PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele ties major record again as Scottie Scheffler eagles first hole as a Dad

Only four times in the history of all four men’s major championships has a golfer shot 62. Xander Schauffele is now responsible for the last two.

Only four times in the history of all four men’s major championships has a golfer shot 62. Xander Schauffele is now responsible for the last two. For the second time in less than a year, the American shot the lowest round score in a major’s history on Thursday, blitzing around Valhalla Golf Club to fly into an early three shot lead at the PGA Championship in Kentucky. The world No.3 poured in nine birdies en route to a bogey-free nine-under 62, a course record and the best ever shot across the 106 editions of the event after 18 previous 63’s. Schauffele opened with the same number at the 126th US Open last June, levelling the tournament’s best ever score less than 30 minutes after compatriot Rickie Fowler had set a new low. “I’ll take a 62 in any major any day,” Schauffele told reporters Thursday. “It’s a great start to a big tournament. One I’m obviously always going to take … there’s always shots you can kind of pick apart or chips that you can pick apart that you felt like you could have hit better, but I’m very content with how I played.”