When it comes to the PGA Tour, their tournaments are usually decided by four rounds of golf, with players doing battle over 72-holes to determine the winner.
Throughout its history, winning scores have varied depending on numerous factors like weather conditions, course set-ups and player form. However, there are certain times when all three of those factors click and some low scores are fired.
There have been many incredible results and currently sitting top of the scoring tree is Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, who carded a colossal 35-under-par at The Sentry in 2025.
Producing eight-under 65s on Thursday and Friday, Matsuyama then carded an 11-under 62 on Saturday, as a third 65 of the tournament on Sunday meant a 35-under total, one shot better than Cameron Smith's 34-under-par score at the same tournament in 2022.
Smith's record stood for three years and, if you were to check out that 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions event, you would notice that three of the lowest scoring records occurred, with Smith finishing 34-under, Jon Rahm at 33-under and Matt Jones at 32-under.
Amazingly, the top five scores on the PGA Tour have come from the 2022 and 2025 tournaments at Kapalua Plantation Course, as Collin Morikawa, who finished three back of Matsuyama, finished 32-under-par, thanks to rounds of 66, 65, 62 and 67.
Prior to the incredible scoring by the quintet, it was four-time Major winner Ernie Els who held the record, with his 31-under tournament total surviving 19 years before being beaten.
Amazingly, Els' score came at the 2003 Mercedes Championship which was played at, and you guessed it, Kapalua Plantation Course, the same course as Matsuyama, Smith, Rahm, Jones and Morikawa..
In fact, the only player to ever break 30-under that wasn't at Kapalua was Dustin Johnson at the Northern Trust, which was played at TPC Boston. What's more, it's worth noting that Kapalua is a par 73, whilst TPC Boston was only a par 71.
One last point to note is that, throughout the history of the PGA Tour, there have been some five round tournaments (90-holes). In those events we have seen lower scores, such as Joe Durant recording 36-under-par at the 2001 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, but it's the standard 72-hole tournaments we are focused on here.
PGA TOUR 72-Hole Scoring Record (Par)
Along with the score to par, there is also the aggregate score, whereby the total of the four rounds is added together.
In this case, both Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg hold the accolade, with both men firing tournament totals of 253 at the 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii and 2023 RSM Classic.
