Oops! Thomas Bjorn stuck ESPN with an extra $80,000 in production costs after the golfer smashed one of the network's cameras during today's British Open broadcast.
"That is an $80,000 bill heading to Denmark," ESPN broadcaster Mike Tirico joked.
Here's the shot:
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And ESPN's response:
The Open Championship is live on ESPN, and we've already lost one camera to an unfortunately placed golf ball: pic.twitter.com/ljO9ZzbD2s
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 18, 2013
and now...the evidence RT @ ESPN TV camera on first fairway after Thomas Bjorn's second shot from the rough!! pic.twitter.com/kMCO8WtSYe
— trey wingo (@wingoz) July 18, 2013
(h/t The Bleacher Report)