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It took 128 years for a golfer to shoot his first 62 at the US Open.
The second case came about 20 minutes later.
Moments after Rickie Fowler broke the single-round scoring record at the US Open with eight under-62 players, Xander Schauffele compared him with 62.
According to stats guru Justin Ray, Fowler’s run was it 47,366th in US Open history. Schauffele played just two sets behind Fowler on Thursday, with just one triple break separating the historic two rounds.
Pair innings are only the second and third out of 62 in the history of major leagues. Brendan Grace first scored just six years ago during the third round of the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
While Fowler hit a record 10 birdies (with two bogeys) on Thursday, Schauffele, the world No. 6 player, was clear of a bogey with eight bogeys.
His chance to shoot the record low round was jeopardized, however, when he drove into Barranca after pulling absent from the sixth green. He failed to up and down for birdie on the drivable par-4, which was one of the easiest holes on the course in the first round.
However, he followed up the missed opportunity with a birdie on a 258-yard par-3 7th after hitting his tee shot to six feet. He pitched a subsequent par-5 to hit eight-under today.
However, with a chance to post a first 61 in the big history, Schauffele let his birdie try on the last hole, the ninth, by nearly four feet.
With a double of 62s, Schauffele and Fowler hold a large lead over the rest of the field halfway through the first round, with Scotty Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Sei Woo Kim having the next best club score at 67.
No other golfer on the golf course has been in a better than three under Schauvelli. As the morning wave wrapped up, the field scoring average was 71.6.
You can’t watch history every day – and it’s rare that it happens twice.