62 AMAZING GRACE Branden blitzes Birkdale

2017-07-23 - By Adam Lanigan

OPEN history was created at Royal Birkdale yesterday.

South African Branden Grace shot an eight- underpar 62, the lowest round ever in a Major.

He l ater admitted he hadn’t realised his round was so special.

“My whole thing on the 18th was just trying not to make a bogey,” said the 29-year-old.

“I knocked in the two or three-footer then my caddie Zack came up and said: ‘You’re in the history books’.

“I didn’t know what he was talking about. So that makes the day even sweeter.”

While a South African was making the headlines, it was Americans who were battling over the Claret Jug.

Jordan Spieth is the leader, with Matt Kuchar and Brooks Koepka snapping at his heels, along with Canad ian Au s t in Connelly.