Fan struck by Travis Kelce's golf ball speaks out on her ordeal as she recalls trying not to black out: 'There was a lot of blood'

A instrumentality who was near bloodied aft being struck by Travis Kelce's play shot astatine a personage play tourney this period has admitted she almost 'blacked out' aft speaking retired connected nan incident.

Katie Hauss, 37, was enjoying a time astatine nan American Century Championship connected Lake Tahoe pinch her hubby erstwhile she was deed successful nan caput by a bad boy changeable from Kelce, leaving her pinch 'a batch of blood' and successful request of aesculapian attention.

Footage showed nan three-time Super Bowl victor comforting her arsenic she received curen connected nan course, earlier she was capable to return to her feet and make her measurement disconnected nan people accompanied by staff.

And successful an question and reply with PEOPLE, Hauss has opened up connected her ordeal and really it played retired that time connected Lake Tahoe.

'When I put my manus to nan backmost of my caput location was a batch of blood,' she said. 'When I sewage hit, I instantly felt pain. I was conscionable trying to attraction connected not blacking out, and astatine that constituent I didn’t really cognize what had happened.

'I past heard group commencement yelling and screaming that it was Travis Kelce's play shot, and "Oh my god, that woman conscionable sewage deed successful nan head."

'I tried to enactment really calm and told my hubby that I thought I was ok, it conscionable wounded really bad. Then erstwhile I put my manus to my caput location was a batch of blood. I knelt down to effort and get my bearings and past a Good Samaritan — he must person been a expert aliases a first responder of immoderate benignant — came complete and instantly applied unit to nan coiled connected my head. 

'He told maine enactment still and that they were calling for nan EMTs. I americium conscionable truthful appreciative to that man for helping me, a complete stranger, and I wish I could convey him for his kindness.'

Hauss says that some Travis and relative Jason instantly made their measurement down nan greenish aft she was deed successful nan head, pinch nan second said to person been 'genuinely concerned' and asking her aggregate times if she was ok.

Travis is past said to person joked that nan slightest he could do is get a photograph pinch nan spectator, pinch nan brace posing together for a threat aft their unfortunate encounter. 

Hauss added: 'Travis said that he couldn’t bring himself to grin fixed nan circumstances. I honestly felt bad for him, because I cognize that it was a full accident, and that can’t consciousness bully to do that pinch a immense crowd looking on.'

After being advised by aesculapian officials to spell to nan infirmary to guarantee she didn't person a fracture aliases soul bleeding, Hauss did precisely that earlier tests revealed she had a concussion and needed stitches.

Over a week connected from nan incident she is connected nan mend and is already emotion 'much better'. 

Kelce was connected nan 16th spread astatine nan Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course erstwhile his thrust struck Hauss successful nan backmost of her head, pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs tight extremity 1 of respective high-profile figures taking portion successful nan personage tourney that week.

Incredibly, earlier playing successful nan arena Travis really offered Jason immoderate prescient proposal during an section of their New Heights podcast.

'This is my first clip retired successful Lake Tahoe, do you person immoderate advice?' Jason asked his brother.

'My proposal would beryllium don't consciousness bad if you deed personification because they bought nan ticket,' Travis joked.

'It's a bunch of amateurs retired location trying to play play truthful don't consciousness bad,' Travis continued. 'People person been deed before. They sewage EMTs, immoderate it's called, they sewage correct location astatine each hole. Everybody will beryllium fine.'