ESPN anchor Sage Steele is recovering after being struck in the face by a tee shot by Jon Rahm on the third hole of the PGA Championship on Thursday.
An eyewitness reportedly told The Quadrilateral that they “saw her on the ground, holding her nose, mouth or chin area” and her hands were “covered in blood.” Medical personnel was reportedly summoned to tend to Steele.
The NY Post added this:
“Golf writer Geoff Shackelford described an account from an eyewitness who “saw her on the ground, holding her nose, mouth or chin area,” with her hands “covered in blood.” A source told The Post she walked off under her own power.
Shackelford saw the Rahm shot — which traveled 281 yards at 181 mph, per the ESPN broadcast — go awry.
“I was standing behind the tee when Rahm hit a hard hook into the left trees. He immediately yelled ‘Fore Left!’ and aggressively waved his arm pointing left,” he wrote. “The impact must have been brutal: Rahm’s tee shot ended up in the center of the fairway.”
Here’s that moment where Steele got hit:
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Hopefully, she’ll recover and be able to return to work.
