Branden Grace records first 62 in major history at the British Open

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July 22, 2017 6:57 PM

Grace's 8-under at the par 70 Royal Birkdale meant he finished a round at a major in fewer strokes than any man in history

Branden Grace finished his third round at The Open Championship in just 62 strokes, becoming the first man to ever shoot a 62 at a major championship.

His flawless round came with eight birdies and no bogeys on Saturday, where the weather held for a fairly pleasant day of golf for the players at Royal Birkdale.

Behind the strength of his 8-under round, Grace shot up the leaderboard and finished with an overall score of 4-under and went into the clubhouse just two strokes behind leader Jordan Spieth who was yet to tee off in the third round. Grace will be in position to make some noise on Sunday if he can put together another impressive round.

While 31 men before him had shot a 63 at a major championship, Grace was the first in 157 years of major play to beat them by a stroke. In literally hundreds of thousands of rounds major golf, this is the first time a 62 has been written in a scorecard. Knowing that, it's probably for the best that Grace was keeping history out of his mind while walking the links, but it sounds like that wasn't an issue for him on the course today.

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