I was blinded by a stray ball: golf fan
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Ryder Cup organizers could be facing a lawsuit from a spectator who claims a stray golf ball blinded her in one eye.
Golf fan Corine Remande claims she suffered a fractured right socket and “explosion of the eyeball” when a ball intended for the course’s sixth hole landed in her eye instead.
“It happened so fast, I didn’t feel any pain when I was hit,” Remande told Agence France-Presse outside the French hospital where she was treated.
The errant ball came off the club of West Palm Beach, Fla., golfer Brooks Koepka, who came to Remande’s aid after realizing what had happened.
Remande, 49, was injured while standing in the gallery with her husband, Raphael, who’d accompanied her to the Le Golf National club in Saint-Quentinen-Yvelines near Paris. The couple flew in from Egypt to see the U.S. national golf team battle Europe’s best.
“Officials did not shout any warning as the player’s ball went into the crowd,” according to Remande.
“Ball strikes are an occasional hazard for spectators but this kind of incident is extremely rare,” a Ryder Cup spokesman said, vowing to offer “support” to the wounded spectator.