18-Hole Scoring Record in Women's PGA Championship
What is the 18-hole scoring record in the Women's PGA Champion? The record for lowest round in this major is 63, and it is shared by five golfers.
The Women's PGA Championship (formerly known as the LPGA Championship) dates to 1955. The first round of 63 was recorded in 1984. It took another 15 years before the next 63, then 18 more after that for the third. But there have been several 63s in the years since.
List: Lowest 18-Hole Scores, Women's PGA
- 63 — Patty Sheehan, third round, 1984, at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center in Mason, Ohio
- 63 — Meg Mallon, third round, 1999, at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware
- 63 — Kelly Shon, second round, 2017, at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois
- 63 — Sei Young Kim, fourth round, 2020, at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
- 63 — Nelly Korda, second round, 2021, at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia
Neither Mallon nor Shon won the tournaments in which they matched the tournament-record of 63. But both Kim and Korda did.
In fact, Kim's 63 happened in the final round of the 2020 Women's PGA Championship, not just matching the tournament's overall 18-hole scoring record, but breaking its record for best final-round score. Kim held a two-stroke lead going into the final round, and her 63 gave her a five-stroke victory. She also set the Women's PGA 72-hole scoring record in that victory.
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PGA of America. Women's PGA Championship Media Guide, All-Time Records, Low Score for 18 Holes.
United Press International. "Sheehan's 63 smashes record," Trenton (N.J.) Sunday Times, June 3, 1984.
