Joe Buck gets Brooks Koepka's girlfriend's name way wrong
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Brooks Koepka's girlfriend may not want to watch the replay of her boyfriend's U.S. Open win.
After the 27-year-old golfer won his first U.S. pro tournament and first major championship on the same day, Fox Sports' Joe Buck pointed out Koepka kissing a young woman Buck identified as "his girlfriend Becky Edwards, All-American soccer player at Florida State."
MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN GOLF LIST AN INSULT?
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But that wasn't Becky Edwards. Because Edwards is Koepka's ex-girlfriend.
The awkward moment that the commentator calls Brook Koepka's Girlfriend his Ex-girlfriend's name... pic.twitter.com/XKUVFpulRW
— BigSport (@BigSportGB) June 19, 2017
As in former.
No, the woman planting a smooch on Koepka was actress Jena Sims, the star of "Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader" and the upcoming "Sharknado 5," who happens to be Koepka's current girlfriend.
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Commentator Brad Faxon alerted Buck -- and the viewing public -- to his co-host's on-air flub.
And the Earth kept spinning on its axis.