Tommy Fleetwood Fires Second Career Sunday 63 at a U.S. Open
LOS ANGELES — Tommy Fleetwood missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th green at Los Angeles Country Club that would have tied the U.S. Open and major championship scoring record of 62.
Fleetwood was attempting to join in the record book Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele, who each shot 62 on Thursday during the first round of the U.S. Open. The only other player to shoot 62 in a major championship was Branden Grace at the 2017 British Open during the third round.
"Missed a six-footer on the first, missed a five-footer on the last, and then everything in between was really, really good," said Fleetwood, who settled for 63. "I got off to a nice start, I holed like a 15-footer for par on 5 and then eagled the 6th, and I think those two holes there were just a huge part of the round really, momentum-wise and one of those days, Sunday, you want to get the best out of it that you can, and I just happened to be playing really well and got momentum on my side.
"I hit some amazing golf shots. I hit the tee shot on 6 and then the 5-wood off the tee into 11 that I had to cut against the wind a little bit. I mean, those two shots stand out for me, and then even down the last few holes.
"So amazing coming down the stretch and playing so well and shooting those scores on a Sunday in a U.S. Open."
Fleetwood, who lost in a playoff to Nick Taylor a week ago at the RBC Canadian Open, missed a similar-length putt on the final green at Shinnecock Hills in 2018 for a 62.
Only he and Johnny Miller have shot 63 in the final round of a U.S. Open. Fleetwood has now done it twice; Miller did it 50 years ago to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont. That was the first 63 in any major championship.
"It's a nice little piece of history, of course, it is," Fleetwood said. "And you can be disappointed with what I didn't get out of today, but I think having something like that and shooting multiple 63s in a major, and I think anything like days like today where you can put in the memory bank and know that you can get rounds going and your game can stand up on a major golf course and shoot low scores is really nice to have."