Sky’s Open coverage goes up in flames
Phil Mickelson wasn’t the only thing on fire in Royal Troon today.
Wirecams are sports broadcasters’ latest toy - enabling those overhead shots to give fans a bird's-eye view of the action.
One suffered a fairly serious malfunction at Royal Troon today, bursting into flames while the Open Championship was underway.
Despite the warning of ‘DANGER’ on the Instagram post, it doesn’t appear to have caused any real drama or concern.
Sky's 'innovative' wirecam at #TheOpen is on fire. Not like Phil Mickelson 'on fire', quite literally in flames pic.twitter.com/zdZriH8LY4
— Pete Hannah (@peter_hannah) July 15, 2016
No word yet on what caused the fire, although we can probably rule out spontaneously combusting in the Scottish sun.
A change in the weather on the Troon links for the second round of #TheOpen but Phil Mickelson continues to shine. pic.twitter.com/Uz7CIWlbXx
— Getty Images Sport (@GettySport) July 15, 2016
