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News.com.au
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Stupid, embarrassing': Commentator ‘sick' about Masters Jena Sims gaffe
Joe Buck and Brooks Koepka have long moved past the sportscaster's famed US Open blunder involving the golfer's now-wife, Jena Sims, but it's a moment the ESPN star felt 'sick about.' Buck, 56, recalled the infamous mishap on The JustIn Time Podcast with Justin Kutcher, who ignited the stroll down memory lane after apologising to Buck for providing him with bad intel while on air during the 2006 NLCS. 'You do your best, you did your best, you made a mistake,' Buck said. 'I do my best every time I go on the air, I make countless mistakes. Not everything that comes out of my mouth is something that I'm proud of, not every note I have is right, and we live in a world that's more gotcha than pat ya on the back.' That's when Buck pivoted to the LIV Golf star's US Open triumph in 2017, when he mistook Sims for Koepka's ex, Becky Edwards, on Fox's coverage of the major tournament. 'I had that same thing happen to me a couple times,' Buck said. ' … That same thing happened to me with Brooks Koepka and getting the wrong name of his wrong girlfriend, and that was on a note card from a guy who helped me countless times. 'During that week of the U.S. Open, making me appear way smarter than I actually am or way more well-read or way more well-versed in the PGA Tour than I otherwise would have been, and he handed me a card with the wrong name on there, I read the card and then, [Brad] Faxon corrected and said, no, that's his new girlfriend, Jena Sims, I felt, that I was sick about. 'Because we had been taking punch after punch on Fox Golf, and it was like the last thing we had on the air before we said goodbye, and we'd been on for five days, all day and it was, it was a lot of work and I was like, 'oh my God, I let everybody down by that stupid, embarrassing moment, and you feel like the world's talking about it and really nobody cares'.' Buck did get it right the following year when Koepka secured his second straight U.S. Open win. 'Now, he and Jena again celebrate the US Open championship,' he said on the broadcast, per For The Win. Sims, 36, who went on to marry Koepka, 35, in 2022, has since forgiven Buck. 'Of course,'' the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model said in 2018, according to USA Today. 'He clarified my name this week, so I appreciate it. But I didn't really care. 'He talked to Brooks. They met up at that baseball game last year, but I was working so I didn't get to go and experience that.'' Koepka's last major victory was at the PGA Championship in 2023, the same year he and Sims welcomed their first child, son Crew.
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Why ex-Fox announcer Joe Buck felt 'sick' over Brooks Koepka and Jena Sims gaffe in 2017
Longtime sports broadcaster Joe Buck has admitted he felt 'sick' about misidentifying Jena Sims as Brooks Koepka's ex during the 2017 US Open. Sims was spotted supporting her then-boyfriend Koepka at the tournament as he won his very first major. But as Koepka celebrated the win, the veteran announcer Buck (who now works for ESPN) wrongly identified Sims as the golfer's ex-girlfriend, Becky Edwards. And while Sims - who is now married to Koepka - later told USA Today Sports that she forgave Buck for the error, the broadcaster felt awful about the mistake at the time. 'During that week of the U.S. Open, [I had a producer] making me appear way smarter than I actually am or way more well-read or way more well-versed in the PGA Tour than I otherwise would have been, and he handed me a card with the wrong name on there, I read the card and then, [Brad] Faxon corrected and said, no, that's his new girlfriend, Jena Sims,' Buck recalled on the JustIn Time Podcast, via the New York Post. 'I felt, that I was sick about. Because we had been taking punch after punch on Fox Golf, and it was like the last thing we had on the air before we said goodbye, and we'd been on for five days, all day and it was, it was a lot of work and I was like, 'Oh my God, I let everybody down by that stupid, embarrassing moment', and you feel like the world's talking about it and really nobody cares.' Buck had a chance to rectify his mistake the following year as Koepka won the US Open again. He's reached a total of five major wins since then, and wed Sims in 2022. The couple welcomed their son, Crew, in 2023. 'I do my best every time I go on the air, I make countless mistakes,' Buck added on the podcast. 'Not everything that comes out of my mouth is something that I'm proud of, not every note I have is right, and we live in a world that's more gotcha than pat ya on the back.' Koepka, 35, made waves in 2022 when joined LIV - reportedly for a $100million contract. Despite that, he was allowed to compete in the 2023 PGA Championship and won the competition despite being part of the Saudi-backed league. Koepka has not won a major since and has particularly struggled this year, missing the cut at both the PGA Championship and the PGA Championship. He fared better at the US Open as he tied for 12th.
Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
Ten majors? A grand slam this year? No, just let Rory McIlroy be
The creases had barely dropped out of Rory McIlroy's Green Jacket when predictions began to rain on his parade. Brad Faxon had him racing to ten majors, when it had taken him 15 seasons to win five; Paul McGinley speculated that he might add three more this year, to make it a calendar grand slam. And they meant well, these gentlemen. McGinley even said his bit with a smile as if acknowledging how outlandish such an outcome would be. But even so. McIlroy did win two majors in 2014, but played another 39 before winning his next, and not even Tiger Woods swept the board in a single campaign. He is credited with the 'Tiger Slam', the last three majors of 2000 and the first
NBC Sports
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
What Faxon told Rory before Masters final round
Brad Faxon joins Golf Today to discuss the roller coaster ride that was Rory McIlroy's final round and victory at the 2025 Masters and the significance of McIlroy winning the career grand slam.
