A spectator blinded in one eye at the Ryder Cup says she “could have died” after being hit by a wayward golf ball.

Corine Remande, 49, was injured when American Brooks Koepka’s drive on the par-four sixth hole veered off course at Le Golf National and struck her.

The Frenchwoman has told BBC Sport she would have been even more seriously injured if the ball had missed her right eye and hit the side of her head. “For me, it’s finished. I could not speak with you,” she said.

Remande had travelled with husband Raphael from their home in Egypt to watch the Ryder Cup on the outskirts of Paris.

She is planning legal action against the organisers after being hit by the stray ball on Friday, saying course officials did not give adequate warnings.

“It’s so nice to be on the golf course, to see the players. I hope that this terrible accident will improve safety for the public,” said Remande, who has been treated at a hospital in Lyon where she used to work as a secretary.

“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.”

Remande said she did not blame Koepka but was worried about her future.

“I don’t know how to live with only one eye. I like walking, sport, going to the gym and playing golf,” she said.

The golf fan revealed how gawping supporters seemed disinterested as blood poured down her face as she lay on the ground.

Remande said: “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.

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

Remande said she was “very angry” about a number of other issues. She believes the marshals should have warned that a ball was coming as spectators would not have heard shouts of ‘fore’ from the tee. The marshals did not communicate that players were attempting to drive for the green instead of laying up on the fairway. She claims officials did not check on her or visit her after she was taken to hospital. She alleges there was a lack of safety warnings on the ticket and signage around the venue.

The European Tour says ‘fore’ was shouted several times, and that marshals are not aware of a player’s strategy in advance of any shot, especially in matchplay like the Ryder Cup.

It says there was contact with the family from the moment the incident happened — initially on site, then through the French Golf Federation, and subsequently by Ryder Cup Europe.

The organisation said Ryder Cup tickets contained ground regulations which clearly stated that spectators acknowledge the general risks associated with golf.