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U.S. Open Trophy Presentation Interrupted By Whacky Fan
- Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:00am by
Mike Opelka
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Webb Simpson won the 112th US Open in San Francisco on Sunday. The high profile tournament victory was the first “major” championship for the 26-yr-old American. The match ended after 7pm in California, putting the broadcast into prime time on the East Coast. NBC carried the tournament live and golf fans were treated to a rare, unscripted moment during the post-match trophy presentation.
NBC’s Bob Costas was presiding when the hilarity ensued.
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Comments (67)
Tri-ox
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:20amBob Costas can make any situation dull and uninteresting – is he made of plastic, or wood?
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:59amWood… as in pull toy.
Report Post »AZindependent
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:37amThe “Birdman” was more entertaining than Bob Costas. Congrats to Webb Simpson, he is a great golfer and good man.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:50amOh, come on–it’s Nip/tucks and Botox!
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:54amGood to see the Blaze covering such serious news… I mean really who cares? And if you do care, go over to MSM or Yahoo …
Report Post »Seabass82
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:41amwas that Daryl Waltrip?
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:16amHe was just trying to make like a Birdie.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:31amHe was probably forced to watch golf as a child on every channel.
Report Post »felix
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:14amsame as the idiots who just have to yell – in the hole – after every drive , total retards !
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:52amAgreed–wouldn‘t you just love to smack ’them’ into next week?
Report Post »OleCrusty
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:01amHilarity…. where?
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:59amGOLF: non-contact sport–teaches honesty, personal responsibility
FOOTBALL: injuries, rewards system for ‘taking out’ your opponents
SOCCER: violence, riots in the stands
BASEBALL: performance enhancing drugs (still the great Amer. pastime!)
BASKETBALL: violence, fans attacked in the stands,
While NO sport is exempt from nefarious practices or the risk of injury, GOLF encourages honesty, confidence, responsibility and fairness.
I‘ve never witnessed violence towards fellow competitors over the decades I’ve played the game (except maybe Elin’s 5 iron!!!)
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:56amYes, only the sport YOU like is noble or worthwhile. You and the rest of its participants are the epitome of virtue, and all other sports are merely ghetto play. ****.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:58amHey, they censored me! I’ll say it again:
T w @ t!
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:43am@ hey Porcupine— rather than the personal attack— defend your statement! Once all sports encouraged fairness, personal responsibility, honesty— I don’t see that on the court or on the field anymore. Now there are deliberate attempts to maim their opponents. Ya, really cool!
Report Post »jmjgreens
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:26amWow, what an idiotic statement. Honesty and personal responsibility? I am sure Tiger’s ex-wife and kids would totally agree with you. Honesty and personal responsibilty go beyond the venue in which you participate in some sport.
Report Post »jmjgreens
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:42pmI love how you feel mentally/morally superior than people you have never met before. Then, when someone completely destroys the foundation of your post, you have no response.
Report Post »ihaveagun
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 3:20pmTiger is black!
‘nough said
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:14pmBoxing – at least one learns a skill.
Report Post »jackact
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:51amProbably a ‘disturbed’ Tiger Woods fan.
Report Post »Publiuspartdeux
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:45amThat guy making the dopey bird calls must have taken a wrong turn and lost his way to the latest OWS rally.
Report Post »LARR
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:44amI think the only people who watch gold are landscapers…:)
Larr
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:10amWow, a camera … Let’s act stupid !
Report Post »lordamercy
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:08amWhacky?? How about wacky? I always thought to whack meant to hit.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:06amBeck will hire anyone who has ever had a CTR ring. Doesn’t matter if they can spell, use proper grammar, or communicate ideas effectively.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:04amHey Porcupine–Sounds like you’re a grammar expert…. I’ll be happy to discuss syntax, morphology, phonology OR pragmatics at your leisure. Oh, and how about a little X-Bar theory if you’re up to it?
Oh and by they way, there‘s no comma after the coordinating conjunction ’or’.
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:50amAGENDA 21 will make sure there will be no golf courses as it is considered poor use of land in their twisted and demented “we know what’s best for you” minds.
Report Post »poster
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:42amAn Obama voter, I’m sure.
Report Post »kirstend
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:33amhttp://www.youtube.com/user/of...
This is ‘The official jungle birds’ point!!
Go Jungle Bird!! :)
Report Post »18666929374
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:56amI didn’t realize Bob Costas was so short.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:46amNotice how he never ages—like Dick Clark!
Nip-tucks, Botox—LOL! (His personal choice …and really, why not?)
Report Post »ElihuIrenicon
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:25amWhat did the man do that warranted being physically assaulted and then presumably arrested????
Report Post »Did this man threaten the sports-caster, golfer or anyone else? No.
Did this man make any obscene gestures or utter profanities? No.
Did this man step into the personal space or in front of the sports-caster or golfer? No.
So then what did this man do that warranted being dragged away?
The man made loud “whooping” bird noises while standing in the vicinity of a live television shot.
Wait! Was the man black?!.. let me look again, oh shoot! he was white. Dang nab it! Too bad I was just about to call Obama and have him go “Zimmerise” the incident.
burnteye86
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:49amHe was probably looking for Occupy Oakland and got lost.
Report Post »BlazeGlory
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 4:57amThe “gendarmes” probably had to take him in to see if he was publicly intoxicated or was an escapee from a mental institution.
Report Post »BetterInformed
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:12pm@Elihernia The guy was on private property. His actions were in violation of his Olympic Club Membership and/or the terms of entry onto the grounds. Although he was acting normal by your standards, the officials felt otherwise. He was removed for his safety and the safety of others. While you support obstructive behavior grown-ups prefer polite discourse.
Report Post »Was he kin?
Better_Times_Ahead
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:11amA story is told of a person who traveled to Paris to visit the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa and upon seeing it exclaimed “I don‘t see what’s so great about that,” to which an employee at the Louvre said, “but don’t you wish you could?”
I’m not comparing golf to the Mona Lisa, but rather than display your ignorance about a sport that teaches incredible life lessons to youth and others of honesty, integrity, self control, patience, perseverance and that sometimes things just aren’t “fair,” why not choose to make no ignorant comment at all?
Are there elitists in golf? Sure there are, but Webb Simpson isn’t one of them, and do you not think there are elitists in every walk of life, such as those who would ridicule something they do not understand or care for?
I suppose if it would have been an awards ceremony for the best pianists in America or any other such endeavor like the Olympics, you’d think it just as ridiculous that the person who had worked their whole life to achieve that moment would be a little put off by the buffoon seeking to ruin it?
I’m not advocating jail time for the moron who did it, but if they arrest those who disrupt other sporting events (the sports, which incidentally I love watching, where they purposely try to break the rules and get away with it unlike golf where rules infractions are called on oneself, cheaters are ostracized, and rules are administered evenly regardless of your star status), why not in this instanc
Report Post »jp2feminist
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 4:27amBy integrity, would you mean all that Tiger Woods and Barack Obama have learned from the game?
Report Post »JamesTeaPartyMac
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:56amI use to enjoy coming to the blaze but the comments are negative and always sarcastic. this gentleman worked his ass off for most of his life. This is by far one of the largest goals of his life to win the U.S. Open and some jackass was cawing! He was arrested because they were protecting the golfer who probably went to a college much higher than anyone else on this blog. Golfers are dumb? Go see where most of them graduated. You all make these sarcastic comments because you feel sorry for yourself. Why dont you go discipline your character like this golfer has his entire life. I admire golf compared to other sports because it carries class – Tiger Woods….Alright back to Obama!
Report Post »jdtanker
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:22amDitto.
Report Post »BlazeGlory
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 4:50amSo you believe Tiger Woods shows a lot of class by the way he has disciplined his character. I beg to differ with you.
Report Post »Bobj_1960
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:47amWhile golf is not my hting (last time I went it looked like a cessna mowing the lawn), it was very rude and disrespectful of the moron to do that in the middle of the interview.
BTW, if gold is dumb, what to you do for exercise?
Report Post »marine249
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:01amSSSSLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWW NEWs NIGHT
Report Post »infidelsaplenty
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:50amYea, MRBUTHCER is right!
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:41amGolf on Television is not much more than dead air. I’m with George Carlin on Golf Courses and Grave yards……Plow them mothers up and build parking lots.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:37amInappropriate. However. The smug “ Enjoy the jail cell buddy” comment simply shows golf’s elitism. Seriously, cawing like a lesbian seagull ala Englebert Humperdink deserves a jail cell? REALLY? Escorted off the premises would suffice in my opinion.
He may enjoy the jail cell, buddy, but do you enjoy cleaning dirty ******* walls? Well do ya, douche bag?
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:41amYou’re not my buddy, pal. You’re not my pal, friend. You’re not my friend, buddy.
Terrence and Phillip Rule!
CAW CAW CAW!
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:57am@KEVIN, South Park, by far, is my favorite show. Golf really is too uptight to be considered a sport.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:20amok , he was annoying , but what exactly did he do to deserve arrest ??????
nothing
Report Post »Live Slowly
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:33amHoly cow… Was that kelsey grammer????
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:44amYep. Kelsey Grammer fell off the wagon again and, by the bird sounds, effeminately endorsed Romney for POTUS 2012.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:02amGolf is so dumb.
Report Post »phrogdriver
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:15amGolf is NOT dumb.
Golfers are dumb.
Mainly because they play golf.
Wait.
Okay, maybe you’re right.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:46amNo youre right Butcher golf is dumb. Takes up too much land that could be used for better purposes. IMO. For all those who are going to say its their right to waste land in that manner.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:14amREALLY? How dumb is it to get out in the fresh air for 6 hours, walk for 6 hours, have to use your brain, be disciplined and focused? I think if more people played golf once in a while (not every day like the dope in the WH) we’d all be better off…or tennis or just walked. Just because you don’t do something, don’t call it dumb. It also creates thousands and thousands of jobs.
Report Post »Life does have to have some quality to it, unless you are a Muslim Roach and all you can do is scurry around carrying disease. PS….GLENN was right again about EGYPT. I do hope the Military doesn’t let go of their power. Many Egyptians are saying “WHAT HAVE WE DONE?” we’ve traded 1 Dictator for 11 and given away our Freedom..however, I don’t think the Roaches are going to have that much success with the educated, world-traveling Egyptians. I think they’ll find themselves exterminated. Pray for the poor Muslims. They are trapped.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:16amLand used for better purposes? Like what? Building more low income housing for taxpayers to give
Report Post »bums who think they don’t have to work? THAT better use of land? I don’t think so.
GEEZ if you clowns ever got your way there’d be no quality left in life at all. No art, just trash music, no theatre, nothing…just immoral trash and a bunch of robotic slaves….you are dopes.
v15
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:57amIs Patty Henry schizophrenic or a hateful passive aggressive? Why the hateful rant?
Report Post »john koenig
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:59amGames of skill apparently kick your ass.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:24am@MrButcher, phrogdriver & mrsmileyface
Well if golfers are “dumb” then people that comes up with names like MrButcher, phrogdriver & mrssmileyface must be real ID10T’s. Also mrsmileyface, as far as: “No youre right Butcher golf is dumb. Takes up too much land that could be used for better purposes. IMO.” It takes a pretty big idiot to spout that liberal cr*p. You must either be encinom or related to encinom to come up with that garbage. Perhaps they should take these people that own this land out and shoot them for thinking that they could do what they wanted with the land that they owned instead of checking with you to see what kind of socialist/communist agenda that you believe should be done with it. Also, anyone that decides that something that they know nothing about is dumb shows that they are 1000 times as dumb as what they claim others things to be. I really don’t know why these liberal idiots like to get on this site as much as they do, except so that they can claim that there were on a website that had actual common sense on instead of the usual sewage that comes out of liberals mouths on the liberal sites.
Report Post »RIGHTHOOK
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:23amOne of the redeeming aspects of golf is the private country club that screens out ignorant, derelict’s like you. There are additional civil behavioral positives related to the sport but that one comes to mind as being most applicable after reading your chatter.
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