire to wire but he lost by 1 to DJ with a 75 (+3) on Sunday. His tournament could not have started any better, though. J.B. Holmes came out birdie-birdie-eagle to be 4-under through 3 holes. He\u2019d add 2 more birdies on his first 9 (-6) and then 4 more on the back for a -10 score of 62.<\/p>\n<p>1. Jim Furyk, 2013 BMW PGA Championship<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jimy-Furyk-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Furyk\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23672937\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>On September 13, 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/jim-furyk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jim Furyk<\/a> made PGA Tour history by firing the lowest score in the history of the tour. Furyk must\u2019ve woke up feeling dangerous that day and he went out to fire off a 12-under round of 59. In terms of strokes gained on the field, that round has a +12.09 raw rating and +13.09 once adjusted to account for all \u201caverage performance in PGA Tour events in a given season\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/datagolf.com\/stats\/sg-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DataGolf<\/a>, the database where these SG ratings were pulled form.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Furyk had 6 birdies and 1 eagle\u2026 on the front-9. He stayed hot and had 5 birdies and one bogey on the back-9. It is, quite possibly, the best golf the Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest outside of Chicago will ever see.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/slideshows\/article\/lowest-pga-tour-rounds-under-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 15 Golfers Who\u2019ve Broken 60 In A PGA Tour Tournament (And Where They Ended Up Finishing)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jim-furyk-59-bmw-championship-2013.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Jim Furyk after a PGA Tour best 59 at the BMW Championship in 2013\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Stan Badz\/PGA TOUR<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour has seen tens of thousands of scores logged throughout the years and very few come close to the greatness we see here. These are the 15 greatest single rounds in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>To determine these rankings we simply turned to the True SG (Strokes Gained) rating. That adjusts not just for a player\u2019s performance against the field that week but it also adjusts for their performance against the PGA Tour average over the course of the season.<\/p>\n<p>For context, J.J. Spaun was +4.36 SG over the field for the entire U.S. Open. Jim Furyk has more than doubled that on two separate occasions in a single round! Without further ado, these are the 15 best single rounds in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>15. Jim Furyk, 2016 Travelers Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jim-furyk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Jim Furyk\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 2016 Travelers Championship, Jim Furyk made history with the first 12-under \u201958\u2019 in PGA Tour history. Furyk\u2019s 58 was an astounding +10.90 strokes gained on the field.<\/p>\n<p>His round started with a par followed by birdie-eagle-birdie-par-birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie for a front-9 score of 27. Jim would stay hot on the back with 4 more birdies, including the first three holes on the back-9 which gave him 7 birdies in a row during that round. Unreal.<\/p>\n<p>Furyk would finish t5th for the tournament at -11 despite shooting -12 in the final round.<\/p>\n<p>14. Cameron Tringale, 2022 Genesis Scottish Open<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cameron-tringale-2022-scottish-open.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Cameron Tringale in 2022 on the PGA Tour\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Michael Madrid-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Tringale was unstoppable in the first round of the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open. He fired off a 1st round score of 61 (-9) with 3 birdies on the front and 6 on the back. Tringale\u2019s +10.90 adjusted SG for that 61 makes it the 14th best round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, winning wasn\u2019t in the cards for him that week. He shot a 72 (+2) in the 2nd round, 74 (+4) in the 3rd round, and finished Sunday with an even par 70 to end in a tie for 6th place.<\/p>\n<p>13. Bryson DeChambeau, 2021 BMW Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bryson-dechambeau-us-open-2020.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau at 2020 US Open\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Kelvin Kuo-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd round of the 2021 BMW Championship, a week ahead of the TOUR Championship, Bryson DeChambeau put together the best round of competitive golf of his PGA Tour or LIV Golf career. He fired a -12 score of 60 at the Caves Valley Golf Club which was good for +10.91 SG on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson would eventually lose the tournament to Patrick Cantlay that week in a 6-hole playoff despite Bryson finishing at -27. During his round of 60, Bryson had an eagle on the front and back with 8 other birdies for a combined 29-31 score. 29 on the front!<\/p>\n<p>12. Gary Player, 1984 PGA Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gary-player-1984-pga-championship.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Gary Player at the 1984 PGA Championship\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Jeff McBride\/PGA of America<\/p>\n<p>At the 1984 PGA Championship held at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama, Gary Player captured lightning in a bottle in the 2nd round and shot a 63 which was good for +10.91 SG (True) on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Gary got off to a slow start with a +2 74 on Thursday but came roaring back with the 63 to be tied for the lead going into the weekend. He would eventually finish tied for 2nd place and 4 strokes behind winner Lee Trevino who shot under 70 for every round of the 1984 PGA.<\/p>\n<p>11. Nick Taylor, 2024 WM Phoenix Open<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nick-taylor-2024-wm-phoenix-open.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Nick Taylor at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Rob Schumacher\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>The most recent round in the top 15 single best rounds in PGA Tour history is the 1st round 60 from Canadian Nick Taylor at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open which was good for +10.91 SG on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Nick went 31-29 for 1st round 60 with 5 birdies on the front and a blistering 6 birdies on the back. Managing to shoot 60 with no eagles has to feel like a cheat code. He would then go wire-to-wire and beat Charley Hoffman in 2-hole playoff on Sunday after Nick Taylor birdied 18 twice in a row. Truly a masterclass.<\/p>\n<p>10. Tiger Woods, 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tiger-woods-bridgestone-invitational.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Tiger Woods at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods ran away with the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after a second round score of 61 which was good for +10.92 SG (true), making it the 10th single best round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>In true Tiger Woods fashion, once he got the lead he held onto it, firing off rounds of 66-61-68-70 to beat the field by a whopping 7 strokes at Firestone.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods has had many memorable rounds throughout his career, more than I could begin to call out or mention here, but this one was statistically his best round on the PGA Tour as a professional.<\/p>\n<p>9. George Burns, 1983 Kemper Open, 1st round<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/golfer-george-burns.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Golfer George Burns\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ Bettmann<\/p>\n<p>George Burns holds the oldest round in the top 15 on this list of the best single rounds in PGA Tour. It came in the 1st round at the 1983 Kemper Open when Burns fired off a 64 which was a whopping +10.93 SG on the field that week. Just incredible golf!<\/p>\n<p>8. Rory McIlroy, 2010 Quail Hollow Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rory-mcilroy-2010.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy in 2010\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Allan Henry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship aka Wells Fargo Championship, Rory McIlroy went beast mode in the final round and shot a blistering 62 which was good for +10.95 SG (true) on the field and it sealed the win for Rory.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy had 4 birdies on the front and 4 on the back along with an eagle on the 15th hole. The 62 would put him a comfortable 4 strokes in front of Phil Mickelson who finished in solo second place that week.<\/p>\n<p>7. David Duval, 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/david-duval-1999.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"golfer David Duval in 1999\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Matthew Emmons-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>At the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a tournament that uniquely featured 5 rounds of golf instead of the usual 4, David Duval had a 5th round score of 59 at the Palmer Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California, his lowest round throughout his competitive golf career. That round was a whopping +11.03 SG on the field and it is still in the books as the 7th best single round in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/slideshows\/article\/lowest-pga-tour-rounds-under-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 15 Golfers Who\u2019ve Broken 60 In A PGA Tour Tournament (And Where They Ended Up Finishing)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Ken Duke, 2016 The Players Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ken-duke-2016-players-championship.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"golfer Ken Duke at the 2016 Players Championship\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Jason Getz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Ken Duke finished in a 4-way tie for 3rd place in 2013 at The Players Championship. His 3rd round score of 65\u2026yes, you read that right, 65, put him on Page 1 of the leader board.<\/p>\n<p>You must be thinking \u2018how could a 65 be the 6th best round in PGA Tour history?\u2019 Well, it was good for +11.18 SG (true) after they \u2018lost the course\u2019 and scoring was incredibly difficult on Saturday. There were only 3 scores in round 3 under 70. Ken Duke\u2019s 65, Hideki Matsuyama\u2019s 67, and Graeme McDowell\u2019s 69. Everyone else got beat up by TPC Sawgrass that day while Ken Duke crushed it.<\/p>\n<p>5. Scottie Scheffler, 2020 The Northern Trust<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scottie-scheffler-2020-northern-trust.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler at the 2020 Northern Trust\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Mark Konezny-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to remember but back in 2020 the Scottie Scheffler we know now had yet to emerge on the PGA Tour as the most dominant World #1 golfer since Tiger Woods. But there were signs!<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd round of the 2020 The Northern Trust, Scottie Scheffler fired off a 59 for +11.20 SG (true) on the field making it the 5th best single round in PGA Tour history. Scottie would finish t4th that week after going 70-59-67-71 and with the magic he had on the course that day, and in the years since, it is hard to imagine a world where Scheffler doesn\u2019t put together another round in his career to get on this list again.<\/p>\n<p>4. Jose Maria Olazabal, 1990 NEC World Series of Golf<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jose-maria-olazabal.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"golfer Jose Maria Olazabal\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 The Augusta Chronicle-USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>At the 1990 NEC World Series of Golf held at Firestone Golf Club, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal was simply in a field of his own. He had no competition that week.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal shot a 1st round score of 61 which was +11.22 SG (true) and he would stay strong to win the tournament by a whopping 12 strokes, by far the largest margin of victory in the history of that tournament. The second largest margin of victory at the NEC World Series of Golf was 5 strokes in 1977 and in 1993. <\/p>\n<p>3. John Huston, 1996 Memorial Tournament<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/golfer-john-huston.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"pro golfer John Huston\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Rob Schumacher-Arizona Republic<\/p>\n<p>At the Muirfield Village Golf Club during the 1996 Memorial Tournament, John Huston set the course on fire in the second round with an 11-under par 61 for +11.66 true SG on the field. Remember when I said J.J. Spaun\u2019s entire 2025 U.S. Open was just +4.36 SG?! John Huston had +11.66 true SG in one single round.<\/p>\n<p>After the round, John Huston would tell reporters \u201cI was in a zone. It\u2019s kind of like playing with the banks money in Vegas. You just don\u2019t feel like you can lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. J.B. Holmes, 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jb-holmes-2015-wgc-championship.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"J.B. Holmes in 2015\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Jason Getz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Johnson won the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship but it was J.B. Holmes who stole the show with his first round 62 which, with +12.02 adjusted SG, is the 2nd best single round of golf in PGA Tour history.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes was *this close* from going wire to wire but he lost by 1 to DJ with a 75 (+3) on Sunday. His tournament could not have started any better, though. J.B. Holmes came out birdie-birdie-eagle to be 4-under through 3 holes. He\u2019d add 2 more birdies on his first 9 (-6) and then 4 more on the back for a -10 score of 62.<\/p>\n<p>1. Jim Furyk, 2013 BMW PGA Championship<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jimy-Furyk-1.jpg?w=728\" class=\"attachment-728x9999 size-728x9999\" alt=\"Jim Furyk\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>On September 13, 2013, Jim Furyk made PGA Tour history by firing the lowest score in the history of the tour. Furyk must\u2019ve woke up feeling dangerous that day and he went out to fire off a 12-under round of 59. In terms of strokes gained on the field, that round has a +12.09 raw rating and +13.09 once adjusted to account for all \u201caverage performance in PGA Tour events in a given season\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/datagolf.com\/stats\/sg-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DataGolf<\/a>, the database where these SG ratings were pulled form.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Furyk had 6 birdies and 1 eagle\u2026 on the front-9. He stayed hot and had 5 birdies and one bogey on the back-9. It is, quite possibly, the best golf the Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest outside of Chicago will ever see.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/slideshows\/article\/lowest-pga-tour-rounds-under-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 15 Golfers Who\u2019ve Broken 60 In A PGA Tour Tournament (And Where They Ended Up Finishing)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Image \/ Stan Badz\/PGA TOUR Every so often a PGA Tour pro wakes up and simply cannot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":602438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[31705,1322,1430,29111,1456,12437,1505,124011,62,10130,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-602437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-slideshow","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-jim-furyk","12":"tag-pga-tour","13":"tag-rankings","14":"tag-scottie-scheffler","15":"tag-slideshows","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tiger-woods","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116100662997374786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}