Fowler and Schauffele hit 62s at US Open to etch names into golfing folklore

Rickie Fowler fired in ten birdies in his eight-under-par total. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Jack Nicklaus never managed it. Neither did Tiger Woods. Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Seve Ballesteros … the list goes on.

Luminaries of this sport have come and gone without ever posting 62 at a US Open. On a benign afternoon in an opulent corner of Los Angeles, two players delivered the magic number within an hour of each other. La La Land, indeed.