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Sam Burns shot a 62 at Royal Birkdale on Friday and tied a major championship record. The case for calling that a landmark moment is obvious.
What complicates it is that NBC and USA Network showed almost none of it while it was happening.
How two historic rounds got unequal airtime Lucas Herbert also shot 62, matching that record, and came within a missed putt on the 18th of going lower still.
NBC and USA Network put Herbert on 59 watch and kept cameras on him throughout the morning. That is a defensible editorial call. A player threatening to break 60 in a major deserves the screen.
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