SOUTHPORT, England — Another day at the British Open, another 62 posted.

A day after two players — Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns — tied the major championship record for lowest round with 62s, Ryan Fox matched it Saturday.

Fox, a 39-year-old from New Zealand, carded nine birdies and had one bogey en route to his 62.

The round got him to 8-under par and tied for the lead with the lead group not teeing off for another 80 minutes.

“Being picky, I’d want a couple of drives back today maybe, but outside of that, I feel like I didn’t really miss a shot,’’ Fox said. “I had a couple of great shots down the stretch, putted really nicely. When you’re out in the morning, when the wind’s down around here, there’s almost some pressure on to shoot a score.

“To be honest, I warmed up better yesterday,’’ Fox said of his second round Friday. “I was going well yesterday. I was 4-under through 11 (and) I kind of struggled a bit coming home. Golf doesn’t make sense like that.

“The days sometimes you flush everything on the range and get a little aggressive early, and it doesn’t work, and you shoot 2-over, and you’re like it felt really good. Today, I kind of hit a couple of really good shots early and just kind of kept it rolling. I had one of those days where everything felt like I finished on a good number, like there was no real in-between shots with lines out of the fairway. That makes it easier.’’

Fox was paired with Xander Schauffele, who shot 62 in the 2023 U.S. Open and the 2024 PGA and posted a 4-under-par 66 on Saturday.

“It was nice,’’ Fox said. “Xander and I had a lot of fun out there today. Both made a bunch of birdies and kind of fed off each other. I would have taken 62 on a Saturday, that’s for sure.’’

As Schauffele said Saturday: “You’d take a 62 anywhere. If it’s in a major it’s a cherry on top. But on a Saturday it’s even better.’’

Schauffele said Fox “came out hot’’ in his round.

“He was hitting it close, making the putts he should make,’’ Schauffele said. “The wind was down when we were playing and it was kind of overcast, so I thought it was a little bit softer than before, and he played amazing. I went and I was just trying to hop on whatever wave he was on to the best of my ability.

“Obviously, (we were) trying to play the best we can, but when you’re even par starting eight (shots) back, you’re just trying to go and shoot a good number, and he did just that. I played well, too.’’

Schauffele said the pins were placed in difficult spots, which made Fox’s round even more impressive.

“You definitely saw that they did not want another 62, looking at the pin sheet,’’ he said. “I don’t know where they’re going to put the pins tomorrow after Foxy’s 62, but they were on some slope for sure. His 62 is impressive for sure.’’

Fox’s 62 was the eighth one posted in major championship history, joining Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler, both of whom did it twice, Shane Lowry, Branden Grace, Herbert and Burns.

Fox, who’s played in 28 major championships and has only two top-20 finishes, had a chance to own the record on his own with a 61, but he left his 48-foot birdie putt on the 18th a few feet short of the hole.

He said shooting 62 “probably crept into my head on 10, but I wouldn’t say it was there,” adding, “Then, when I birdied 14, I was like, ‘I’ve got a chance here.’ ’’

He birdied Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 on the front nine en route to a 29 and then 10, 14, 16 and 17 on the back, with one bogey on No. 13.

“It’s nice to be in that head space,’’ Fox said. “Hopefully, I can find something similar (Sunday).’’