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Woman hit by Koepka’s tee shot, blinded in one eye, speaks with media
The woman hit by Brooks Koepka’s tee shot at the Ryder Cup has spoken with the media for the first time. 49-year-old Corine Remande was struck in her right eye by Koepa’s drive at the par-4 6th hole at Le Golf National, Sunday.
As multiple outlets have reported, Remande, who lives in Egypt but traveled to the competition with her husband, has permanently lost sight in the eye.
“The doctor said immediately to my husband that it was a very big explosion in my eye and it was impossible for me now to see again with this eye,” she told BBC Sport. “I don’t know how to live with only one eye. I like walking, sport, going to the gym and playing golf.”
From a hospital in Lyon, Remande said she is planning legal action and hopes to improve public safety. However, it’s not clear exactly what form this would take.
She claims marshals didn’t warn spectators a tee shot was approaching or make clear players were attempting to drive the green at the par 4. She also says signage about spectator risk was inadequate. Remande also says officials neither checked on her after she was struck nor visited her at the hospital
The European Tour says “fore” was shouted by players and marshals and, per the BBC, “Ryder Cup tickets contained ground regulations which clearly stated that spectators acknowledge the general risks associated with golf, including risks with errant shots.”
Remande says she doesn’t hold Koepka responsible.
Ahead of the Dunhill Links Championship, Koepka told reporters, “I was told the news and obviously I am really heartbroken. My stomach sank. It’s sad and I’m really torn up about it.”
He also tweeted the following, Tuesday.
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) October 2, 2018
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GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
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SuperStroke announced today its purchase of 100-year-old grip maker Lamkin Grips, citing the company’s “heritage of innovation and quality.”
“It is with pride and great gratitude that we announce Lamkin, a golf club grip brand with a 100-year history of breakthrough design and trusted products, is now a part of the SuperStroke brand,” says SuperStroke CEO Dean Dingman. “We have always had the utmost respect for how the Lamkin family has put the needs and benefits of the golfer first in their grip designs. If there is a grip company that is most aligned with SuperStroke’s commitment to uncompromised research, design, and development to put the most useful performance tools in the hands of golfers, Lamkin has been that brand. It is an honor to bring Lamkin’s wealth of product innovation into the SuperStroke family.”
Elver B. Lamkin founded the company in 1925 and produced golf’s first leather grips. The company had been family-owned and operated since that point, producing a wide array of styles, such as the iconic Crossline.
According to a press release, “The acquisition of Lamkin grows and diversifies SuperStroke’s proven and popular array of grip offerings with technology grounded in providing golfers optimal feel and performance through cutting-edge design and use of materials, surface texture and shape.”
CEO Bob Lamkin will stay on as a board member and will continue to be involved with the company.
“SuperStroke has become one of the most proven, well-operated, and pioneering brands in golf grips and we could not be more confident that the Lamkin legacy, brand, and technology is in the best of hands to continue to innovate and lead under the guidance of Dean Dingman and his remarkably capable team,” Lamkin said.
Related: Check out our 2014 conversation with Bob Lamkin, here: Bob Lamkin on the wrap grip reborn, 90 years of history
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Take it from a fellow who coaches high school golf in metro Toronto: there’s plenty of great golf played in the land of the maple leaf. All the greats have designed courses over the USA border: Colt, Whitman, Ross, Coore, Mackenzie, Doak, as well as the greatest of the land, Stanley Thompson. I’m partial to him, because he wore my middle name with grandeur. Enough about the architecture, because this week’s Tour Rundown begins with a newly-minted, Canadian champion on the PGA Tour. Something else that the great white north is known for, is weather. It impacted play on three of the world’s tours, forcing final-round cancellations on two of them.
It was an odd week in the golf world. The LPGA and the Korn Ferry were on a break, and only 13/15 of the rounds slated, were played. In the end, we have four champions to recognize, so let’s not delay any longer with minutiae about the game that we love. Let’s run it all down with this week’s Tour Rundown.
PGA Tour: TP takes TS at Byron’s place
The 1980s was a decade when a Canadian emergence was anticipated on the PGA Tour. It failed to materialize, but a path was carved for the next generation. Mike Weir captured the Masters in 2003, but no other countrymen joined him in his quest for PGA Tour conquest. 2024 may herald the long-awaited arrival of a Canadian squad of tour winners. Over the past few years, we’ve seen Nick Taylor break the fifty-plus year dearth of homebred champions at the Canadian Open, and players like Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners, Adam Svennson, and Mackenzie Hughes have etched their names into the PGA Tour’s annals of winners.
This week, Taylor Pendrith joined his mates with a one-shot win at TPC Craig Ranch, the home of the Byron Nelson Classic. Pendrith took a lead into the final round and, while the USA’s Jake Knapp faltered, held on for the slimmest of victories. Sweden’s Alex Noren posted six-under 65 on Sunday to move into third position, at 21-under par. Ben Kohles, a Texan, looked to break through for his first win in his home state. He took the lead from Pendrith at the 71st hole, on the strength of a second-consecutive birdie.
With victory in site, Kohles found a way to make bogey at the last, without submerging in the fronting water. His second shot was greenside, but he could not move his third to the putting surface. His fourth was five feet from par and a playoff, but his fifth failed to drop. Meanwhile, Pendrith was on the froghair in two, and calmly took two putts from 40 feet, for birdie. When Kohles missed for par, Pendrith had, at last, a PGA Tour title.
360° and in!
A nervy par save by @TaylorPendrith to remain one back as he seeks his first PGA TOUR victory @CJByronNelson. pic.twitter.com/LVFXUSidSg
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 5, 2024
DP World Tour: China Open in Otaegui’s hands after canceled day four
It wasn’t the fourth round that was canceled in Shenzhen, but the third. Rains came on Saturday to Hidden Grace Golf Club, ensuring that momentum would cease. Sunday would instead be akin to a motorsports restart, with no sense of who might claim victory. Sebastian Soderberg, the hottest golfer on the Asian Swing, held the lead, but he would slip to a 72 on Sunday, and tie for third with Paul Waring and Joel Girrbach. Italy’s Guido Migliozzi completed play in 67 strokes on day three, moving one shot past the triumvirate, to 17-under par.
It was Spain’s Adrian Otaegui who persevered the best and played the purest. Otaegui was clean on the day, with seven birdies for 65. Even when Migliozzi ceased the lead at the 10th, Otaegui remained calm. With everything on the line, Migliozzi made bogey at the par-five 17th, as his principal competitor finished in birdie. To the Italian’s credit, he bounced back with birdie at the last, to claim solo second. The victory was Otaegui’s fifth on the DP World Tour, and first since October of 2022.
.@adrianotaegui birdies the 16th to tie the lead at -17 ?#VolvoChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/p4tfE5DRJa
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 5, 2024
PGA Tour Americas: Quito’s rains gift title to Longbella
Across the world, superintendents and their staffs will do anything to prepare a course for play. Even after fierce, nightime rains, the Quito TG Club greeted the first four groups on Sunday. The rains worsened after 7 am, however, and the tour was forced to abort the final round of play. With scores reverting to Saturday’s numbers, Thomas Longbella’s one-shot advantage over Gunn Yang turned into a Tour Americas victory.
64 held the opening-day lead, and Longbella was not far off, with 66. Yang jumped to the top on day two, following a67 with 66. He posted 68 on day three, and anticipated a fierce, final-round duel for the title. As for Longbella, he fought off a ninth-hole bogey on Saturday with six birdies and a 17th-hole eagle. That rare bird proved to be the winning stroke, allowing Longbella to edge past Yang, and secure ultimate victory.
.@TBalla21 eagles 17, shoots 65 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the KIA Open. pic.twitter.com/TTOL2LxSdh
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) May 4, 2024
PGA Tour Champions: Dunlap survives Saturday stumble for win
Scott Dunlap did not finish Saturday as well as he might have liked. After beginning play near Houston with 65, Dunlap made two bogeys in his final found holes on day two, to finish at nine-under par. Hot on his heels was Joe Durant, owner of a March 2024 win on PGA Tour Champions. Just behind Durant was Stuart Appleby, perhaps vibing from his Sunday 59 at Greenbrier on this day in 2010. Neither would have a chance to track Dunlap down.
The rains that have forced emergency responders into action, to save hundreds of lives in the metro Houston area, ended hopes for a third day of play at The Woodlands. Dunlap had won once previously on Tour Champions, in 2014 in Washington state. Ten years later, Dunlap was the fortunate recipient of a canceled final round, and his two days of play were enough to earn him TC victory number two.
Off the green? No worries for @ScottDu12500063
8-under solo leader @InsperityInvtnl pic.twitter.com/hoj5OujL5C
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 4, 2024
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Curt
Oct 6, 2018 at 11:23 pm
Players hit it so far now it’s really difficult to keep an eye on the ball. Along with distance goes the angle as well, could be looking directly at it and just not see it thanks to sunlight. Unfortunately fans are brave enough to stand in the general drive zone and drivable par 4’s require some savage swings.. Maybe it’s time to slow down the distance a bit, shrink the drivers to make pros think a little more than swinging as hard as possible thanks to a giant face.. Imagine if the MLB let there equipment get stronger every year how dangerous foul balls would be nevermind players in the in field along with how big the stadiums would be lol. I guess I’m one of the rare ones who find Driver Wedge over and over again boring.
Dunn
Oct 5, 2018 at 9:34 pm
People need to take responsibility for themselves….people blame everything on everyone….I was hurt very bad (changed my life forever) and could have sued but I didnt cuz it was my own friggen fault!
Dunn
Oct 5, 2018 at 9:21 pm
These spectators get way too close to fairway, seen hundreds of people inches from path these guys are swinging on….if your gonna go to these events and you golf well you know how it is…..stay out of line of fire, feel bad for this woman and many others just like her but hey, you have to be a bit pro active and and know that balls are coming your way if you choose to stand near landing zones of these shots…sucks for Bruce too cuz now he has this on his conscience and he is just trying to play golf……give these guys some room, pay attn to shots being hit and if if you cant see the ball dont look up….
HDTVMAN
Oct 5, 2018 at 2:54 pm
She is an avid golfer, traveled to France for the Ryder Cup, has probably been to other tournaments, and has seen golf on TV. There is a risk at golf tournaments and baseball games at being struck by a ball. It was an unavoidable accident, and there is nothing to sue for. On TV we’ve seen people get hit and bleed, but you can’t sue. There are no legal grounds. On cross examination, you’ll be asked if you’ve seen spectators hit by a golf ball on TV? You’ll be asked why you weren’t paying attention? It has been stated “fore” was yelled several times, and players on the tee pointed to the ball going into the crowd. Why didn’t you turn your head and duck? If the person next to you ducked and you were struck, would you sue them for moving and allowing the ball to strike you? What about suing the crowd for loudness if you didn’t hear the warning? Let’s face it…it was an accident and no one is at fault.
Deegee
Oct 5, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Some of the remarks on here are disgusting. I’m sure you would be making such flippant comments if it was your own daughter or son who has lost an eye and their life has changed forever.
I hope that a loophole in the law is found and she gets judgement to help her future.
For example, a lot of small print is irrelevant if it’s not understandable…perhaps it is written in English and she doesn’t read that language.
Of course, there’s always a signed glove from the offending Golfer to fall back on.!!
NormW
Oct 5, 2018 at 1:51 pm
She is reported to say that she likes watching sports and playing golf. You don’t need fine print to explain the obvious. Life ruined? My club has a golfer with sight in one eye who plays to a 2 and is Club Champ.
Barry
Oct 5, 2018 at 3:32 pm
It is called a ‘life changing’ injury for a reason
joro
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:38 pm
It is almost as stupid as the Liberal Fords accusations. You go to a Tournament where anything is possible, You stand there in the hitting area yards from the Fairway and then are surprised you got hit. I feel very sorry for her but she has no case other than Money. Phoooey.
Klondiko
Oct 5, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Gives real meaning to the term “Keep your eyes on the ball”.
Evan
Oct 5, 2018 at 1:26 pm
You’re a doofus. STFU
Jonathan wright
Oct 5, 2018 at 10:30 am
As I feel very bad for what happened to her, I pray that she wins nothing in this stupid lawsuit. She’s old nothing, but if Brooks himself wanted to help her out with some of the medical bills, I would see that as being very honorable.
You enter at your own risk in any professional golf tournament.
Robert
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:37 pm
In Europe we have an incurance, so the medical bills will be paid.
MeanJeanOkerlund
Oct 4, 2018 at 7:04 pm
I feel bad for her and it sucks big time, but she’s talking like she might not be able to go on in life. Clearly, she needs to pay a visit to her local Veteran’s Rehab Center. She’ll learn quickly that this is minor in the grand scheme of life and she just needs to suck it up, make adjustments where needed, and carry on.
Tom
Oct 4, 2018 at 6:52 pm
Tragic accident…..all she can say is “Aaaarrrrggghhhh!”
Terry
Oct 4, 2018 at 6:16 pm
Not that he has to, but hopefully BK provides some financial support on the low down.
Bob Parsons
Oct 5, 2018 at 8:41 am
Absolutely underrated comment, LOL.’
BOOM BABY,
BP
Golf Golf Golf
Oct 4, 2018 at 4:25 pm
Sorry about your eye… but the disclaimer on tickets usually indemnifies the player, course and tournament sponsor from this very thing. Enter at your own risk. Sadly its your loss (pun intended)
LawDontGoRoundHere
Oct 4, 2018 at 7:00 pm
You know nothing of what you speak of. Those disclaimers don’t mean jack in a court of law. People do sue and do win in these cases.
Jamie
Oct 5, 2018 at 2:38 am
Whose court? Those disclaimers do stand up here. Yes, there is a world outside of Libtardville.
Bob Parsons
Oct 5, 2018 at 8:42 am
I’m not sure you understand the concept of indemnity….
Herbie
Oct 4, 2018 at 3:59 pm
Lol
Jamie
Oct 4, 2018 at 1:36 pm
“It’s not my fault! It’s my right to be happy and unoffended!”
-Every Socialist in history
Geoff
Oct 4, 2018 at 11:34 am
Fell bad for her…but maybe less mimosa’s and more watching the event and this could have been avoided.
Dave
Oct 4, 2018 at 11:00 am
This is sad but what does she hope to accomplish? Are we going to have to line the fairways with nets to protect spectators? This rush to litigation is so prevalent these days. I feel for her but at some point, take a little blame for not paying attention at a sporting event where golf balls are being hit.
Kevin
Oct 4, 2018 at 10:50 am
Wear a hat and pay attention.
Luke
Oct 4, 2018 at 2:12 pm
Such sympathy!
Kevin
Oct 5, 2018 at 10:00 am
Your sympathy will bring her eyesight back? My good advice could help others in the future.
Jamie
Oct 4, 2018 at 10:13 am
Germany, Italy, and Spain will pay for it. Socialism works.
DrRob1963
Oct 3, 2018 at 11:38 pm
This is the risk we all take whenever we walk onto a golf course. It is possible, it does happen!
rymail00
Oct 3, 2018 at 10:34 pm
Wow that’s awful, and extremely unfortunate for her. But I think we all know what the out come will be from this, much like baseball games, and hockey, you basically waive all rights once you buy the ticket unless it turns into a Detroit basketball game where your physically attacked by player. Any injury from foul ball or errant drive your basically screwed if you get hurt. Its unfortunate but thats the risk.
I can’t imagine losing eye sight or some other type of sense due to attending a sporting event….
James
Oct 3, 2018 at 8:04 pm
Sad news… and I feel for this woman.
Not specific to her because I don’t know the details but I am always amazed at most of the spectators lining the fairways who are not even looking back at the tee. They are often the ones who are hit by an errant tee shot.
Tomt
Oct 3, 2018 at 7:46 pm
Wow your life can change so fast! Sad story
Johnny Penso
Oct 3, 2018 at 10:11 pm
If you don’t know exactly where the ball is, you should be looking away. You’re not going to get very injured getting hit on the back of your body. All the important stuff is at the front.
Paulie
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:55 pm
Abe Lincoln would argue that Johnny.
Bruce Ferguson
Oct 3, 2018 at 4:59 pm
A very sad and regrettable accident. Reminds me of an incident a few years back where a young lady was struck by a hockey puck at a hockey game.
As rare as these incidents are, they are always possible.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/girl-killed-by-stray-hockey-puck/