Lucas Herbert takes British Open lead during record-tying second round

Lucas Herbert tied the major championship single-round scoring record with a 62 Friday and will enter the weekend with a two-shot lead at the Open Championship in Southport, England.Fellow LIV Golf member Bryson DeChambeau was poised to play with Herbert in Saturday's final pairing, one off the lead, but a lengthy review after DeChambeau's round resulted in a two-stroke penalty on his fifth hole, knocking him from 7 under to 5 under.After Herbert set the pace at 8-under-par 132 in the morning, DeChambeau played in the afternoon wave and finished birdie-birdie to post a 66 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

However, he met with R&A rules officials after his round and was determined to have improved his lie in the rough at No. 5 by stamping down on tall grass that could have been in his swing path.His penalty was formalized more than an hour after his round ended, leaving him with a triple-bogey 7 on the hole and a 68 for the day.

Instead of a narrow lead over a two-time major champion, Herbert will enter the weekend two clear of Cameron Young (67), Ryan Gerard (67) and first-round leader Jackson Suber (69).Herbert, 30, needed par at No. 18 to shoot the first 61 in major championship history or birdie to make an unprecedented 60, but his 5-foot par save missed centimeters to the left of the cup.

The Australian was soon joined by Sam Burns, who recorded the seventh 62 at a major to catapult to 5 under. Si Woo Kim of South Korea also shot 67 to join Burns and DeChambeau at 5 under.Branden Grace of South Africa shot the first round of 62 at a major nine years ago, the last time The Open was held at Royal Birkdale.

The list has since grown to seven 62s, counting Herbert's and Burns' on Friday.Herbert was asked when he believed he could equal or better the record of 62."It's not a great question because I'm too much of an optimist, and I thought it when I hit it to about 5 feet on the third hole," Herbert admitted.

"I'm a golf nerd anyway, so I know all the numbers, all the record