The notoriously difficult US Open hasn’t quite been that so far this week at Los Angeles with a number of records beaten or matched by the world’s best players.
LACC is a demanding test of golf, but softer-than-usual conditions for the US Open along with benign conditions have meant that low scoring has been a storyline so far in what already is a record breaking championship.
Here we look at some of the US Open records to have been beaten or matched this week…
62
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Rickie Fowler’s 10 birdies and two bogeys on Thursday set the single round scoring record in a US Open, with the five-time PGA Tour winner becoming the first man in history to card a 62 in America’s national open.
A mere 20 minutes later, Xander Schauffele had matched him – meaning that Fowler and Schauffele joined Branden Grace as the only golfers to shoot 62 in a men’s Major championship.
130
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A record matched this week was Martin Kaymer’s 36-hole scoring record that he set in 2014 at Pinehurst. He posted back-to-back 65s for a 130 total after two days nine years ago, and that was matched by Rickie Fowler on Friday at Los Angeles Country Club.
Rickie’s historic 62 was followed up with a 68 to post 10-under-par and the fabled 130 after two rounds.
71.38
71.38 marks the lowest first-round scoring average in U.S. Open history (previous: 72.29 in 1993 at Baltusrol).June 16, 2023
The record breaking opening round at LA Country Club saw a 71.38 scoring average throughout the 156-man field, which comfortably broke the previous first round record of 72.29 set in 1993 at Baltusrol.
18/36 birdies
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This one Rickie Fowler now has on his own. The American made an incredible 18 birdies (50% of his holes!) after two days to record the most ever birdies through two rounds in a US Open.
29
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Tom Kim matched the championship’s lowest ever nine hole score on his first nine in the third round at LACC.
The two-time PGA Tour winner made six birdies and three pars to go out in six-under and 29. It’s the fifth 29 in over nine holes in a US Open and the first since Louis Oosthuizen in 2015 at Chambers Bay.
No 80s
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The first day’s play at Los Angeles Country Club saw 156 players take on the North Course and not a single one register a score in the 80s. That’s the first time that has ever happened.
65
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Thursday’s opening day saw the most ever rounds of 65 or better…
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