LOS ANGELES – After breezing through a half-dozen interviews and satisfying a long line of autograph-seekers, Rickie Fowler hung around the scoring area long enough to congratulate the newest member of the 62 Club.
Fowler had held the U.S. Open single-round scoring record by himself for less than 25 minutes before Xander Schauffele rolled through and matched him with an 8-under round of his own. No one else in the early wave at Los Angeles Country Club shot better than 67, the early record-setters seeming to defy belief.
“I personally did not see that,” Scottie Scheffler said, “but I guess it was out there.