Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns Each Shoot 62 at 2026 Open Championship

Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns each shot 62 on Friday in the second round of the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, matching the lowest score in major championship history. Herbert, ranked 97th in the world and 30 years old, reached 9 under par before the par-4 18th hole on the par-70 course.

He pulled his approach from 173 yards to 15 feet below the green, then missed a 5-foot par putt for his only bogey of the round and finished at 8 under.

Herbert had pulled his approach from 202 yards on the par-5 17th into native area but chipped to 10 feet and saved par with two putts. Burns, who entered the round at 3 over par after arriving in England on July 13 following the July 3 birth of his daughter Belle, finished at 5 under par. He birdied the final three holes, including a holed bunker shot on the 18th.

Herbert leads Jackson Suber and Cameron Young by two strokes at 8 under after 36 holes. Suber shot 69 and Young shot 67 to reach 6 under. Burns is tied for fourth. Five other golfers have previously shot 62 in a major, including Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry in the 2024 PGA Championship and Branden Grace in the 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale.