Fox feasts on birdies to grab joint lead at Open with record-equalling round

SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 : New Zealand's Ryan Fox shot a record-equalling eight-under-par 62 at the 154th British Open on Saturday, the third such score in two days at a becalmed Royal Birkdale, to move into a share of the lead.Fox, who began the day on level par, fired nine birdies and a bogey, going out in a stunning 29.A birdie on the par-four 18th could have given the 39-year-old the first round of 61 at a men's major, but he came up short with a long putt after a superb second shot from a bunker.His record-equalling 62 took him to eight under for the tournament and matched the rounds of Australian Lucas Herbert and American Sam Burns on Friday. Herbert, who tees off at 1450 GMT, missed a five-foot putt on the 18th that would have carded a historic 61.Americans Jackson Suber, Camero