"One of the worst days of my life": Brooks Koepka of the Ryder Cup cost the life of a woman

Brooks Koepka did what every golfer will do immediately after a stray shot hits the spectator. He headed to the gallery to check the condition of the fan and offer a golf glove and excuses.

But it was not a commonplace banal. Corine Remande, 49, said she had suffered a "fracture of the right cavity and eyeball explosion" on Friday. Koepka spoke of the accident after learning about the extent of Remande's injury as he was preparing to compete in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews this week.

"Yesterday was probably one of the worst days of my life," he told the press (via the BBC). "I did not have too many tragedies in my personal family where there was a tragic loss or accident, so I was lucky in that sense. I'm not the most important person on social media, so when I got here [Monday] and I had about seven missed calls and 25 SMS, it was as follows:

"Then, I announced the news and, obviously, I'm heartbroken. My stomach sank. It's sad and I'm really torn. "

Remande told Agence France-Presse that she had remained calm and had tried to minimize her injury immediately after the injury so that Koepka "remains focused" while he and the United States team United faced the Europe team at the National Golf, near Paris.

"It happened so quickly," she added. I did not feel that the ball had hit my eye, and then the blood began to flow. The analysis on Friday confirmed a fracture of the right eye cavity and an eyeball explosion. "

Remande told AFP that she planned to consult a lawyer about a possible lawsuit and that the organizers of the Ryder Cup did not warn that Koepka's move was heading in her direction. The organizers of the Ryder Cup dispute this, but said that they "would continue to offer their support as long as necessary".

"The ball strikes are an occasional danger to the spectators but this kind of incident is extremely rare," the organizers said in a statement. "We can confirm that" the front "has been shouted over and over, but we also know how hard it is to know when and where each ball is hit if you are in the crowd."

Koepka said it was "difficult to control a golf ball, especially for 300 yards, and often, fans are close to the fairway. You can shout "before" but it does not matter, you can not hear it from 300 yards. "

As professional golfers do after hitting a spectator, Koepka immediately inspected Remande and offered him a golf glove. On Tuesday, he expressed his "sincere and sincere sympathy" in a statement on Twitter.