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You are entitled to your opinion, but there's a reason Verne Lundquist is an iconic hall-of-fame broadcaster assigned to the biggest events, and you're not. In
by listenallyall 3y ago
You are entitled to your opinion, but there's a reason Verne Lundquist is an iconic hall-of-fame broadcaster assigned to the biggest events, and you're not. In the moment, he could have stuck to describing the athletics "a perfectly-executed chip shot" or the situation "Tiger Woods takes the lead" but he immediately recognized this shot was truly once in a lifetime, highly-emotional, bigger than any individual event, and spoke to that instead.
As far as the words he improvised, I would challenge you to find examples of other sentences in news or literature or culture that start with the exact phrase "In your life" (followed by "have you seen", not "did", your prior comment is incorrect). The guy basically created a new sentence structure in the language right on the spot, on the biggest stage.
And I'm far from the the only one who considers this a great call. Here are a few lists which place this specific call as the top-ranked golf announcing moment and among the top 10 sports calls, ever:
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1433660-the-most-iconic-calls-in-sports.amp.html https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1433660-the-most-...
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/ranking-the-greatest-sports-broadcasting-calls-of-all-time/ https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/ranking-the-greatest-sports-br...
https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/the-32-best-calls-in-sports-history-and-a-scully-vs-buck-debate https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/the-32-best-calls-in-spor...
https://golf.com/news/ranking-the-greatest-broadcast-calls-of-golf-history/?amp=1 https://golf.com/news/ranking-the-greatest-broadcast-calls-o...