List of professional golfers who have hit an albatross

This article lists professional golfers who have hit an albatross (also called a double eagle), a score three-under-par on a single hole, in professional play. This can be done with a hole-in-one on a par-4, two shots on a par-5 (most common), or three shots on a par-6.

Major championships

All those listed below occurred during men's major championships.^[1]

Player	Tournament	Course	Date	Round	Hole	Par	Score	Ref
Sarazen, GeneGene Sarazen	Masters Tournament	Augusta National	April 18, 1935	4	15	5	2	[2]
Devlin, BruceBruce Devlin	Masters Tournament	Augusta National	April 6, 1967	1	8	5	2	[2]
Maggert, JeffJeff Maggert	Masters Tournament	Augusta National	April 10, 1994	4	13	5	2	[2]
Oosthuizen, LouisLouis Oosthuizen	Masters Tournament	Augusta National	April 8, 2012	4	2	5	2	[3]
Chen Tze-chungChen Tze-chung	U.S. Open	Oakland Hills	June 13, 1985	1	2	5	2	[2][4]
Micheel, ShaunShaun Micheel	U.S. Open	Pebble Beach	June 20, 2010	4	6	5	2	[5]
Watney, NickNick Watney	U.S. Open	Olympic Club	June 14, 2012	1	17	5	2	[6]
Morris, Young TomYoung Tom Morris	The Open Championship	Prestwick	September 15, 1870	1	1	6	3	[7]
Miller, JohnnyJohnny Miller	The Open Championship	Muirfield	July 9, 1972	2	5	5	2	[2][7]
Rogers, BillBill Rogers	The Open Championship	Royal Birkdale	July 14, 1983	1	17	5	2	[2][7]
Zerman, MannyManny Zerman	The Open Championship	St Andrews	July 21, 2000	2	5	5	2	[7]
Maggert, JeffJeff Maggert	The Open Championship	Royal Lytham	July 19, 2001	1	6	5	2	[2][7]
Owen, GregGreg Owen	The Open Championship	Royal Lytham	July 21, 2001	3	11	5	2	[2][7]
Evans, GaryGary Evans	The Open Championship	Royal Troon	July 15, 2004	1	4	5	2	[7]
Lawrie, PaulPaul Lawrie	The Open Championship	Turnberry, Ailsa	July 19, 2009	4	7	5	2	[8][7]
Kestner, DarrellDarrell Kestner	PGA Championship	Inverness Club	August 12, 1993	1	13	5	2	[2][9]
Johansson, Per-UlrikPer-Ulrik Johansson	PGA Championship	Riviera CC	August 11, 1995	2	11	5	2	[9]
Sindelar, JoeyJoey Sindelar	PGA Championship	Medinah CC	August 19, 2006	3	5	5	2	[9]

World Golf Championships

This is a list of albatrosses scored in World Golf Championships events.

Player	Tournament	Course	Date	Round	Hole	Par	Score	Ref
Els, ErnieErnie Els	WGC-NEC Invitational	Firestone Country Club	August 27, 2000	4	2	5	2	[10]
Harrington, PádraigPádraig Harrington	WGC-HSBC Champions	Sheshan Golf Club	November 6, 2010	3	14	5	2	[11]

The Players Championship

This is a list of albatrosses scored in The Players Championship.

Player	Tournament	Course	Date	Round	Hole	Par	Score	Ref
Mahan, HunterHunter Mahan	The Players Championship	TPC Sawgrass	April 11, 2007	2	11	5	2	[12]
Lonard, PeterPeter Lonard	The Players Championship	TPC Sawgrass	April 12, 2007	3	2	5	2	[12]

BMW PGA Championship

This is a list of albatrosses scored in the BMW PGA Championship.

Player	Tournament	Course	Date	Round	Hole	Par	Score	Ref
Fulke, PierrePierre Fulke	Volvo PGA Championship	Wentworth Club	May 28, 1994	2	12	5	2
Jiménez, Miguel ÁngelMiguel Ángel Jiménez	BMW PGA Championship	Wentworth Club	May 24, 2009	4	4	5	2	[13]
Fleetwood, TommyTommy Fleetwood	BMW PGA Championship	Wentworth Club	May 22, 2015	2	4	5	2

Women's major golf championships

This is a list of albatrosses scored in women's major golf championships.

Player	Tournament	Course	Date	Round	Hole	Par	Score	Ref
Coe-Jones, DawnDawn Coe-Jones	du Maurier Classic	London Hunt Club	August 26, 1993	1	4	5	2	[14]
Gottmo, ÅsaÅsa Gottmo	Women's British Open	Turnberry	August 11, 2002	4	7	5	2	[14]
Stupples, KarenKaren Stupples	Women's British Open	Sunningdale Golf Club	August 1, 2004	4	2	5	2	[14]
Laing, VikkiVikki Laing	Women's British Open	Royal Birkdale Golf Club	July 11, 2014	2	17	5	2	[15]

Sandra Post scored an albatross in the 1978 du Maurier Classic, the year before it became a major. Sophie Gustafson scored an albatross in the 1999 Women’s British Open, two years before it became a major.

Par-4 hole-in-one

This is a list of those hitting a hole-in-one on a par-4 in professional tournament play.

Player	Tournament	Course	Tour	Date	Round	Hole	Ref
Hudson, JohnJohn Hudson	Martini International	Royal Norwich Golf Club		June 11, 1971	2	12	[16]
Nakajima, TsuneyukiTsuneyuki Nakajima	The Crowns	Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course	Japan Golf Tour	May 1, 1998	2	1	[17][18]
Magee, AndrewAndrew Magee	Phoenix Open	TPC of Scottsdale	PGA Tour	January 25, 2001	1	17	[2][19][20][21]
Beck, ChipChip Beck	Omaha Classic	The Champions Club	Nationwide Tour	August 7, 2003	1	9	[2][22]
Johnson, RichardRichard Johnson	Michael Hill New Zealand Open	The Hills	Nationwide Tour	March 15, 2009	4	15	[23][24]
Gangjee, RahilRahil Gangjee	Mylan Classic	South Pointe Golf Club	Nationwide Tour	September 4, 2011	4	15	[25][26]
Colomo, JavierJavier Colomo	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Heritage Golf Club	European Tour Sunshine Tour Asian Tour	May 8, 2015	2	9	[27]
Jang, Ha NaHa Na Jang	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Ocean Club	LPGA Tour	January 30, 2016	3	8	[28]
Lee, MinjeeMinjee Lee	Kia Classic	Aviara Golf Club	LPGA Tour	March 26, 2016	3	16	[29]

Others

• Daniel Berger in the third round of the 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational, hole 6 (first time in tournament history)
• Bart Bryant in the second round of the 2015 Allianz Championship, hole 18.
• Lynn Adams at the 1991 LPGA Corning Classic^[30]
• Jody Anschutz at the 1993 LPGA Corning Classic^[30]
• Joakim Bäckström in the 2005 Linde German Masters and the 2008 Russian Open^[31]
• Gary Boyd 4th round, at the Italian Open 2012, Royal Park I Roveri, Turin
• Josh Bramlett in the third round of 2012 Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• Billy Casper at the Swiss Open in 1971, hole 14

• Alex Cejka at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2011, 1st round, hole 1

• Dawn Coe-Jones^[2]
• Rod Curl^[2]
• John Daly^[2]
• Clemens Dvorak in the first round of the 2015 ACP Masters.^[32]
• Rafael Echenique^[2]
• Jim Gallagher, Jr.^[2]
• Rhein Gibson in the fourth round of the 2016 Barracuda Championship, hole 18 (his final hole of the tournament)
• Bob Gilder^[2]
• Fabián Gómez^[33]
• Jason Gore in the third round of the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open, hole 18 (his ninth hole of the day)
• Morgan Hoffmann in the first round of the 2016 Safeway Open, hole 18 (his ninth hole of the day)
• Christa Johnson
• Zach Johnson in the fourth round of the 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational, hole 16 (second one in same tournament)
• Bobby Jones
• Betsy King
• Nancy Lopez at the 1996 LPGA Corning Classic^[30]
• Steve Lowery^[34]
• Joost Luiten at the 2014 Volvo Golf Champions (round 2, hole 10, par 5)^[35]
• Graeme McDowell
• Bob Murphy^[2]
• Jack Nicklaus^[2]
• Lorena Ochoa^[2]
• Jeff Overton
• Steve Pate
• Sandra Post
• Dana Quigley^[2]
• Lloyd Saltman at the 2012 Nordea Masters
• Adam Scott at the 2011 Australian Open^[36]
• Patty Sheehan
• Marilynn Smith^[2]
• Craig Stadler
• Sherri Turner^[2]
• Momoko Ueda at the 2007 Mizuno Classic^[37]
• Donna White
• Mickey Wright
• Camilo Villegas at the 2009 Chevron World Challenge^[38]

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