Annika Sorenstam topples Tiger Woods' golf record!
A total of seven players have carded a 60 on the LPGA but Annika Sorenstam's 59 in 2001 remains the lone sub-60 round in tour history.
Annika Sorenstam got stuck in traffic on her way to the golf course the day she shot 59. She rushed her warmup and teed off on the back nine with sister Charlotta and Meg Mallon in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register Ping in Phoenix. No one expected history to be made that day, though Sorenstam did recently note on social media that she'd told a reporter in the parking lot the day prior that she was going to shoot 54 one day.
“As pure and perfect as you can get,” Mallon once said of Sorenstam’s 13-birdie delight. Mallon’s 1 under that day at Moon Valley Country Club felt like an 80, she admitted. On the 25 th anniversary of Sorenstam’s barrier-breaking achievement, it’s somewhat astounding that it hasn’t happened since on the LPGA.
Two years after Sorenstam shot 59, Mallon posted the LPGA's first 60. There have been a total of seven 60s in LPGA history. For reference, there have been 15 sub-60 rounds on the PGA Tour, with Jim Furyk carding both a 59 and 58.
As time marches on, there’s much about the day that Sorenstam can’t recall. The zone can be a forgetful place. Sorenstam told Golfweek at the 20 th anniversary mark that she remembers asking caddie Terry McNamara early in the round how many birdies he’d seen in a row.