Fan left blinded by wayward golf ball at Ryder Cup talks about her ordeal

Corine Remande was hit by Brooks Koepka's drive on the opening day of the event in Paris

Frenchwoman Corine Remande, 49, poses on October 3, 2018 in Lyon after she said she was taking legal action against the golf Ryder Cup event's organisers after being hit and lost sight in her right eye on Friday's opening day, when Brooks Koepka's drive on the par-four sixth hole careered into the crowd at Le Golf National, near Paris.  / AFP / JEFF PACHOUD
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The spectator who was blinded in one eye after being struck by a wayward tee shot at the Ryder Cup said she feared being trampled by crowds while lying stricken on the ground.

Frenchwoman Corine Remande, 49, was hit by American Brooks Koepka's drive on the short par-four sixth hole on Friday's opening day of the event at Le Golf National, near Paris.

"Before being moved, in a big mess, I was afraid of being trampled because Tiger Woods was coming and the crowd was growing around us," she said.

"What shocked me too was that the spectators were taking pictures of me, but no one was calling for help."

She is taking legal action, and said that was because fans by the green were not warned that the ball was heading in their direction.

Ryder Cup organisers have stated that "fore" was "shouted several times" and that they had been in contact with Ms Remande and her family.

"The stewards should have shouted 'fore'," she said.

"They did not do it. To make a show, the organisers moved the tees forward on the sixth hole to allow the big hitters to reach the green in one shot.

"Without warning the spectators, the public cannot see the players and anticipate and protect themselves. That's why I'm angry."

TOPSHOT - US golfer Brooks Koepka (R) reacts next to an injured spectator who fell  during the fourball match on the first day of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National Course at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, south-west of Paris on September 28, 2018.  / AFP / FRANCK FIFE
United States golfer Brooks Koepka reacts next to an injured spectator who fell during the fourball match on Day 1 of the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National Course. AFP

She added that for three days after the incident, no one from the Ryder Cup visited her or reached out to her.

"We have now filed a complaint in order to have answers to our questions, to challenge all the organisers on behalf of the safety of the public."

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Ms Remade will stay in Lyon, where her parents live, for a few more weeks because she cannot return to her home in Egypt.

She said on Monday at a Lyon hospital that the loss of sight in her right eye had been confirmed and that she had suffered a fractured eye socket and damaged eyeball.

'Worst day of my life'

Earlier, Koepka had said that his "stomach sank" when finding out about the extent of Remande's injuries.

"Yesterday was probably one of the worst days of my life," Mr Koepka said in Scotland ahead of this week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

"I haven't had too many tragedies in my personal family where there's been a loss or any kind of tragic accident so I've been lucky in that sense.

"I wasn't told until I got to the course - I'm not the biggest person on social media. So when I got here and had about seven missed calls and 25 text messages I was like, 'What's going on?' Then I was told the news and obviously I am really heartbroken.

"My stomach sank. Yesterday was probably one of the hardest days trying to focus and play golf just knowing what was going to come when I was done."