Illustration photo – American golfer Xander Schauffele in the final round of the Olympic tournament.
Los Angeles – American golfers Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele completed the first round of the US Open in a record 62 shots. They equaled South African Branden Grace's record from the 2017 British Open, where he was the only player in major tournament history to do so.
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Fowler, who birdied ten times, was the first to reach the record target in Los Angeles. Schauffele followed up about fifteen minutes later. They had a five-shot lead over the rest of the field at that moment.
The previous US Open record was a round of 63 shots. In the 123-year history of the tournament, six players have done it: the Americans Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf, Vijay Singh from Fiji and the Englishmen Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood.
