{"id":944281,"date":"2026-07-18T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/944281\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:24:23","slug":"ryan-fox-matches-major-championship-record-with-a-62-in-the-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/944281\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fox matches major championship record with a 62 in the British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 Ryan Fox added his name Saturday to the growing list of players who share the major championship scoring record<\/a> when he became the third player this week<\/a> with a record-tying 62 in the British Open at Royal Birkdale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox started early with barely a trace of wind, and he took advantage. The New Zealander made five birdies on the front nine, and birdied two of his last three holes for a 62 on the par-70 Birkdale links. Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns each had 62 some 20 minutes apart on Friday.<\/p>\n

More than his name in the record book, Fox now has a shot at his first major.<\/p>\n

With stronger wind in the afternoon and tough pin positions, he wound up two shots behind Burns (65) going into the final round<\/a>. Herbert, who had a 36-hole lead<\/a>, shot 71 and was three shots behind. Xander Schauffele at the 2024 PGA Championship<\/a> is the only player with a 62 in a major who went on to win.<\/p>\n

There now have been eight rounds of 62 in major championship history, half of them at Royal Birkdale. Branden Grace was the first to set the record with a 62 at Royal Birkdale in 2017.<\/p>\n

Fox was in a pot bunker off the fairway on the 18th and still managed to find the green, leaving a birdie putt of nearly 50 feet for a 61. He left it short by about 5 feet and holed the par putt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got to 6 under through 14 I thought, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve got a chance.\u2019 I would have liked to give myself a birdie chance at the last, but happy to make par,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n

He played alongside Schauffele, the only player with 62 twice in a major. Schauffele and Rickie Fowler each shot 62 in the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club \u2014 like Herbert and Burns, they were playing two groups apart \u2014 and Schauffele and Shane Lowry each shot 62 in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.<\/p>\n

Haeran Ryu set the record in women\u2019s majors last week<\/a> with a 60 in the final round of the Evian Championship, which has yielded all the top scores in LPGA majors since it was designated one 13 years ago.<\/p>\n

The links have rarely been this brown and fast, but it\u2019s the wind \u2014 or lack of it \u2014 that has allowed for such low scoring this week.<\/p>\n

Fox, one of the strongest players in golf with his rugby heritage, leaned on his driver for much of the round and set up good scoring chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game plan was to be aggressive,\u201d Fox said. \u201cI was aggressive on a lot of good wedge shots. Pretty happy with 62 at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

All but one of his nine birdies \u2014 Fox made his lone bogey on the 13th with a drive into a pot bunker \u2014 came from about 10 feet or closer. His drive on the 321-yard fifth hole was about 30 feet from the hole, and his most important shot was a wedge from the rough on the par-5 17th that rolled out to about 4 feet.<\/p>\n

Herbert also had a bogey on his card during his 62 on Friday.<\/p>\n

There have been weeks of soft conditions or little wind \u2014 two elements that lead to low scores \u2014 at previous majors. Seven major courses \u2014 three of them links courses \u2014 have yielded two rounds of 63 or lower in the same championship.<\/p>\n

Royal Birkdale is the first to give up three of them \u2014 with half of the field Saturday and the final round still to come.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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