Last month, Harman stopped Dustin Johnson's three-tournament winning streak at the Wells Fargo Championship, pouring in a 28-foot birdie on the 72nd hole at Eagle Point after deciding to go for the green in two from 272 yards out on the par-5 finisher, then hitting a poor chip from the rough.
Having five players reach 10-under in a single U.S. Open is rather remarkable considering just six had ever done it in the previous 116 Opens.
Thomas is no stranger to low scores.
"That means I'm a part of history", Thomas told reporters.
By the end of the day, that wasn't even the most shocking number.
The story of the day, however, belonged to Thomas, who shot a nine-under 63 to break Johnny Miller's record low score of eight-under 63 at Oakmont in the 1973 US Open.
Thomas finished his round in style on the 667-yard par-5 18th, smashing his three-wood second shot to within eight feet before rolling in the eagle putt to complete his record-breaking round. "I felt like I've been playing pretty well all week and didn't have quite the numbers to show for it".
The golf ball from Saturday's round will need to find a home alongside the other memorabilia in Harmony Landing's pro shop that commemorates Justin's success The front counter's display case holds flags and gloves and other memorabilia that highlight the many accomplishments of Thomas' decorated career. Obviously, today I definitely had something to show for it.
The Kentucky native became the youngest player to shoot 50 on the US PGA Tour during the first round of his Sony Open victory in January.
The top 3 miss US Open cut
Johnson came in with 73, but that was not almost enough, as he finished at 4-over 148 when 145 or better was needed to advance. He said that his 16 years of experience is what allowed him to keep the wheels from falling off on the par-5 14th hole.
Westwood had bogeyed the third and fifth before a superb tee shot on the 239-yard sixth - which played as the most hard hole on Thursday - set up a birdie from 18 feet.
Around 70 minutes earlier, compatriot Patrick Reed had faced a similar length putt to Thomas on the 18th to shoot eight under but missed his birdie attempt and had to settle for a 65. "I was just happy that I was the one that was able to take advantage of it today". Despite dropping out of a share of the lead, Fleetwood will take the same mindset into Sunday's final round as he remains in contention of a major championship that he said would be life-changing.
It was the 30th time a player has shot 63 in the Majors - both Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson posted that score during their classic battle in last year's Open at Troon.
NOTEWORTHY: None of the top 18 players on the leaderboard have won a major.
"Someone has a very good chance of ending up with their first major tomorrow", Fowler said.
But the third-round leader at the U.S. Open?
And despite starting his second round with bogeys on his first two holes, the South African bounced back to record a superb 66 which he matched in the third round.
It was the first time since the world ranking began in 1986 that the top three players missed the cut in any major.
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