Challenge Tour's Alejandro Del Rey Posts 14-Under-Par 58

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An unbylined EuropeanTour.com story has all the details on a historic round given the Tour in question and the score in relation to par by Alejandro Del Rey. Playing in the Swiss Challenge he made eight birdies and three eagles for the 58.

Del Rey joins an exclusive club of golfers who have carded rounds of 58 on major tours adding his name to the list alongside Jim Furyk (PGA TOUR, 2016), Stephan Jäger (Korn Ferry Tour, 2016), Ryo Ishikawa (Japan Golf Tour, 2010) and Kim Seong-hyeon (Japan Golf Tour, 2021) – all of their rounds were 12 under par on par 70 golf courses.

In the European Challenge Tour’s 32-year history just two rounds of 59 had been carded, with Adrien Mörk and Nicolò Ravano reaching the magic number in 2006 and 2016 respectively, while on the European Tour, a score of 59 has been achieved just once – by Oliver Fisher in 2018 at the Portugal Masters.

He closed with an eagle at the 9th: