Golfer Thomas Bjorn got off to a precarious start on the very first hole of Thursday's first round of the British Open tournament when he smashed the lens of an ESPN camera with an errant shot.
Bjorn's tee shot landed in the rough on the side of the fairway, which led to the shot that broke the camera lens:
ESPN TV camera on first fairway after Thomas Bjorn's second shot from the rough!! pic.twitter.com/wKo76Qt6Md
— Mark Donaldson (@Donaldson007) July 18, 2013
According to ESPN's Trey Wingo, that camera was worth $50,000. Wonder who's going to pay for that.
Bjorn finished that first hole with a double bogey, but seems to have shaken off the cobwebs as of this writing, as he has now pulled back to even par for the round after 11 holes.
H/T FTW.
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