The *other* PGA Tour event this week just broke a scoring record (2024)

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Xander Schauffele's dominant first-round nine-under 62 at Valhalla Golf Club put him in the PGA Championship's history books. The scorching performance is the lowest round ever in a PGA Championship, beating the previous record of 63, which was shot 18 prior times.

The lowest score ever for a major championship over 72 holes is -21 after Xander Schauffele won his first major at the 2024 PGA Championship.

That would mean hitting 18 perfect tee shots and 18 perfect second shots and landing in the cup in no more than one or two putts. But no one is ever going to birdie 18 holes. In the perfect game you reach the green in the fewest possible number of strokes and hole your first putt.

Nicknamed "The King", Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Arnold Palmer.

The following is a list of golfers who have been top of the Official World Golf Ranking (originally known as the Sony Ranking), since the rankings started on April 6, 1986. As of July 7, 2024, Scottie Scheffler is the number one ranked golfer. Tiger Woods, the record holder of most weeks spent as world No. 1.

He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 consecutive weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 consecutive weeks). During this time, he won 13 of golf's major championships. The next decade of Woods's career was marked by comebacks from personal problems and injuries.

Lowest actual scoring average

Tiger Woods' actual scoring average of 68.17 in 2000 was the lowest in PGA TOUR history, exceeding the 68.33 average by Byron Nelson in 1945.

The data from the USGA reveals that the average score for recreational golfers on a par 72 course is approximately 91. This means that around 50% of golfers typically break 100. Its benchmark signifies progress and improvement in one's golf game. However, it's essential to understand the context of this statistic.

Has anyone ever scored 18 in golf? ›

Has anyone scored 18 in a golf tournament? Of course not. By far the closest, though, was achieved by preternatural golf savant Kim Jong-Il. Incredibly, the very first time he ever played the game he carded a 38-under-par 34 on the 7700 yard Par 72 Pyongyang Golf Course!

Firstly, the 773-yard par-5 13th - which is the longest hole in PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament play - is apparently almost impossible to reach in two. With the fifth-longest golf hole in the world measuring out at 783 yards, TPC Colorado's monster should be comfortably inside the top-10.

Xander Schauffele emerged as the winner of the major — the first of his career — but also made a bit of history in doing so. He shot a whopping 21 under over the 72-hole event to set a new record for the lowest score at a golf major.

Are there par 6 golf holes? Several golf courses around the world will have par 6 golf holes. These golf holes are incredibly long and require an additional shot to make it to the green. This is what creates a par 6 and increases the difficulty of the hole.