The Open: Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns equal major history with extraordinary second-round 62s at Royal Birkdale

Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns equalled the lowest round in men’s major history with dramatic but vastly different finishes to second-round 62s in The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale.

Herbert birdied four of his opening five holes and added another from 40 feet at the seventh, then picked up a shot at the ninth to reach the turn in 28 and equal the lowest front nine in a men's major.

The Australian added back-to-back birdies from the 11th and posted his ninth of the day at the par-four 16th, moving him to nine under and leaving him requiring a par-par finish to break the previous men's major record of 62.

Herbert was unable to take advantage of the par-five 17th, missing a 10-foot birdie chance, then squandered the chance for solo history when he missed from inside five feet and bogeyed the final hole.