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The Sun
4 days ago
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- The Sun
Scottie Scheffler breaks silence on Open ‘fart-gate' & reveals who was responsible for leaving commentators in stitches
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER has broken his silence on 'fart-gate' that left the Open commentators in stitches. The American golfer was taking a shot at the green on the 17th hole when a fart noise was heard over the broadcast. 2 2 The noise caught the attention of Andrew Cotter on the broadcast microphone. He and his co-commentator burst into a fit of laughter as the moment also went viral on social media. Scheffler, 29, has now revealed who was responsible for the comedic flatulence. It was none other than... HIMSELF. The world no.1 made the shocking revelation while making an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast. He was asked by host Eric "PFT Commenter" Sollenberger if it was he who indeed farted. Scheffler said: "Yeah that was me. "You are out there for six hours, eating some different food over there, some stuff is going to happen. "You never know where the boom mic is and what it is going to pick up. "I'm actually surprised it has not happened more in the past. "I did not think anything about it and afterwards I was shown the video I could see me standing on the 17th and I was like 'I know what this is'. "It was good, had a good sound to it, we were outside, perfect." Scheffler followed up the first-tainted shot by rolling in the putt for birdie. He finished his day one round three under before going on to win the whole tournament. His closest challenger was Harris English, who shot 66 to finish on -13.
News.com.au
17-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Awkward moment fart noise stuns The Open commentators into silence before pair burst out laughing
Live TV commentators were hilariously stunned by an awkward fart noise at The Open just as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler made a stunning approach to the 17th from the rough. However, as his ball flew right at the flag, what appeared to be a loud moment of flatulence could clearly be heard coming through the speakers, The Sun reports. You can watch the incident in the video player above It is unclear where the rogue ripper came from. But it certainly caught the attention of Andrew Cotter on the broadcast microphone who let out a brief 'ohhhh,' on commentary when the fart happened. He and his co-commentator then burst into a fit of giggles. Cotter cheekily then asked his colleague: 'What are you laughing about?' And the popular broadcaster then quipped: 'Just a little bit of wind from behind,' on what was a blustery opening round at Portrush in Northern Ireland, the venue for this year's The Open Championship. The brilliant incident did not escape the attention of golf fans watching the action on TV, either. One said: 'Nothing like a fan ripping a fart as Scheffler drops a dart on the hole.' Another wrote: 'An impeccably timed fart at The Open as Scottie Scheffler hits one tight.' And a third added: 'Doesn't matter how old you get, a well-timed fart will never not be funny.' Scheffler, 29, tapped in the birdie putt and then saw another effort on the 18th green roll just past the hole as he finished on three-under. The world No1's pre-Open comments that he would quit the sport the day it got in the way of his family life and finds the joy of victory on Sunday afternoons as 'fleeting' certainly caused a stir. But he let his clubs do the talking with a superb, dogged three-under-par 68 to put him one shot off the clubhouse lead after his first round. Scheffler played through the worst of the wind and rain but his 18ft putt on the par 3 third and a fizzed approach from the rough to three foot on the 17th bookended his five birdies. The American, who saw another birdie chance narrowly slide past on the 18th green, insisted he is fully focused on getting his hands on the Claret Jug and a fourth Major triumph. Then he revealed some players have privately agreed with what he said - before suggesting the backlash may mean he closes up more when speaking to the media going forwards. Scheffler said: 'This week I'm trying to play good enough to win the golf tournament. I think I've made that pretty clear over the course of my career. 'I try to be as honest as I can with you all, with the stuff I'm willing to say. 'At times I feel like maybe I should be a little less honest - maybe I shouldn't have said the stuff I said this week because now I'm going to get asked about it more. 'But really it's just a matter of perspective, and I've had some players come up to me and say that they feel and think the same things. 'If anybody has disagreed with me, they haven't said it to my face yet, so I don't know what the reaction would be. But overall just glad to be out playing golf and competing again.' Scheffler hit just three of 14 fairways but added: 'I actually thought I drove it pretty good. When it's raining sideways, it's actually, believe it or not, not that easy to get the ball in the fairway.' Tough day for Aussies It is tight at the top in the opening round of the 153rd Open Championship with five players in a share of the lead, but a lot of focus has been on the other end of the leaderboard as Bryson DeChambeau has struggled at Royal Portrush. Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li, Matt Fitzpatrick, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English all shot four-under par rounds of 67 to share the lead. It has been a tough opening day for the Australian contingent with none of the nine Australians in the field even par or better. Cameron Smith and Adam Scott at +1 after the best placed, while Jason Day and Marc Leishman are a shot back.
The Sun
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Awkward moment fart noise stuns The Open commentators into silence before pair burst out laughing
LIVE TV commentators were hilariously stunned by an awkward FART noise at The Open. Scottie Scheffler made a stunning approach to the 17th from the rough. 3 3 However, as his ball flew right at the flag, what appeared to be a trump could clearly be heard coming through the speakers. It is unclear where the rogue ripper came from. But it certainly caught the attention of Andrew Cotter on the broadcast microphone. Cotter let out a brief: "Oh," on commentary when the fart happened. He and his co-commentator then burst into a fit of giggles. Cotter cheekily asked: "What are you laughing about?" blustery opening round at Portrush. The brilliant incident did not escape the attention of golf fans watching the action on TV, either. One said: "Nothing like a fan ripping a fart as Scheffler drops a dart on the hole." Another wrote: "An impeccably timed fart at The Open as Scottie Scheffler hits one tight." Emotional Scottie Scheffler reveals reason he could QUIT golf in worrying interview at The Open And a third added: "Doesn't matter how old you get, a well-timed fart will never not be funny." Scheffler, 29, tapped in the birdie putt and then saw another effort on the 18th green roll just past the hole as he finished on three-under. The world No1's pre-Open comments that he would quit the sport the day it got in the way of his family life and finds the joy of victory on Sunday afternoons as 'fleeting' certainly caused a stir. But he let his clubs do the talking with a superb, dogged three-under-par 68 to put him one shot off the clubhouse lead after his first round. Scheffler played through the worst of the wind and rain but his 18ft putt on the par 3 third and a fizzed approach from the rough to 3ft on the 17th bookended his five birdies. The American, who saw another birdie chance narrowly slide past on the 18th green, insisted he is fully focused on getting his hands on the Claret Jug and a fourth Major triumph. Then he revealed some players have privately agreed with what he said - before suggesting the backlash may mean he closes up more when speaking to the media going forwards. Scheffler said: 'This week I'm trying to play good enough to win the golf tournament. I think I've made that pretty clear over the course of my career. 'I try to be as honest as I can with you all, with the stuff I'm willing to say. 'At times I feel like maybe I should be a little less honest - maybe I shouldn't have said the stuff I said this week because now I'm going to get asked about it more. 'But really it's just a matter of perspective, and I've had some players come up to me and say that they feel and think the same things. 'If anybody has disagreed with me, they haven't said it to my face yet, so I don't know what the reaction would be. But overall just glad to be out playing golf and competing again.' Scheffler hit just three of 14 fairways but added: 'I actually thought I drove it pretty good. When it's raining sideways, it's actually, believe it or not, not that easy to get the ball in the fairway.'
Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Commentator lost for words by a fart noise during Scottie Scheffler shot at The Open
Commentators at the The Open were left baffled after hearing a fart noise during a Scottie Scheffler shot on Thursday. Scheffler made headlines earlier in the week after delivering a stunning existential monologue ahead of the Open and insisted his golf career is 'not a fulfilling life'. Perhaps those words were echoing around his mind after hearing the comical noise play out after his approach shot on the 17th hole at Royal Portrush. In a bizarre moment caught live on air, Scheffler hit a stunning shot that landed beside the hole, however, while it was in flight, the fart noise was heard. Commentators Andrew Cotter and his co-commentator were left stunned by the incident and, initially, just let out a confused: 'Oh!' After a brief period of silence, the duo burst out into laughter before Cotter posed the question: 'What are you laughing about?' As replays showed Scheffler's shot - which very nearly bounced into the hole - Cotter cheekily said: 'Just a little bit of wind from behind'. Scheffler ended the opening day 3-under 68 at Royal Portrush, as he eyes the third leg of the career Grand Slam this weekend. Earlier in the week, Scheffler caused concern after giving a brutally honest verdict on his feelings towards the sport currently. 'I think it's kind of funny,' he said at the beginning of an answer to a query about the longest he had spent celebrating a victory. He ended with a long hard, stare into an existential void. 'I said something after the Byron Nelson this year that it feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament. It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling. Then it's like, "okay, what are we going to eat for dinner?" Life goes on. 'Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes. But at the end of the day, what's the point?' That was the stage when his answer began to escalate. 'This is not a fulfilling life,' he added. 'It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart. 'There's a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to No 1 in the world, and they're like what's the point? I really do believe that because what is the point? 'Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. It's like showing up at the Masters every year - why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don't know because, if I win, it's going to be awesome for two minutes. 'Then we're going to get to the next week, '"Hey, you won two majors this year - how important is it for you to win the FedExCup playoffs?" And we're back here again.
The Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘It's ridiculous' – Inside ‘special' BBC commentary box on Wimbledon's Centre Court where McEnroe and Henman squeeze in
THE BBC TV Wimbledon commentary box on Centre Court may only be a couple of square metres in size. But Nick Mullins insists sitting in the 'best seat in the house in the world' as he calls the biggest matches in tennis just a few feet away from the players is like 'dying and going to heaven'. 11 11 11 11 The likes of Mullins, Andrew Cotter and Andrew Castle provide the lead commentary for the BBC during Wimbledon. And they do so in a tiny booth in the north-west corner of one of sport's greatest arenas, measuring barely 5m wide and 2m deep. Talking to SunSport from that very position, Mullins, 59, said: 'We're lucky enough covering sport all around the world to sit in some of the best seats in the house but this is the best seat in the house in the world. 'It's just ridiculous. There is something special about any commentary box but specifically about this commentary box on Centre Court. 'When there are 15,000 people in here like there were for Emma Raducanu on Friday night, the place is in full sail and you're sitting watching it with Tracy Austin you've just died and gone to heaven. 'It's as good as commentating gets. There's nothing like it. 'The challenge of working in a place like this is because it is so magical and magnificent, you want to gabble all the time about how magical and magnificent it is. 'But the trick with television commentary is to know when to shut up and that's always the formula that you've got to get right - never easy when you're sitting somewhere as beautiful as this.' Asked whether the view is almost too good because being so close to the court could make it hard to see the far end, Mullins is having none of it. He replied: 'No! I wouldn't swap this for any other. 'Ruthless US star' Ben Shelton slams 'garbage and terrible' part of Wimbledon which leaves British fans fuming 'In most commentary boxes around the world you're higher up. 'In the sport that I work in most of all, rugby union, you're looking down on the players. 'But here you're eye level so you'll have Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz walking this way to towel down and get balls. 'Very often you'll see them looking into the box so you do feel a connection with the players that you don't really feel with any other sport because you're part of it. 'I find this from a commentary point of view the perfect spot.' But it not just the sight that takes the breath away - but the sounds, also. 11 And Mullins himself has to deal with a host of different channels, including his director, statiticians, the live BBC TV feed and, of course, his co-commentators, including John McEnroe, Tim Henman and Tracy Austin. Mullins - who covered the five-hour-29-minute French Open final classic without going to the toilet - added: 'When Ben Shelton serves one down at 150mph and it thuds against the front of the commentary box you hear it and it's as good as it gets. 'When it sounds like we're not making much sense on the television it might be because we're also hearing seven voices in our head at the same time. 'Effects is actually the most important feed in your ears as a commentator, it is the crowd effects and I have that turned up quite high. 'It makes me talk to you like we would do sitting outside. You don't want it to sound like you're in a library. 'You've got to be able to roll with that sound and to have the noise of the crowd in your head is probably the most important thing.' 11 Mullins works across various sports and various broadcasters. But while rugby has 40 minutes of action then a long break for analysis, tennis has brief 60-90 second changeovers to take stock. On most channels, there are TV commercial breaks. But not so on the BBC, which means Mullins must adapt for Wimbledon. He added: 'You do approach it differently. When I was doing Roland Garros for ITV and TNT, we do have the ad breaks. 'So I know I have to gently drop the stats and analysis in during the game because I don't have time when we go to the ad while also balancing the fact that I don't want to over-talk. 'Here, I know that I could go up a whole game without saying anything. 'So actually it is a completely different discipline.' But what else goes into preparing for a tennis commentary? Mullins dug out his full A4 page of handwritten notes from the Raducanu match with Aryna Sabalenka. He explained: 'The rota comes out at 11pm the night before but prep is a year-round thing as I'm watching tennis all the time. 'I'll re-watch press conferences, re-watch their previous match, work out what their wife, girlfriend, husband, mum, dad look like. 'I keep all my notes just because they're brilliant things to look back on and there'll be bits that are applicable to the next match. 'The key to prep is not trying to be too clever.' 11 11 11
