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A spectator has lost her sight in one eye after a golf ball hit her eye and caused it to “explode” during the Ryder Cup.
Corine Remande was watching American golfer Brooks Koepka at the competition when his shot hit her last Friday.
The spectator recalled to the AFP news agency (via BBC News): “It happened so fast, I didn’t feel any pain when I was hit.
“I didn’t feel like the ball had struck my eye and then I felt the blood start to pour. The scan on Friday confirmed a fracture of the right eye-socket and an explosion of the eyeball.”
Remande’s husband said: “In the best case, she was told that she could see forms when the oedema [fluid] will be resorbed within a month.”
She claimed that there was no warning beforehand, and that the competition’s organisers did not attempt to contact her after the incident to check up on her condition.
Koepka went over to Remande after the ball struck to check on her, but she said she told him not to worry so as to not distract him from the game.
“It looked like it hurt,” he said. “It’s hard to control a golf ball, especially for 300 yards, and a lot of times the fans are close to the fairway. You can yell ‘fore’ but it doesn’t matter from 300 yards – you can’t hear it.”
The couple are now considering legal action, though this is to help cover medical costs, and the European Tour PGA said it would “investigate” the incident (via ITV News).
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