Ryan Fox joins golf's '62 club' at The Open
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- Ryan Fox carded a 62 in the third round at Royal Birkdale, mixing nine birdies with a lone bogey to take the early clubhouse lead and add his name to the men's major '62 club'
- Lucas Herbert matched the lowest round in Open history with an eight-under 62 in round two at Royal Birkdale — the same venue where Branden Grace first broke the barrier in 2017
- Sam Burns matched Herbert with his own round-two 62, holing out from a greenside bunker at the par-four last to cap a three-birdie finish
- The Herbert-Burns-Fox trio marked the first time ever that three players posted a 62 in the same week of a men's major
- Xander Schauffele remains the only male to manage 62 in majors twice (2023 US Open and 2024 PGA Championship), with his nine-under opener at Valhalla equalling the lowest score relative to par in men's major history
- Shane Lowry came within a 12-foot putt of the first 61 in men's majors during his nine-under 62 in round three of the 2024 PGA Championship, two days after Schauffele's record-equaller
Why it matters: Three players matching the lowest men's major round in a single Open week — all at Royal Birkdale, the site of Grace's original 2017 record — points to either softened scoring conditions at the venue or a generation of players more willing to attack pins, with Fox the only one of the trio to drop a shot among 27 combined birdies.
