The Open Championship Friday live updates, leaderboard: Lucas Herbert ties record for lowest score ever
Records fall at Royal Birkdale as Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns shoot 62s, while Bryson DeChambeau faces a two-stroke penalty.
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The brief
The second round of the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale saw a major scoring shift as Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns both recorded rounds of 62. This performance matches the lowest score ever recorded in a men’s major championship. Despite the milestone, Herbert ended his round with a bogey on the final hole.
Coverage from outlets including The New York Times, BBC, and Golf Channel highlights the historic nature of the scores alongside a separate development involving Bryson DeChambeau. DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty for improving his lie during his second round. Yahoo Sports and the PGA Tour report that this penalty was applied after DeChambeau had reached solo second place.
Future updates will track the leaderboard as the tournament progresses following the second-round conclusion. Coverage does not yet specify the full impact of the penalty on DeChambeau’s standing relative to the rest of the field or how these scores will influence the final outcomes of the championship.
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Quick answers
What record did Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns tie?
They both tied the record for the lowest score ever shot in a men's major championship with rounds of 62.
Why was Bryson DeChambeau penalized?
DeChambeau was given a two-stroke penalty for improving his lie during the second round of the tournament.
Where is the 2026 Open Championship being held?
The tournament is taking place at Royal Birkdale.
Coverage (22)
- Bryson DeChambeau given two-stroke penalty for improved lie at Open Championship Golf Channel · 14h ago
- The Open Championship: Bryson DeChambeau hit with 2-shot penalty Friday after reaching solo 2nd in wild, heated turn at Royal Birkdale Yahoo Sports · 14h ago
- Bryson DeChambeau assessed two-stroke penalty for improving lie during second round of 2026 British Open PGA Tour · 14h ago
- The Open Championship Friday live updates, leaderboard: Bryson DeChambeau docked two shots in wild ending of Round 2 Yahoo Sports Canada · 14h ago
- The shocking differences between 2 history-making Open rounds GOLF.com · 17h ago
- Sam Burns, Lucas Herbert tie Open Championship scoring record with matching 62s The New York Times · 17h ago
- Sam Burns makes comment on Scottie Scheffler after equalling the scoring record at The Open Yahoo Sports · 17h ago
- Lucas Herbert, Sam Burns Tie Major Championship Record with 2nd-Round 62s at British Open Bleacher Report · 19h ago
- Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns shoot record-tying 62s during second round of British Open at Royal Birkdale The Boston Globe · 19h ago
- Herbert ‘disappointed but proud’ after missing putt for record-breaking 61 The Guardian · 19h ago
- Conflicting emotions for Herbert The New York Times · 19h ago
- British Open 2026: Lucas Herbert was 5 feet from major golf immortality at Birkdale Yahoo Sports · 19h ago
- The Open 2026: Herbert and Burns shoot record-equalling 62s on day two at Royal Birkdale The Guardian · 19h ago
- The Open 2026: Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns equal major record at Royal Birkdale BBC · 19h ago
- Despite closing bogey, Lucas Herbert ties two major records with blistering second round at Birkdale Golf Channel · 21h ago
- British Open: Sam Burns chips in to join Lucas Herbert in matching lowest score ever in men's major championship Yahoo Sports · 21h ago
- The Open Championship highlights: Best sights, sounds and shots from Friday ESPN · 21h ago
- Open Championship leaderboard: Lucas Herbert's historic Round 2 puts him on top USA Today · 21h ago
- Surprise British Open leader Suber holds his own on a day of low scoring as Herbert targets record AP News · 21h ago
- The Open: Lucas Herbert equals lowest round in men's major history after late bogey in second-round 62 at Royal Birkdale Sky Sports · 21h ago
- Lucas Herbert matches major record with 62 at Open Championship ESPN · 21h ago
- The Open Championship Friday live updates, leaderboard: Lucas Herbert ties record for lowest score ever Yahoo Sports · 21h ago
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