VIDEO: Las Vegas Sphere Trolls Golfer in Hilarious Viral Video

When you pay to play at one of America’s most expensive golf courses, only to find your concentration challenged by the kooky images flashing across the world’s largest LED screen next door, you have a choice…

Joseph Demare plays a round at the Wynn Golf Club
Joseph Demare plays a round at the Wynn Golf Club under the watchful — and mocking — eyes of the Sphere in Las Vegas. (Image: YouTube)

Be teed off, or try making the funniest video of the Sphere to date.

Vancouver sports podcaster Joseph Demare, known professionally as “Joey Cold Cuts,” took the latter approach when playing at the Wynn Golf Club recently. And he totally succeeded.

It seems the Sphere external screen regularly features a video that mocks golfers on the course. Demare waited for the perfect moment to shoot a video in which it seemed as if the Sphere’s emoji face actively trolls his golf shot.

“Go towards the right edge of the right bunker,” the friend calls out before Demare swings.

“Oh, I don’t think it likes it,” Demare says of the 366-foot-tall yellow emoji after its beady eyes appear to lock on and follow his tee shot. When the ball lands, the emoji issues a stink eye.

“It doesn’t like it at all!” Demare declares, laughing.

Since being posted on Monday, the video has earned 24K views on Instagram, where Demare captioned it with: “You know you suck when even the [Sphere] is trolling you after your tee shot.”

The video was picked up by the popular Las Vegas Locally Twitter account, where it earned 1.5 million more views and an even funnier caption: “Wynn Golf Club is finally worth the $700 greens fee.” 

The Wynn Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course designed by Tom Fazio. Its greens fees are actually $800 per person, which isn’t very hilarious at all.

Here’s a YouTube version. 

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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