Jack Nicklaus never managed it. Neither did Tiger Woods. Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Seve Ballesteros … the list goes on.
Luminaries of this sport have come and gone without ever posting 62 at a US Open. On a benign afternoon in an opulent corner of Los Angeles, two players delivered the magic number within an hour of each other. La La Land, indeed.
It was easy to feel a degree of sympathy for Rickie Fowler. As he celebrated the making of history, so soon after a form slump which threatened his career, Xander Schauffele appeared on the horizon.
The duo lead this, the 123rd staging of the US Open, at eight under par but the bigger picture was the significant one. Only Branden Grace at the 2017 Open Championship had previously signed for 62 in a major. Fowler and Schauffele have etched their names into golfing folklore. Such roars of delight hav …
- June 16, 2023
