Summary Scott broke the previous mark of 65 achieved by three players on the same day in 2008.
SYDNEY (AP) - Adam Scott birdied his first six holes to shoot a course-record 10-under 62 at Royal Sydney on Thursday to take the early lead at the Australian Open.
Scott broke the previous mark of 65 achieved by three players on the same day in 2008 and two previously. After Scott's opening birdie run, he parred the next eight holes before making birdie on his final four.
Scott is attempting to become the second golfer after Robert Allenby in 2005 to win all three Australian majors in the same year.
"The longest putt I had on those opening birdies was about five feet," Scott said. "I hit a lot of quality shots right out of the blocks this morning."
He cannot recall starting any round with six birdies, thinking that he once had five in a row to start a round in Qatar. He finished his round Thursday with approach to nearly tap-in range on the ninth.
"I'm off to a good start, but a lot of work to do yet," Scott added. "It's been a long time since I shot a low round like this. It's a tough setup but it was a perfect morning for it."
Scott joked that since he started on the back nine with six birdies, then birdied his last four on the front nine, the scorecard will appear as if he had 10 consecutive birdies
"maybe as time goes by, I can embellish and say I had 10 in a row."
Scott won the Australian PGA and Australian Masters before sharing the World Cup team trophy with Jason Day last week at Royal Melbourne. Day, who won the individual stroke-play at the World Cup, shot 70 on Thursday in Scott's group.
Rory McIlroy, attempting to win his first tournament of the year, had an afternoon start.
The previous golfers to have held the Royal Sydney record of 65 were all Australians: Chris Gaunt, Matt Goggin, Stephen Dartnall, Ewan Porter and Jason Norris.
