Herbert matches major record round despite costly late bogey

Lucas Herbert equalled the lowest round in men’s major history after a dramatic finish to his second-round 62 in The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale.

Six days on from Haeran Ryu shooting the lowest round in major history at the Amundi Evian Championship, carding a third-round 60 on her way to major victory, Herbert threatened multiple records in an extraordinary performance.

Herbert birdied four of his opening five holes and added another from 40 feet at the seventh, then picked up a shot at the ninth to reach the turn in 28 and equal the lowest front nine in a men's major.

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The Australian added back-to-back birdies from the 11th and posted his ninth of the day at the par-four 16th, moving him to nine under and leaving him requiring a par-par finish to break the previous men's major record of 62.

Herbert was unable to take advantage of the par-five 17th, missing a 10-foot birdie chance, then squandered the chance for solo history when he missed from inside five feet and bogeyed the final hole.

An eight-under 62 comes nine years after Branden Grace being the first male to post a '62 round' in a men's major at the same venue, during the third round in 2017, with Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele (twice) and Shane Lowry the others to manage it.

Fowler and Schauffele both posted 62s during the opening round of the 2023 US Open, with Schauffele also posting a nine-under 62 in the opening round of the 2024 PGA Championship ahead of Lowry managing it in the third round.

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