American golfer Brooks Koepka was shaken after injuring a spectator when he hit her in the head with a wild tee shot on the first day of the Ryder Cup in France.
On the par-four sixth hole, Koepka struck a woman in the gallery and bloodied her head.
Brooks Koepka checks on the fan he hit with a tee shot and gives her a signed glove.
He said he checked on her condition after his round and had not heard any update from Ryder Cup officials.
"It's not a fun feeling. I probably do it way more than I should," he said.
"You feel terrible for them. You know exactly how they are feeling, especially when you've got to go over there and apologise because they are in pain, usually bleeding, and then to hit her in the face is not … you don't want to hit anybody in the face, especially not a woman, and it's not a good feeling.
"I just wanted to get out of there," he said. "We'll get an update on her, but hopefully she's doing good."
Koepka says he yelled, "Fore!" but is not sure it would have mattered.
"The problem is, you shout 'fore,' but from 300 yards, how are you supposed to hear it? How are you supposed to know?" Koepka said.
"From 300 yards, even if none of us said 'fore,' she's going to get hit. And that's the unfortunate thing."
AP
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