{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/680a0159fcccdba3a5365c3e/6a5b23547a878a3380b0f05c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Historic 62s at Birkdale & Bryson's Penalty Meltdown - July 18th, 2026","description":"<p>On Friday, July 17th, Royal Birkdale delivered a historic and chaotic second round as two players tied the major scoring record with 62s and Bryson DeChambeau threatened to walk out over a controversial rules penalty.</p><p><br></p><h3>THE RECORD BREAKERS</h3><ul><li>Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns etched their names in history, both firing 62s to tie the major scoring record. Herbert tied the Open 9-hole record with a 28, while Burns charged with a back-nine 30 and 18th-hole bunker hole-out.</li><li>Herbert missed a 5-foot-3-inch putt for 61, noting it \"jagged left\" and he was \"absolutely disappointed,\" while Burns said there was a \"zero percent chance\" he'd play after his daughter's July 3rd birth.</li><li>Herbert’s caddie, Nick Pugh, uses a battery-less rangefinder because his \"old eyes do not see it so well,\" and fans blasted the NBC/USA broadcast for showing Rory McIlroy instead of Burns' historic charge.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3>RULES DRAMA &amp; MELTDOWNS</h3><ul><li>Bryson DeChambeau was hit with a two-stroke penalty under Rule 8.1 for stepping on fescue on the 5th hole, leading to a tense cart ride with official Grant Moir where he mouthed, \"I am not playing tomorrow.\"</li><li>Brandel Chamblee called Bryson \"childish,\" joking he should have used a \"weed whacker,\" while Jon Rahm received a Rule 1.2b conduct warning (reported by Smylie Kaufman) for bouncing his 6-iron ten yards on the 15th tee.</li><li>The internet immediately erupted with jokes about Donald Trump intervening to save Bryson from his penalty.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3>LEADERBOARD LURKERS &amp; WEEKEND PREVIEW</h3><ul><li>Jackson Suber sits at T2 alongside Cameron Young and Ryan Gerard, while Scottie Scheffler miraculously lurks at 4-under despite an abysmal day on the greens. Suber and Herbert will brave heavy winds in Saturday's final pairing.</li><li>Scheffler is dead last in putting with his longest make being just 8 feet 3 inches, while Suber joked that Birkdale gives \"bad shots that end up great.\"</li><li>Tiger Woods used the Friday buzz to organically market his Sun Day Red gear by tweeting at Tommy Fleetwood.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3>Quick Hits</h3><p>Rory McIlroy made the cut highlighted by a massive 377-yard drive on the 9th, while Alex Fitzpatrick quietly moved to 4-under • Cameron Smith missed the +1 cut after a double bogey on 15 (\"Just one bad swing\"), joining Matt Fitzpatrick and Jordan Spieth, who made a quad-bogey 9 on 17 • Fans are bracing for a brutal Saturday as heavy winds are expected to batter the final pairings.</p>","author_name":"Golf.ai"}