Everybody involved with the PGA Tour is still getting used to the new normal of conducting tournaments and broadcasts with no fans on courses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
There was bound to be a miscue on the first day.
During the opening round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Justin Thomas decided to wave to non-fans after a few nice shots.
Later in the afternoon, Jon Rahm delivered a chip on the eighth that rolled into the hole. This led to somebody yelling out a NSFW word that the microphones picked up as clear as day:
Jim Nantz was back on the air for all of two minutes before he had to apologize for an f-bomb, I missed sports so much pic.twitter.com/Rk7aRuAvaX
— Jay Rigdon (@jayrigdon5) June 11, 2020
Legendary broadcaster Jim Nantz apologized if anybody was offended by the language, which turned out to be Brooks Koepka caught on the mic.
In fairness, though, swearing from athletes, coaches and fans heard on sports TV broadcasts is a tradition unlike any other.
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