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Thomas joins history-makers with a 63

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Justin Thomas equalled the major record with a 63 in the third round of the US Open at Erin Hills on Saturday He is the 29th player to achieve the feat, with Greg Norman and Vijay Singh having done it twice. MASTERS: Nick Price 1986, Greg Norman 1996.

US OPEN: Johnny Miller 1973, Jack Nicklaus 1980, Tom Weiskopf 1980, Vijay Singh 2003, Justin Thomas 2017. THE OPEN: Mark Hayes 1977, Isao Aoki 1980, Greg Norman 1986, Paul Broadhurst 1990, Jodie Mudd 1991, Nick Faldo 1993, Payne Stewart 1993, Rory McIlroy 2010, Phil Mickelson 2016, Henrik Stenson 2016.

US PGA CHAMPIONSH­IP: Bruce Crampton 1975, Raymond Floyd 1982, Gary Player 1984, Vijay Singh 1993, Michael Bradley 1995, Brad Faxon 1995, Jose Maria Olazabal 2000, Mark O’Meara 2001, Thomas Bjorn 2005, Tiger Woods 2007, Steve Stricker 2011, Jason Dufner 2013, Hiroshi Iwata 2015, Robert Streb 2016.

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