What is the lowest round in men's major history? Record scores and players to have joined golf's exclusive '62 club'
A look at every player to have carded a '62 round' in a men's major; Branden Grace was the first to manage it at The Open, while Xander Schauffele (2023 US Open and 2024 PGA Championship) is the only male to manage it twice
Friday 17 July 2026 16:35, UK
Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns equalled history with their second round at The 154th Open, becoming the latest players to join an exclusive club with a '62 round' in men's major golf.
Herbert matched the lowest round in Open history with an eight-under 62 at Royal Birkdale, eight years on from Branden Grace becoming the first to manage it - at the same venue - during the third round of the 2017 contest.
The Australian threatened to post an even lower total when he was nine under with two holes to play, including a par-five reachable in two, but carded a par-bogey finish to register only the sixth 62 in men's majors.
- Recap: How Herbert, Burns made history in same day
- The Open: Latest news, reports and highlights
- Get Sky Sports or stream golf with no contract
Herbert's 62 was matched by Burns during an extraordinary day, with the American holing out from the greenside bunker at the par-four last to close a three-birdie finish to his second-round 62.
Burns and Herbert's efforts came six days after Haeran Ryu smashed the major record with a third-round 60 during her victory at the Amundi Evian Championship.
Xander Schauffele has twice posted a '62 round' in a major, matching Rickie Fowler's effort during the first round of the 2023 US Open and adding another on the first day of his PGA Championship win the following year. Shane Lowry also carded a 62 during the third round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Here's a closer look at every '62 round' in men's major history so far…
Branden Grace, The Open, 2017 (R3)
There had previously been 31 rounds of 63 in men's major championship history, but South African Grace became the first male to go lower after carding eight birdies in a bogey-free round at Royal Birkdale.
He posted five birdies in a front-nine 29 and followed another at the 14th with back-to-back gains from the 16th, with a two-putt par at the last enough to set the new benchmark in the men's game.
Rickie Fowler, US Open, 2023 (R1)
Fowler became the first player to card a '62 round' at a US Open, mixing 10 birdies with two bogeys to move to eight under in benign conditions on the par-70 layout at Los Angeles Country Club.
Fowler posted three birdies in a five-hole stretch from the 12th and cancelled out a bogey at the 17th with a four-birdie run, then picked up shots at the sixth and eighth before two-putting from 60 feet for a closing par.
Xander Schauffele, US Open, 2023 (R1)
Just hours after Fowler made US Open history, Schauffele followed suit at the same venue after carding eight birdies in a bogey-free start to his bid for a maiden major title.
Schauffele made a 40-footer on his opening hole and posted three birdies in his first five, with five more after the turn - including a 60-footer from the fringe at the fifth - lifting him to eight under.
Xander Schauffele, PGA Championship, 2024 (R1)
Schauffele carded nine birdies during a stunning bogey-free opening round at Valhalla Golf Club, seeing him record the first '62 round' in the PGA Championship and just the fourth ever in a men's major.
He became the first player to card multiple rounds of 62 in major history, with an opening round of nine under also equalling the lowest score - relative to par - ever in a men's major, with Schauffele two-putting from 30 feet on his final hole.
Shane Lowry, PGA Championship, 2024 (R3)
Lowry was eight strokes off the halfway lead but produced a stunning nine-under 62, two days on from Schauffele, carding nine birdies in a bogey-free round and missed a chance on the final hole preventing the first '61 round' in a men's major.
He raced to the turn in 29 and posted back-to-back birdies from the 13th, with Lowry adding another at the 17th before missing a 12-foot birdie chance at the last for the outright record.
Lucas Herbert, The Open, 2026 (R2)
Herbert had equalled the lowest front-nine in major history as he raced to the turn in 28, with a 40-footer at the seventh among six birdies on the front nine, with the Australian adding back-to-back gains from the 11th to get to eight under.
A sub-60 round was not out of the question when he birdied the 16th and found the fairway off the tee at the par-five next, but Herbert missed a 10-footer for birdie before agonisingly squandering a putt from five feet to save par at the last.
Sam Burns, The Open, 2026 (R2)
Burns was playing two groups behind Herbert and reached the turn in 32, with the American starting his back nine with successive birdies and adding another from tap-in range at the 13th.
He picked up a shot at the 16th and rolled in from 20 feet to birdie the 17th, then delighted record-breaking Open crowds by holing from the greenside bunker to birdie the par-four last and add his own place in history.
The lowest round at The Masters is a 63, posted by Nick Price in 1986 and Greg Norman during the opening round in 1996, while there have been numerous 63 rounds in each of the PGA Championship, US Open and The Open.
The lowest round on the PGA Tour is a 58, posted by Jim Furyk at the 2016 Travelers Championship, while the record on the DP World Tour is Oliver Fisher's 59 at the 2018 Portugal Masters.
Sky Sports continues to be the home of golf, with the majors, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and more all exclusively live. Stream golf and more with no contract.
