I’m going to start this off by saying right up front that severe weather updates on TV can be very helpful and can keep people safe and that I’m all in favor of keeping people safe.
But we need to talk about this weather update from WHO 13 News in Des Moines, Iowa during Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open because the timing was hilarious. Well, in the moment I wouldn’t have been to fond of it but today I can’t stop watching this clip below.
Let me set the scene: Louis Oosthuizen was putting for par on the 17th hole and was trailing Jon Rahm by one stroke. A par would mean he’d just need a birdie on 18 to force a playoff.
So Oosthuizen took dead aim, struck his putt, and as the ball rolled to the hole this happened:
Iowa TV station interrupts U.S. Open at funniest possible time: https://t.co/MGAAWOg1MR pic.twitter.com/QTIWWPhrdN
— Defector (@DefectorMedia) June 21, 2021
I mean, that’s some amazing timing.
Oosthuizen missed that putt and then made birdie on 18 to lose by a stroke.
Twitter had reactions to that video: