Video: Greg And Joe Live From The Pines At Pinehurst!

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Other than Greg Noman calling Bill Coore “Coors" and repeating himself endlessly, this is only mildly painful unless you detest hearing the stock Fox Sports theme music. Get used to it. #12years #nocrashingrobotsyet

BTW, on the topic of theme music, Alex Myers wrote about NBC's iconic U.S. Open music, which may not be heard again when the network ends its U.S. Open coverage Sunday. The Yanni-composed "In Celebration of Man" started out as Olympics music.

"I would be disappointed if Fox doesn't use it," said Yanni, who is in the midst of a world tour covering 20 countries promoting his new album, Inspirato. "Nineteen years is a long time. 'In Celebration of Man' is kind of like a statue. And it stands for golf."

Despite requests, Yanni has never performed the piece live or included it on an album, but perhaps that will change now. "This song won't be lost," he said.

It certainly won't be lost among the golfers everywhere who hear or even hum the song when striking a good shot. Wait, that can't just be me . . . right?

Norman signed autographs earlier this week and Sam Weinman wrote about his preparation work for the U.S. Open broadcasts starting next year. Greg is mentoring Joe Buck, so rest assured:

"We've got 12 months to work at it," Norman said while signing autographs behind the 18th geen. "Joe's a good player (Buck has a 3.6 handicap index). But there's a difference between being a good player and being out here in the U.S. Open. There's a lot of little nuances he would never pick up on as a player. But we'll try to talk those things out and he's going to help me when we start in the booth with our rehearsals. So it's fantastic I can walk around with him on a day like today."