ESPN’s Sage Steel Injured by False Jon Rahm Drive: Report

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ESPN’s anchor, Sagesteel, left the hospital and returned home after a bad tee shot by Jon Rahm on Thursday at the opening round of the PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The New York Post reported that Steele was in the gallery’s certified media area as Ram’s drive on Hole 3 turned left into the crowd. A golf writer on the scene reported that witnesses said Steele was “on the ground and had her nose, mouth, or chin” and her blood covered her hands.

Post said she left alone, but was hospitalized and has since returned to Connecticut to continue her recovery.

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After hitting the drive, Ram shouted, “I left before.”

Reportedly, Ram and ESPN announcers were unaware when the ball hit someone. It traveled 281 yards at a speed of 181 mph, but apparently hit a steal and then bounced off the fairway.

ESPN’s representative declined the post’s request for comment, and 49-year-old Steele hasn’t discussed the case on her social media.

She was at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa and had a “sports center” fixed on the scene.

Steele, who has been with ESPN since 2007, sued the network last month. She claims to have been suspended after commenting on the company’s vaccination obligations in a podcast by former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler.