Overview
- Lucas Herbert shot an eight-under 62 on Friday to tie the lowest round in men’s major history and moved to the top of the Open leaderboard.
- Sam Burns matched Herbert’s 62 less than an hour later with a chip-in birdie on 18, putting him firmly back in contention.
- Jackson Suber kept his surprise bid alive after an opening 65 and a 69 that left him close behind Herbert on the leaderboard.
- The R&A assessed Bryson DeChambeau a two-shot penalty for inadvertently improving his lie in thick rough at the fifth, which dropped him further off the lead after a late review.
- The sun-baked links and light morning wind gave early starters a clear scoring edge on Friday, producing unusually low scores and making the weekend outcome highly unpredictable.