Ryder Cup fan hit by errant Brooks Koepka drive says she's been left blind in one eye

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https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news...a-drive-says-shes-been-left-blind-in-one-eye/

I am an avid golfer. When I watch a tournament and see spectators lining the tee box, I am aghast. Clueless people. I have never and would never stand anywhere anywhere but behind a fellow golfer on the tee box. This is similar to running the bulls at Pamplona.

  • The gallery of a golf course can be a dangerous place to be. Balls get sliced all the time. Such was the case on the sixth hole at Le Golf National at the 42nd Ryder Cup when Brooks Koepka sliced a ball into the gallery and hit 49-year-old Corine Remande. The fan was left bloody, and Koepka went to check on her.

    The fallout from the strike, according to Remande, is severe. She told CNN that scans showed that her right eye socket is fractured and there was "explosion of the eyeball."

Of course the expected lawsuit is imminent.

"there was no warning from officials that the ball was coming into the crowd."

Really?
 
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