Country star Kane Brown is thanking his lucky stars after he was hit by a golf ball at a high rate of speed — and lived to tell about it.
“Shot in the head by a golf ball,” he wrote via Instagram Stories on Tuesday, including a photo of his badly injured ear.
In another pic, the “Heaven” hitmaker shared pics of the split ear with stitches, writing atop the pic, “Just a scratch.”
Via TikTok, he shared a clip of himself in a vehicle with a view of his stitches, saying, “23 stitches later, and a slight concussion,” joking that he was now “at Chick-Fil-A” for a snack.
“They said it will prob get worse next 48 hours but I’m alive and that’s all that matters … holy crap,” he added atop the clip, adding, “Hurt 😢 asf but I’m alive that’s what matters” in the caption.
He broke down the entire incident in more graphic detail in another TikTok.
“Story time,” he began in the clip, in which blood stains could be seen on his collar, noting that he “got hit in the ear with a golf ball.”
“A lot of people, they think that the ball came over multiple fairways,” he continued. “No, this one, it was my own buddy.”
While Brown noted that he would not “name any names,” he also divulged that the friend “feels terrible.”
“But he needs to know that I’m good,” Brown explained, sharing that he “went to the hospital” and had “everything checked out.”
“I just had a split ear and some swelling,” he continued. “But if it would have been right here,” he said, tapping the side of his face and the back of his head, “I wouldn’t be here.”
“It was about a 150 to 180 mile an hour ball, a three-wood slice,” he recalled, noting that there was “just enough time” after the pal swung his golf club for him to turn his head before the moment of impact.
Brown insisted that his ear was “technically the best possible place” the golf ball could have hit him.
“I’m just glad I’m here,” Brown — who had to miss the Tight End University concert on Tuesday due to the injury — exclaimed.
“Yall be careful out there when playing golf,” Brown, 32, captioned the video on Wednesday.
Fans flooded to the comments thread to wish the singer — who shares three children with wife Katelyn Brown — well following the incident.
“Awwwww. Glad you’re doing ok Kane. Wifey and kids need you. And your fans!!!!!!! ❤️❤️” one person wrote, while another chimed in, “So glad you are ok. Angels watching over you ♥️”
A third chimed in, “Yikes that must hurt.. hope it heals quickly 🙏🏻”
Katelyn took to her own Instagram Stories on Wednesday, saying that the freak accident “could have been so much worse” and that they “were so relieved” that it had amounted to only “a minor concussion.”
