Brooks Koepka’s girlfriend, Jena Sims, meets Joe Buck at PGA Championship, and Buck shares the perfect tweet to poke fun at misidentifying her

Brooks Koepka is now one of the marquee names in golf, becoming the first back-to-back U.S. Open champion in almost 30 years after winning at Shinnecock in June. Early last year, though, Koepka wasn't as well known, to the point where his girlfriend was mididentified on the broadcast. We're sure you've heard about it. As FOX Sports announcer Joe Buck described the scene as Koepka's girlfriend greeted him after the victory, Buck referred to her as his old girlfriend, Becky Edwards, and not his current girl, Jena Sims—who Koepka is still dating.
Buck and Koepka have both acknowledged the snafu in good humor, and they've become friendly after the fact, with Koepka getting to visit Buck in the booth of a baseball game on a couple occasions. Buck had fun with it, too, referring to Jena multiple times by name during the FOX broadcast this year at Shinnecock. And it appears Buck and Jena finally had a chance to meet at Bellerive early this week at the PGA Championship..

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Tommy Fleetwood’s British Open earnings got deposited into the wrong Tommy Fleetwood’s bank account? Yes, apparently it’s true

Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesIf you're like us, you've probably wondered how tour-player prize money gets paid out after tournaments. Thanks to an unfortunate situation involving Tommy Fleetwood on the eve of the PGA Championship, we now have somewhat of an answer. Although Fleetwood's team, now, are the ones really looking for answers.
Thanks to a tweet from the user @GregThornerGolf, who is a golf instructor in New England, he alerted us to the fact that his friend, who is apparently also named Tommy Fleetwood, received the 29-year-old Englishman's payout from his T-12 showing at Carnoustie.
We didn't know whether to believe this at first—so we went to the source. Fleetwood's wife, Clare, confirmed in an email to Golf Digest that this situation, is, in fact, true. And Fleetwood's team is now dealing with getting the funds back. Now we know: yes, tour pros receive a direct deposit like the rest of us working folk. And yes, even the world's best play..

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This is definitely the best dodgeball highlight you’ll see today

As we informed you last week, ESPN8 “The Ocho” is back this year, causing dodgeball fans to rejoice everywhere. And coverage of this and other under-appreciated sports (The channel is also televising cornhole and ping pong) hasn't disappointed. At least, as far as we can tell from this one clip.
Without further ado, we present the best only dodgeball highlight you'll see today this year in your life.
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1027079535706230785
Wow. A double knockout?! ELECTRIC! Even Patches O'Houlihan would be impressed by that velocity.
We were also impressed with these impassioned announcers, although, one of them gave “Charlie” credit for a “great pump fake” when he got owned by that deflection. Bad job.
Still, the fact that these announcers just knew all the participants names was impressive. Then again, it is the SKYZONE ULTIMATE DODGEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE OCHO! And these are world-class athletes. Anyway, that was probably the first — and last — dodgeball..

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