‘He is spooked' – Moment The Open commentator hides under his jacket as BAT invades broadcasting booth at Portrush
The brilliant incident occurred on Day Two of the tournament in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
4
A commentator hid under his jacket after a bat invaded a broadcasting booth
4
The hilarious incident occurred at The Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland
4
An American team were ambushed by the creature, with one attempting to fend it off
4
The other commentator wasted no time in hiding under the desk
Golf stars like Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler and
The world-famous Open is being covered around the globe, with pundits from every corner making their way to watch it live.
But one broadcasting team from America got more than they bargained for while live on air.
Dan Hicks and Kevin Kisner were commentating on the action for NBC when disaster struck.
READ MORE IN GOLF
With the rain pouring down and the sun starting to dip, a bat crashed its way into their booth before causing havoc.
Both Hicks and Kisner were left scrambling to stay professional as the bat zipped back and forth.
Kisner hilariously ended up pulling a jacket over his head before ducking under the table.
As for Hicks, he tried to bravely swat away the creature while retaining his composure.
Most read in Golf
BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS
But the commentator could not stop from howling with laughter at the sight of Kisner trebling in fear.
Back in the main studio, Mike Tirico had some fun with it as he narrated the unfolding scene for viewers.
Tense moment as furious Jon Rahm confronts golf fan at The Open
The Open 2025
ONE of the most anticipated Opens in years is finally here.
Can
THE OPEN 2025 LIVE
- Follow all the latest updates from Royal Portrush
TIPS AND FREE BETS
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW...
The Open 2025 schedule and tee times
TOP STORIES...
Tirico said: 'Kevin Kisner… this is a man who is a proud hunter. He's under his jacket, he is spooked by this bat.
'Dan Hicks trying to keep it away from him. You never know what you're going to get at a major championship. You're on the air for eight, nine hours.
'Apparently (other people) on the other side were fine and calm. But Kiz has taken cover under his sports coat, the nicest coat.
'Dan has saved his partner and protected him.'
The commentary team then went back on air, with Hicks left laughing at the situation.
He said to Tirico: 'I'm telling you Mike, just when you think you've seen it all.
'This bat did 20 laps around this tower, it looked like he was looking for a place to land.
'Maybe it just wanted to get out of the rain. I was (protecting Kiz).
'The great outdoorsman, Kevin Kisner, hiding underneath the set.'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Irish Sun
24 minutes ago
- The Irish Sun
Bizarre moment Oscar-winning Hollywood star shares loaf of bread with Spanish local who's no idea who he is – would you?
AN OSCAR-winning Hollywood star has shared a loaf of bread with a Spanish local who had no idea who he is. The star sighting happened as the two men shared a bench together with the star offering his snack - 7 An Oscar-winning Hollywood star has shared a loaf of bread with a Spanish local who had no idea who he is Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto 7 The star sighting happened as the two men shared a bench together with the star offering his snack Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto 7 With his baseball cap and being spotted in such normal circumstances, it might be hard to recognise this screen icon Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto With his baseball cap and being spotted in such normal circumstances, it might be hard to recognise this screen icon. But he is a very familiar face in recent movie history . Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band , His first appearances on screen were guest appearances on the short-lived television shows Camp Wilder (1992) and Almost Home (1993). ShowBiz news But his break through television role was in My So-Called Life in 1994. Since then he has appeared in various movies and is best known for starring as The Joker in He won an You must have guessed it now? But here's another clue - just in case. Most read in Celebrity The star has two big-budget films being released in the coming months at Yes, it's none other than the Hollywood legend Jared Leto. Tron Ares Trailer The video showed Jared offering some bread to a Spanish local who broke some off and ate it. Jared's fans were swift to comment on the kind gesture and one wrote: "The man is sharing a snack with Jared Leto and doesn't even know it ." Another added: "This man doesn't know how lucky he is yet." "The man has no idea who just shared his food with him," wrote another. A fourth added: "This man definitely doesn't know who he is." "What common curtesy. Goes-to show the sweet reverence of Jared Leto," said another. While another said: "How lucky this man is!.. that never happens to me when I sit on a bench in Barcelona ." Jared has recently The star, 53, was accused by nine women, including some who were His $20 million abandoned military compound that he's turned into his private home was also recently revealed. The eerie property once housed nuclear weapons and remains a guarded fortress in the Hollywood Hills, as the actor faces the sexual misconduct allegations. 7 Jared accepted the Best Supporting Male award for Dallas Buyers Club onstage during the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach Credit: Getty Images - Getty 7 Jared's The Joker in Suicide Squad Credit: Warner Bros/Scope Features 7 Jared is the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 7 Jared won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club. Credit: Alamy
Irish Examiner
24 minutes ago
- Irish Examiner
Rory McIlroy moves up leaderboard with third round 66
Rory McIlroy has kept his home Open bid alive into Sunday's final round with a five-under par round of 66 that contained four birdies, an eagle, a bogey and two bizarre moments. It left him five shots behind Scottie Scheffler with the leader playing the 14th. McIlroy, starting seven shots behind, reeled off three birdies in his first four holes to sit at six-under par. His charge lost some steam mid-round with no more shots dropped or picked up from there to the turn. There was a bizarre twist at the difficult 11th when a lucky break left him with a great lie off a wayward tee shot before his second was affected by what turned out to be a buried ball underneath his own that only surfaced on contact. The five-time major champion picked up the unexpected object with an astonished smile but the end result to the hole was a scuffed chip from the fairway that left him with a long putt for par that didn't disappear. McIlroy could ill afford dropped shots, not least with Scheffler carding an eagle minutes later, so the eagle of his own that followed on 12 was critical, and he reached eight-under with a birdie at 15 before another twist on the second last. A tee shot pulled right ended up on an elevated mound outside the ropes before a member of the public picked up the ball. That allowed him to place it for his second shot but he couldn't capitalize on the break with another birdie. It could have been better and it could have been worse. Tied for 12th at the start of play, he sat in a tie for fifth by the time his day was done. Good, but unlikely to be good enough. He will likely need something historic on Sunday to have a chance.
The Journal
29 minutes ago
- The Journal
The Open gets worse for Shane Lowry as he's hit with vomiting bug hours after two-shot penalty
The 42 reports from Royal Portrush SO SHANE, APART from the irritating questions about drinking from the American media, the stone-cold putter, the squalls of bone-drenching rain, the two-shot penalty and now the vomiting bug. . . how's your Open Championship week been? It was on Saturday at Portrush in 2019 that Lowry put together the greatest round of his career, a 63 during which he told his caddie they must enjoy the closing two holes and after which he clamped one hand on the Claret Jug. But 313 Saturday afternoons later and the Golfing Gods have wreaked their vengeance on Shane Lowry. Their retribution may not be swift. . . but it will be brutal all the same. On a day of benign conditions, Lowry was bumped miles down the leaderboard with a third-round card that ended with a 74 but did not adequately express his torture. The picture of him lying flat on his back on the ninth fairway as he and playing partner Jon Rahm waited for the green to clear was much more evocative. Lowry awoke at 2.30am this morning with a stomach screaming sedition, realising it was his turn to contract a vomiting bug that had careened through his household all week. A few hours earlier, the R&A had left him with another kind of sickening feeling, as they gave him a two-stroke, post-round penalty for unwitting moving his ball during a practice swing on the 12th hole. Lowry insisted he did not know his ball had moved: otherwise he would have replaced it. The impassive tournament organisers pinged him one shot for not replacing his ball and another shot for then playing it from the wrong position. It meant sliding back to even-par and an earlier start than expected, depriving him of a chance to watch some of the Lions' Test against Australia. But then he awoke even earlier than planned. Advertisement 'I haven't eaten today yet', sighed Lowry in a press engagement that zapped the last of his diminished energy. 'I tried to get a protein drink down me after eight holes, and I felt like throwing up all over the place. Yeah, it's been a tough day, but I'm not going to make excuses. I played poorly today and obviously had a bad finish. 'I woke up at 2:30 with cramps in my stomach. I know we have it in the house. [Daughter] Ivy had it a couple of days ago, [wife] Wendy had it yesterday. Me and [daughter] Iris have it today. 'Honestly, every bathroom I went in and tried to throw up, I couldn't. It's just such a bad feeling. I think lack of energy towards the end maybe did me in. Look, I don't want to make excuses. It is what it is.' Lowry had to take a penalty drop on the second hole to make bogey at the first par-five of the day, and from there his putter refused to return any yield on investment, missing birdie looks on seven and eight before holing from 25 feet for par after his brief rest on nine. He found birdies on 10 and 13 before the round blew up, hooking left off the 14th tee on his way to a triple-bogey seven. Another bogey on seven put the tin hat on things. 'I felt like I ground it out really well to get to one-under for the day through 13″, he said. 'Then a bad shot on 14 and a little bit of a bad break as well. 'The annoying thing for me today is I didn't get to enjoy today as much as I would have liked. Saturday at The Open in your home country: I should enjoy it a lot more than I did, just because of how I felt.' He wasn't in the mood to talk any more about last night's penalty, though did say the reaction among his fellow players has been one of sympathy. If there's an upside to all of this torment, then Sunday surely can't be any worse. Plus, there's a silver lining to being hit with the virus midway through the Open. 'It will be gone by the holidays next week. So at least that's a plus.' Written by Gavin Cooney and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
