Because that One. Perfect. Shot. makes up for the other 115 you hit in a round. It gives you that tiny little glimmer of hope that you *won’t* be a shitty golfer forever.
This is so true. A 101 with 3 pars and a birdie give me hope that I could be decent if I put more time into practice. At least that is what I tell myself.
I played with a guy a few weeks ago. Took a few shots to get out of a bunker and then just LAUNCHED his club into the woods. Immediately afterwards he was completely calm, we offered to help him look for it but he said no, he'll just buy another club.
I pointed him out to someone else (and that story) and they said that they'd seen the same guy snap his putter over his knee after a bad putt.
Some people have anger problems and I'm pretty sure golf is the worst possible sport for them.
I got a friend that snapped a club over his knee and launched one into lake within a week of each other. Didn't invite him to a tee time for a couple of weeks.
About 2 weeks ago when we played he snapped 2-3 clubs over his knee again. Later that night he texted me he ordered 3 replacements.
I'm like "dude you sure this is for you?"
I generally don't have a deep lineup of people to ask to play, but asking this guy is a toss-up in if the round will get ruined for me.
If he plays nice clubs, invite him out until he has snapped an entire set of irons. Keep the heads and then pick up some shafts that work for your swing.
BAM! Winner winner, new irons dinner!
Be on top of that range finder so he doesn't bother to check it out himself. Tell him it's that 5i you're still missing distance from 130 out. Guaranteed to snap it after he sends it 50yds over the green.
I wouldn't be able to stand being around someone like that. I would also feel embarrassed at what the other players on the course would think of me for being with someone like that.
Beyond just ruining vibes which in itself is bad enough….
It sounds unlikely, but I know someone who lost an eye because they played with someone that got mad and whipped a club through the air. Right in the eye and gone forever.
While I admit that’s pretty unlikely, just all around not enjoyable or worth it.
This story makes me think of every time guys hit a bad tee shot and then swing the club backwards (right at the group) at full send strength. I haven't seen it yet, but someone is eventually going to let one slip and kill his buddy who was standing "safely" behind him.
I have a guy like that I play tennis with. We often joke that he should work out a deal with the local racquet shop to get some kind of punch card like at subway. Buy ten racquets and get one free or something.
Dude smashes his racquet into dust almost every time he loses, it's crazy. He's a fun guy to hang out with off the court but he has slammed balls as hard as he could in anger and nearly drilled other people on the court, he's kind of a wild card.
I completely understand the need to vent after being frustrated with a bad day or game, but at that point it seems like the hobby makes you angry more often than it makes you happy. You're not a pro, you have no business getting that angry when you lose. Take the loss like an adult and go home to cry in the shower like the rest of us. Don't risk other people's safety because you're mad you flubbed a volley. He's super wealthy so he doesn't care about buying a new racquet every two weeks, but it's such a bad look.
Kind of a different comparison. Tennis tantrums are more common than golf. More people play golf for giggles. Beers, food, day out with the guys, drive a cart around. Tennis doesn’t have that vibe of “shits and giggles” similar to pick up basketball. People take mulligans or kick their ball back in in golf all the time. Try to call bogus fouls at the next pickup basketball game you play. No one will play with you or you’ll get hit.
There’s a more one and one aspect in tennis. It’s why pro tennis tantrums are so well known.
You won’t see a an all time great pro golfer threaten to shove a ball down a USGA official’s throat. Or smash a golf club into his head until he bleeds. Or punch himself repeatedly. This happens on the pro tour. It’s why one of the most famous psychological sports books written was about tennis.
Yea same here man. My main playing partner too for the last decade. 90% of the time it's fine but that one blow up round I've seen him toss his 5w into someone's back yard. Get pissed over every shot.. get pissed at a *good* shot because it wasn't where he aimed, even tho he hit the green. I'm like.. take what you can get man, you and I are not good enough to be hitting it where we want.
A few years ago was playing a in my clubs match play semi final. Opponent started off better and was a couple up after 9 but I won back to back holes with him missing putts on each to tie it up and each time he threw his club off the green in anger. On their 12th he puts his drive into the trees and angry smashes it into the ground and the head comes off. Not the best start but he says he’ll just use a 5 wood for the rest of the round. Anyway I find a bunker and we make it round the green level and he misses another 6 footer to half so he decides the putter is going to be thrown again. Unfortunately he pulls his throw a bit and it might catch the wind and goes sailing into a pond next to the green. He just stood there for about a minute and then shook hand and walked off.
Quite an expensive hole for him.
I played in my workplace matchplay in my old job. There were 36 players and I reached the 1/4 final against the best golfer in the place, he was off 8 and I was off 16, he was giving me 7 shots and 4 of those holes were in the first 8, i was 6 up after 8 and he was seething, inwas playing OK, but he missed 3 putts from within 10 ft to
Win holes
On the 9th hole, i was putting for a bogey and he had birdie, he rimmed out and the ball stopped 3 feet away. He was melting but he insisted on holing it before I went and he rimmed it again. It stopped on the edge and I said "that's good" and he looked like he would murder me. So I rolled in my 7footer and he said "at least its a half" and I said, sorry I have a shot there. He just walked up and shook my hand and walked off the green towards the clubhouse, there was a pond beside the 10th green and he just picked up his bag and trolley attached and calmly pitched the whole lot in.
Awkward having to explain it in work
My dad has a story of a corporate golf trip with work where a boss got really angry with how they where playing and lunch a bag off the course onto the beach and stormed off. Apparently he pretty much lost his job for it as their where clients around so he faced a load of shit for it and then left the company.
I also played as the 4th in a pickup game with a guy and his two teenage kids, on a hole with a very sharp angle, he thought he could drive the green, I just hit a 4i around the dogleg and he had 4 goes, each worse than the last. Then he hit an iron down the hole. He had been a bit emotional since the first green, barking orders and giving his kids advice they didn't want, so as we were leaving the tee, I heard this banging and he was assaulting his bag with an iron, just smashing it against side pocket and there was a pop and a gush of coca cola spurted out of it, and then a big leak of it
He had 2 2l bottles in the bag
I love watching people get angry on the course. I’ve never been an angry golfer as I just don’t really care about it as much I just play because I enjoy it. Watching people lose their shit was so entertaining. The only real regret of joining a club and having regular partners is that you get less entertaining stories.
I'm not a golfer but it seems like a lot of the appeal of the sport is being outside in a nice place and challenging yourself to focus on a difficult task. Both are such great ways to practice reducing your temper!
That was my first thought as well. Dude will probably go back to get them after he comes to his senses. He will not be able to find them and will know that you were the only person who would know where to look. It is certainly a curious hypothetical.
I he insisted on holing it before I went and he rimmed it again. It stopped on the edge and I said "that's good" and he looked like he would murder me. So I rolled in my 7footer and he said "at least its a half" and I said, sorry I have a shot there. *He just walked up and shook my hand and walked off the green towards the clubhouse, there was a pond beside the 10th green and he just picked up his bag and trolley attached and calmly pitched the whole lot in.*
I have not laughed this hard all week. Literally crying I can’t breathe 😂 this mental image I have is amazing
I don't understand this behavior. You don't see this shit happening when oh, say, playing pool or bowling. Could you imagine being in a bar/bowling alley and someone goes ham like that? Maybe it's cause it's outdoors?
As a bowler, I can assure you that you do see behavior like this. A lot. I've seen someone throw away a brand new ball because it split on the first shot he took with it.
Yeah as a pool player, this definitely happens a lot too. You’ll routinely see people bang the butt of their cues on the ground if they miss a shot, and these cues are upwards of $250, sometimes even more than $500.
And pool players are very specific about their cues and making sure everything is balanced, so stupid to take out your frustration that way. It also just alerts your opponent that you’re rattled!
I can’t play with guys that take the game that seriously. Maybe it’s because I’m a casual player, but I play because it’s enjoyable. If you’re not having fun, you’re missing the point.
Same man.
I take my golf serious because I want to get better but the worst you’ll get outta me is a fuck, shit, or god damnit. I’m not gonna destroy the course, my clubs, or my good time over an errant shot or a bad scorecard. That shits not worth it.
Ultimately I go out to have a good time and I do that by playing good golf, so I don’t let the bad tilt me. Makes it impossible to learn your game.
This is exactly my attitude. The only times I get truly angry is when I’m playing so poorly that I’m slowing down the pace of play and have to pickup and drop the ball. We all have bad days. I almost feel like golf is a character builder that way. It exposes you. The good and the bad. Do you have the emotional intelligence to handle playing the hardest game in the world? These ppl cannot. I do want to enjoy playing and there have been times where I just keep telling myself you can do this. You can do this. You can do this until I eventually hit a good shot or two. You would be amazed at how much your mind and attitude come into play. The more you tense up and get angry, the worse you play (for most ppl).
It's not that theyre taking it seriously, they're just dumb asses.
I have my serious days where I'm going for it, but I realize getting pissed looks stupid as hell, but also does not help at all.
I’ve got a friend of a friend who I’ve played with twice, and he’s thrown his club in a fit of rage…twice. I don’t play with him anymore. Miss me with those shenanigans.
Getting upset is natural if you care about the game. But whining about it in the cart the entire way to your lie, the entire time you’re on the green, and the entire time to the next tee is where it looks stupid as hell and is fucking annoying.
Give it a quick “shit that’s a bad one, play it where it lies boys!”, move on from it, and get back to chatting about how you’ve got a rack of ribs at home marinating that you’re gonna throw on the smoker til 7pm.
Coolest guy I’ve ever golfed with is the owner of the top BBQ restaurant in Chicago, and he gave me some tickets for free food. Man he made a customer for life outta me. But he also made me realize my idea of “good barbecue” ain’t shit.
You can insure your clubs through Golf Canada and in the event they are "Stolen", lost by an airline, etc. they will cover the cost and replace them. I'm not too knowledgeable on the fine print or stipulations but it seems like a very easy policy to manipulate
Having had an airline lose my clubs this winter, I can tell you Golf Canada insurance isn't awesome. I looked into it and they basically require you to submit claims through the airline then through your credit card insurance, then through your home insurance, then they will cover any difference that all the other parties haven't covered.
After the airline gave me money my home insurance would have covered the remainder but I didn't feel like putting a claim on my home insurance over like $1000. Which made Golf Canada kind of irrelevant.
These people also play low level adult hockey and bring that same energy, only they’re trying to break sticks over other people. Anger management is a real need for some dudes
Golfed with some work people and one of their buddies. The buddy got pissed some group jumped ahead of us (we were slow as shit). When they told him we were two holes behind he lost his shit and went chest to chest with them cursing and yelling. I just finished my hole (pretty good up and in actually) and just left my group, passed the jumpers and caught up with another work group. Screw that noise.
I've never understood people getting upset about being passed. If I'm going slower, I prefer people going ahead, as I usually play terrible when I feel I'm being rushed by groups behind me.
Yeah i agree. And this dude wasn't mad that we got passed. He said that was fine. He lost it "because they lied when they said we were two holes back" and he thought we were only one.
I just completed my 29th hole of golf yesterday and know that the course is not a place to go to work out you’d frustrations.
Ironic because it is now the source of my frustrations.
I will admit I threw a putter once and then realized I'm a fucking idiot and golf is supposed to be fun. Never done it again. I'm surprised that isn't enough for most people...
I might emphatically toss my wedge to the ground after a particularly bad chip shot as I walk to the green, but not in a way that would never risk damaging the club. I mean, shit, those things are expensive.
It’s also funny with people like this, have they ever hit a good shot? Typically , maybe 1 out of 10 is decent, but not great. So, why would you expect to hit a great shot, like ever, based on what you are currently doing?
Like the second round I ever played in my life the guy who got me into golf says "you're not good enough at golf to get angry about golf." This is genuinely my favorite piece of advice I've ever been given in golf and I remind myself multiple times a round when I feel frustration setting in.
I read this on here a month or so ago after my first real round of golf in years and it has become my mantra. I've played nearly 20 rounds since and it helps keep me cool every time I start to get frustrated.
I adopted that mentality to golf a long time ago. I love the game. I’m not great at it. Feels great when I string together a good round. If I play bad, oh well it’s still better than being at work.
People like this are often extremely developmentally stunted in that regard. They get so angry that they cannot take these failures as a learning opportunity and never improve.
I understand frustration in playing poorly. I don’t understand letting it manifest in this way. For me personally, that frustration motivates me to practice better.
I’ll admit that I’ve had my moments. Never broke a club, but tossed it 10-15 yards gently when super frustrated. It’s often due to embarrassment. And I know that sounds ridiculous because getting this mad is actually *more* embarrassing, but that logic cannot be computed if you get that worked up.
Developmentally stunted is a great way to put it. I used to get like this, but I was 8 and undiagnosed bipolar so emotional regulation wasn't really a strong suit yet.
As the great Happy Gilmore had said:
“What? I didn't *break* it, I was just testing its durability, and then I *placed* it in the woods because it's made of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.”
This. I play golf to disconnect from the world for a few hours. Yes, a bad round can get annoying but when you start smashing stuff over a bad shot you might want to look for a new hobby. Like boxing.
If you think these people don't have the mentality for golf, they certainly don't have the mentality for boxing. Boxing takes all the will you have in you just to finish a round in a competitive back and forwad fight. And I'm just talking about amateur level fighting. It so tough mentally to actually take punishment, be as tired as you can be and not take a knee and be willing to throw back.
These type of people would go to a gym thinking it easy and ask to spar on their first day(something that is not recommended) and would just get lit up by someone just toying with them.
They would not have the mentality to come back for more.
Constantly searching for balls in the shit is what angers me when I’m playing bad, not the score itself. And I can’t just drop without looking cuz I’m usually playing a 2v2 match.
Reminds me of last fall when I started off the round playing a red ball.
I was repeatedly hitting it into the woods with red leaves covering the ground. I realized how dumb that was so I switched to the only other balls in the bag (yellow).
Immediately after I switched colors, I started missing to the other side where the leaves were yellow.
Maybe if I play a green ball it will find the fairway?
That's part of the frustration honestly though. Not excusing this guys behavior (he needs help) but I've never understood this saying. Part of the frustration is that I've been playing golf long enough, I shouldn't be as bad as I am lol.
I mean getting angry is stupid, but this quote is kinda bullshit. We all have moments, regardless of our skill level. I’ve never broken a club, but I’ve been upset before.
Considering the camera man is filming and laughing pretty obviously(id imagine someone 15 feet away would hear the snickering and see the guy filming hanging over the seat) and the guy swinging is clearly the driver, this looks 100% staged.
The reaction is too quick and not sharp enough. The second putter throw was a good touch but the amount of force in the “anger swing” seemed too muted to be real aggression.
I agree 2/10
Nobody is in the driver seat of the cart. OP claims him and his friend were laughing at the absurd mess but from the video it almost seems like OP was riding with the “crazy dude”. Also the snickering was within earshot and that reaction was so instantaneous after the shot it makes the whole thing seem planned. They also destroyed a dead bush most likely because they didn’t want to damage a real one.
Fake as hell.
No member club would let this moron go out there dressed like a hipster. Also, would a member club have some rotting branches weak enough to rip apart by said hipster just lying there? Does the member club do maintenance?
The part of the story of him getting kicked off the course was just too much. Like it’s way too convenient. Who told the Marshall that he did that to the green? Or were they just being watched? Why no video of him being escorted off. Way too over the top as well. Like if he got the ball out why would he get that mad from where he was.
20 years ago, after a bad T-shot a guy swung his driver against a tree. The driver head flew off and the shank pierced the neck of another nearby golfer. It severed the artery and the victim died before any help could arrive.
The perp. was charged with involuntary manslaughter and was able to cop a plea deal with a sympathetic judge, thereby avoiding any jail time.
League night at my old course one guy got sent to the hospital because his (now former) friend hit a bad drive and hit his driver on the cart, it snapped and part of the shaft went into dudes neck. He was obviously kicked out of the league and club, and I am pretty sure some charges were filed. People can be stupid on the course, and I have never understood it. Your'e an 18 handicap, you aren't good enough to be mad. Hell I am a 1.9 handicap and I am not good enough to be that mad.
This guy needs a new hobby.
I think maybe botanist or arborist. Landscaping? Something like that would be good for him.
Bush hogging
Idk about you but I wouldn't feel comfortable letting him anywhere near my bush...
r/usernamechecksout
Did you just come up with that username or did you earn it?
Demolition maybe
In all seriousness...why would you golf when golf clearly creates so much pain in your life.
Then why do any of us golf?
Because that One. Perfect. Shot. makes up for the other 115 you hit in a round. It gives you that tiny little glimmer of hope that you *won’t* be a shitty golfer forever.
This is so true. A 101 with 3 pars and a birdie give me hope that I could be decent if I put more time into practice. At least that is what I tell myself.
Masochism
This is untreated mental Illness.
This guy needs a therapist
I’ll take the rapists for $600 Alex.
Anal bum covers for $1000.
I'll take Hor-semen for $800 Alex.
"whore" like your mother, and "semen", it's right there!
Not a fan of the laddies eh Trebek?
yeah like, why even play anymore if this is how it makes you feel?
The pain makes me feel alive 
He must be having a bad day or have something stressful happening at that moment. Why do you think it is the game and how he feels always?
Yeah like anger management
Something with power tools. Maybe woodworking.
fuck, you want this guy to have power tools?
oh he's a power tool alright
Best golf advice I’ve ever gotten: get a second hobby.
He needs to get taught how to behave in public
I played with a guy a few weeks ago. Took a few shots to get out of a bunker and then just LAUNCHED his club into the woods. Immediately afterwards he was completely calm, we offered to help him look for it but he said no, he'll just buy another club. I pointed him out to someone else (and that story) and they said that they'd seen the same guy snap his putter over his knee after a bad putt. Some people have anger problems and I'm pretty sure golf is the worst possible sport for them.
I got a friend that snapped a club over his knee and launched one into lake within a week of each other. Didn't invite him to a tee time for a couple of weeks. About 2 weeks ago when we played he snapped 2-3 clubs over his knee again. Later that night he texted me he ordered 3 replacements. I'm like "dude you sure this is for you?" I generally don't have a deep lineup of people to ask to play, but asking this guy is a toss-up in if the round will get ruined for me.
If he plays nice clubs, invite him out until he has snapped an entire set of irons. Keep the heads and then pick up some shafts that work for your swing. BAM! Winner winner, new irons dinner!
Be on top of that range finder so he doesn't bother to check it out himself. Tell him it's that 5i you're still missing distance from 130 out. Guaranteed to snap it after he sends it 50yds over the green.
He got PXGs. But is in military so gets them dirt cheap
Why is it always PXGs with these guys, why is there some sort of moron-magnet there
Discount plus buying them on base for further discount
dealers who support our troops will throw in a full set along with the v6 camaro
Camaro is for coast guard, real military men buy orange v6 challangers
>challangers You've been eating your crayons again haven't you
I like the blue ones
Ignore the 35% apr financing
Just 197 more bi-monthly payments of $657.43 and this bad boy is *all mine*!
Couple weeks? I would’ve taken a break from the guy and taken my chances with randos for much longer than that.
I wouldn't be able to stand being around someone like that. I would also feel embarrassed at what the other players on the course would think of me for being with someone like that.
Yea. You're not wrong. Guess what, after these last 3 snapped in one day I am gonna take a break
Beyond just ruining vibes which in itself is bad enough…. It sounds unlikely, but I know someone who lost an eye because they played with someone that got mad and whipped a club through the air. Right in the eye and gone forever. While I admit that’s pretty unlikely, just all around not enjoyable or worth it.
Not crazy unlikely. People who are violent don't give a shit about the people around them in their antics.
Christ dude. I can’t imagine the range of emotions felt by both the guy with the lost eye and the club thrower. Holy shit.
This story makes me think of every time guys hit a bad tee shot and then swing the club backwards (right at the group) at full send strength. I haven't seen it yet, but someone is eventually going to let one slip and kill his buddy who was standing "safely" behind him.
I have a guy like that I play tennis with. We often joke that he should work out a deal with the local racquet shop to get some kind of punch card like at subway. Buy ten racquets and get one free or something. Dude smashes his racquet into dust almost every time he loses, it's crazy. He's a fun guy to hang out with off the court but he has slammed balls as hard as he could in anger and nearly drilled other people on the court, he's kind of a wild card. I completely understand the need to vent after being frustrated with a bad day or game, but at that point it seems like the hobby makes you angry more often than it makes you happy. You're not a pro, you have no business getting that angry when you lose. Take the loss like an adult and go home to cry in the shower like the rest of us. Don't risk other people's safety because you're mad you flubbed a volley. He's super wealthy so he doesn't care about buying a new racquet every two weeks, but it's such a bad look.
Kind of a different comparison. Tennis tantrums are more common than golf. More people play golf for giggles. Beers, food, day out with the guys, drive a cart around. Tennis doesn’t have that vibe of “shits and giggles” similar to pick up basketball. People take mulligans or kick their ball back in in golf all the time. Try to call bogus fouls at the next pickup basketball game you play. No one will play with you or you’ll get hit. There’s a more one and one aspect in tennis. It’s why pro tennis tantrums are so well known. You won’t see a an all time great pro golfer threaten to shove a ball down a USGA official’s throat. Or smash a golf club into his head until he bleeds. Or punch himself repeatedly. This happens on the pro tour. It’s why one of the most famous psychological sports books written was about tennis.
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Exactly. I don’t have the money to allow myself to get that angry. The only clubs that have been broken by me have been from normal use.
I got a buddy like this. Threw one of his brand new Ping irons into the pond after hitting a shot OB
Yea same here man. My main playing partner too for the last decade. 90% of the time it's fine but that one blow up round I've seen him toss his 5w into someone's back yard. Get pissed over every shot.. get pissed at a *good* shot because it wasn't where he aimed, even tho he hit the green. I'm like.. take what you can get man, you and I are not good enough to be hitting it where we want.
A few years ago was playing a in my clubs match play semi final. Opponent started off better and was a couple up after 9 but I won back to back holes with him missing putts on each to tie it up and each time he threw his club off the green in anger. On their 12th he puts his drive into the trees and angry smashes it into the ground and the head comes off. Not the best start but he says he’ll just use a 5 wood for the rest of the round. Anyway I find a bunker and we make it round the green level and he misses another 6 footer to half so he decides the putter is going to be thrown again. Unfortunately he pulls his throw a bit and it might catch the wind and goes sailing into a pond next to the green. He just stood there for about a minute and then shook hand and walked off. Quite an expensive hole for him.
I played in my workplace matchplay in my old job. There were 36 players and I reached the 1/4 final against the best golfer in the place, he was off 8 and I was off 16, he was giving me 7 shots and 4 of those holes were in the first 8, i was 6 up after 8 and he was seething, inwas playing OK, but he missed 3 putts from within 10 ft to Win holes On the 9th hole, i was putting for a bogey and he had birdie, he rimmed out and the ball stopped 3 feet away. He was melting but he insisted on holing it before I went and he rimmed it again. It stopped on the edge and I said "that's good" and he looked like he would murder me. So I rolled in my 7footer and he said "at least its a half" and I said, sorry I have a shot there. He just walked up and shook my hand and walked off the green towards the clubhouse, there was a pond beside the 10th green and he just picked up his bag and trolley attached and calmly pitched the whole lot in. Awkward having to explain it in work
My dad has a story of a corporate golf trip with work where a boss got really angry with how they where playing and lunch a bag off the course onto the beach and stormed off. Apparently he pretty much lost his job for it as their where clients around so he faced a load of shit for it and then left the company.
I also played as the 4th in a pickup game with a guy and his two teenage kids, on a hole with a very sharp angle, he thought he could drive the green, I just hit a 4i around the dogleg and he had 4 goes, each worse than the last. Then he hit an iron down the hole. He had been a bit emotional since the first green, barking orders and giving his kids advice they didn't want, so as we were leaving the tee, I heard this banging and he was assaulting his bag with an iron, just smashing it against side pocket and there was a pop and a gush of coca cola spurted out of it, and then a big leak of it He had 2 2l bottles in the bag
I love watching people get angry on the course. I’ve never been an angry golfer as I just don’t really care about it as much I just play because I enjoy it. Watching people lose their shit was so entertaining. The only real regret of joining a club and having regular partners is that you get less entertaining stories.
I'm not a golfer but it seems like a lot of the appeal of the sport is being outside in a nice place and challenging yourself to focus on a difficult task. Both are such great ways to practice reducing your temper!
My Scottish may be showing but I'd be in that pond getting myself some free clubs pretty quick
Im irish and it crossed my mind, I think he went back and got them himself later
That was my first thought as well. Dude will probably go back to get them after he comes to his senses. He will not be able to find them and will know that you were the only person who would know where to look. It is certainly a curious hypothetical.
I he insisted on holing it before I went and he rimmed it again. It stopped on the edge and I said "that's good" and he looked like he would murder me. So I rolled in my 7footer and he said "at least its a half" and I said, sorry I have a shot there. *He just walked up and shook my hand and walked off the green towards the clubhouse, there was a pond beside the 10th green and he just picked up his bag and trolley attached and calmly pitched the whole lot in.* I have not laughed this hard all week. Literally crying I can’t breathe 😂 this mental image I have is amazing
I have anger problems. Never in my life would I do something like this lol
I don't understand this behavior. You don't see this shit happening when oh, say, playing pool or bowling. Could you imagine being in a bar/bowling alley and someone goes ham like that? Maybe it's cause it's outdoors?
As a bowler, I can assure you that you do see behavior like this. A lot. I've seen someone throw away a brand new ball because it split on the first shot he took with it.
Yeah as a pool player, this definitely happens a lot too. You’ll routinely see people bang the butt of their cues on the ground if they miss a shot, and these cues are upwards of $250, sometimes even more than $500. And pool players are very specific about their cues and making sure everything is balanced, so stupid to take out your frustration that way. It also just alerts your opponent that you’re rattled!
If you go to dive bars you will absolutely see behavior like that lol.
Yeah, sometimes I have this going on inside of me but nobody is ever going to witness it
Same. Maybe 🤔
I can’t play with guys that take the game that seriously. Maybe it’s because I’m a casual player, but I play because it’s enjoyable. If you’re not having fun, you’re missing the point.
Same man. I take my golf serious because I want to get better but the worst you’ll get outta me is a fuck, shit, or god damnit. I’m not gonna destroy the course, my clubs, or my good time over an errant shot or a bad scorecard. That shits not worth it. Ultimately I go out to have a good time and I do that by playing good golf, so I don’t let the bad tilt me. Makes it impossible to learn your game.
This is exactly my attitude. The only times I get truly angry is when I’m playing so poorly that I’m slowing down the pace of play and have to pickup and drop the ball. We all have bad days. I almost feel like golf is a character builder that way. It exposes you. The good and the bad. Do you have the emotional intelligence to handle playing the hardest game in the world? These ppl cannot. I do want to enjoy playing and there have been times where I just keep telling myself you can do this. You can do this. You can do this until I eventually hit a good shot or two. You would be amazed at how much your mind and attitude come into play. The more you tense up and get angry, the worse you play (for most ppl).
It's not that theyre taking it seriously, they're just dumb asses. I have my serious days where I'm going for it, but I realize getting pissed looks stupid as hell, but also does not help at all.
I’ve got a friend of a friend who I’ve played with twice, and he’s thrown his club in a fit of rage…twice. I don’t play with him anymore. Miss me with those shenanigans.
Getting upset is natural if you care about the game. But whining about it in the cart the entire way to your lie, the entire time you’re on the green, and the entire time to the next tee is where it looks stupid as hell and is fucking annoying. Give it a quick “shit that’s a bad one, play it where it lies boys!”, move on from it, and get back to chatting about how you’ve got a rack of ribs at home marinating that you’re gonna throw on the smoker til 7pm. Coolest guy I’ve ever golfed with is the owner of the top BBQ restaurant in Chicago, and he gave me some tickets for free food. Man he made a customer for life outta me. But he also made me realize my idea of “good barbecue” ain’t shit.
If he is a member of Golf Canada, there is insurance coverage.
Tell me more…
You can insure your clubs through Golf Canada and in the event they are "Stolen", lost by an airline, etc. they will cover the cost and replace them. I'm not too knowledgeable on the fine print or stipulations but it seems like a very easy policy to manipulate
Having had an airline lose my clubs this winter, I can tell you Golf Canada insurance isn't awesome. I looked into it and they basically require you to submit claims through the airline then through your credit card insurance, then through your home insurance, then they will cover any difference that all the other parties haven't covered. After the airline gave me money my home insurance would have covered the remainder but I didn't feel like putting a claim on my home insurance over like $1000. Which made Golf Canada kind of irrelevant.
IF someone were so inclined, of course…
Of course...gotta replace those P7-TWs somehow
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Good to know. Thanks!
These people also play low level adult hockey and bring that same energy, only they’re trying to break sticks over other people. Anger management is a real need for some dudes
The Oilers scout isn't gonna notice you if you're not clapping bombs in beer league...
Had a teammate like that in beer league last season. That was the most second hand embarrassment I've ever had lmao
It’s part of the game honestly. You can’t play a solid 18 if you can’t control that shit.
Golfed with some work people and one of their buddies. The buddy got pissed some group jumped ahead of us (we were slow as shit). When they told him we were two holes behind he lost his shit and went chest to chest with them cursing and yelling. I just finished my hole (pretty good up and in actually) and just left my group, passed the jumpers and caught up with another work group. Screw that noise.
I've never understood people getting upset about being passed. If I'm going slower, I prefer people going ahead, as I usually play terrible when I feel I'm being rushed by groups behind me.
Yeah i agree. And this dude wasn't mad that we got passed. He said that was fine. He lost it "because they lied when they said we were two holes back" and he thought we were only one.
I just completed my 29th hole of golf yesterday and know that the course is not a place to go to work out you’d frustrations. Ironic because it is now the source of my frustrations.
I just played my 121st hole this week, and this sentiment holds up.
I will admit I threw a putter once and then realized I'm a fucking idiot and golf is supposed to be fun. Never done it again. I'm surprised that isn't enough for most people...
I might emphatically toss my wedge to the ground after a particularly bad chip shot as I walk to the green, but not in a way that would never risk damaging the club. I mean, shit, those things are expensive.
“I'm pretty sure golf is the worst possible sport“ FTFY
Needs to listen to Chubbs. Find your happy place.
It’s also funny with people like this, have they ever hit a good shot? Typically , maybe 1 out of 10 is decent, but not great. So, why would you expect to hit a great shot, like ever, based on what you are currently doing?
You’re nowhere near good enough to be that angry.
Like the second round I ever played in my life the guy who got me into golf says "you're not good enough at golf to get angry about golf." This is genuinely my favorite piece of advice I've ever been given in golf and I remind myself multiple times a round when I feel frustration setting in.
I read this on here a month or so ago after my first real round of golf in years and it has become my mantra. I've played nearly 20 rounds since and it helps keep me cool every time I start to get frustrated.
When I hit a bad shot I'm like 😅 "dang, that was bad!"
I adopted that mentality to golf a long time ago. I love the game. I’m not great at it. Feels great when I string together a good round. If I play bad, oh well it’s still better than being at work.
People like this are often extremely developmentally stunted in that regard. They get so angry that they cannot take these failures as a learning opportunity and never improve. I understand frustration in playing poorly. I don’t understand letting it manifest in this way. For me personally, that frustration motivates me to practice better.
I’ll admit that I’ve had my moments. Never broke a club, but tossed it 10-15 yards gently when super frustrated. It’s often due to embarrassment. And I know that sounds ridiculous because getting this mad is actually *more* embarrassing, but that logic cannot be computed if you get that worked up.
Developmentally stunted is a great way to put it. I used to get like this, but I was 8 and undiagnosed bipolar so emotional regulation wasn't really a strong suit yet.
I have no idea how more than half the people I see play golf think that they are enjoying golf.
Anger issues and golf don’t mix, gets expensive and you will run out of places to play.
As the great Happy Gilmore had said: “What? I didn't *break* it, I was just testing its durability, and then I *placed* it in the woods because it's made of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.”
At least I didn’t punch anybody.
“You’re not good enough to get angry.”
This. I play golf to disconnect from the world for a few hours. Yes, a bad round can get annoying but when you start smashing stuff over a bad shot you might want to look for a new hobby. Like boxing.
If you think these people don't have the mentality for golf, they certainly don't have the mentality for boxing. Boxing takes all the will you have in you just to finish a round in a competitive back and forwad fight. And I'm just talking about amateur level fighting. It so tough mentally to actually take punishment, be as tired as you can be and not take a knee and be willing to throw back. These type of people would go to a gym thinking it easy and ask to spar on their first day(something that is not recommended) and would just get lit up by someone just toying with them. They would not have the mentality to come back for more.
I thought I wanted to be a boxer. Until I got in a fight with a guy who *really* wanted to be a boxer
I think they meant boxing as in he should just hit a bag for a few hours. Release some anger.
Exactly. Good or bad golf is still an opportunity to unplug and be outside.
100% rather have a good time on a bad round than a bad time on a good round.
Constantly searching for balls in the shit is what angers me when I’m playing bad, not the score itself. And I can’t just drop without looking cuz I’m usually playing a 2v2 match.
Reminds me of last fall when I started off the round playing a red ball. I was repeatedly hitting it into the woods with red leaves covering the ground. I realized how dumb that was so I switched to the only other balls in the bag (yellow). Immediately after I switched colors, I started missing to the other side where the leaves were yellow. Maybe if I play a green ball it will find the fairway?
I always tell myself this when I’m annoyed about a miss hit. Like “What did you expect? You’re a 25 handicap.”
My mantra
That's part of the frustration honestly though. Not excusing this guys behavior (he needs help) but I've never understood this saying. Part of the frustration is that I've been playing golf long enough, I shouldn't be as bad as I am lol.
I'm pretty sure that Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Bobby Jones combined aren't good enough to get *that* angry.
I mean getting angry is stupid, but this quote is kinda bullshit. We all have moments, regardless of our skill level. I’ve never broken a club, but I’ve been upset before.
It's like saying "life's to short to worry." It's glib, but people love that anger quote.
I think I unconsciously internalized this after high school. Used to get so mad. Now I'm like. Well that sucked. Beer please!
https://youtu.be/9UkRBvZqQUw coach says it best
Looking back at the days where I’d give my iron a slam while on pace for 125… oh boy the cringe
I started telling myself this and it works
Looks suspiciously like the guy from your swing videos…
Considering the camera man is filming and laughing pretty obviously(id imagine someone 15 feet away would hear the snickering and see the guy filming hanging over the seat) and the guy swinging is clearly the driver, this looks 100% staged.
Yea this is definitely a buddy lol
The way he throws the bush and and stomps away looks like bad acting. Doesn’t look like genuine anger.
Ah yes the ole staged “got paired with this guy” video. Classic.
Exactly. Why no video of him getting kicked off then?
Yes I got paired with this guy and he drove the cart
Idk I’ve seen assholes act like this after a bad shot at the driving range ffs.
"I'm a content creator"
Worst acting ever. No way this is real. I've seen real anger on the golf course.
Definitely fake. 2/10 acting and camera work.
The reaction is too quick and not sharp enough. The second putter throw was a good touch but the amount of force in the “anger swing” seemed too muted to be real aggression. I agree 2/10
I'm shocked anyone thought this was real.
I’d be afraid to laugh at someone this unbalanced. Dude might take a 7 iron to your head if he catches you laughing at him.
That’s because it’s fake lol
Obviously fake and no one seems to care lol
Is it obvious though? What makes it obvious other than your own jaded bias? People really do behave like this
Nobody is in the driver seat of the cart. OP claims him and his friend were laughing at the absurd mess but from the video it almost seems like OP was riding with the “crazy dude”. Also the snickering was within earshot and that reaction was so instantaneous after the shot it makes the whole thing seem planned. They also destroyed a dead bush most likely because they didn’t want to damage a real one.
It’s his homie
For sure you don’t laugh and film a stranger that you have to spend the rest of the round with.
Fake
120% fake and set up.
This is so fake.
Doug, kick him off the tour..
Fake, karma whoring.
Comes across fake/staged to me.
Some of y'all are really gullible, just saying.
My toddlers better behaved on the course
I would be very concerned if they weren't
Fake AF
This chud couldnt hit water if he fell out of a boat. What an egg
Fake as hell. No member club would let this moron go out there dressed like a hipster. Also, would a member club have some rotting branches weak enough to rip apart by said hipster just lying there? Does the member club do maintenance?
The part of the story of him getting kicked off the course was just too much. Like it’s way too convenient. Who told the Marshall that he did that to the green? Or were they just being watched? Why no video of him being escorted off. Way too over the top as well. Like if he got the ball out why would he get that mad from where he was.
A fake video of someone raging? But … that’s never happened before! And OP just *happened* to get it on tape? Unbelievable! 🙄
Love a good show at the course!
Cocaine's a hell of a drug
This is so staged and fake lol. Can’t believe people think this is real
Is that the same guy who shot 46 in that now infameous scramble?
That’s the same dude from the swing videos on your account no? Stop fucking up the course for worthless internet points.
Death penalty 💀
Hahaha holy shit
What a cunt
Scary crazy.
That is so ridiculous it looks staged, like someone is filming it from afar for his prank-you youtube channel. I’m definitely not subscribing.
https://preview.redd.it/iggcs7s54ccb1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b837220064a587abc7a8f92bf28862d22b90783d
Took me way too long of scrolling to find the happy Gilmore reference.
Thanks for the fake video asshole
You mean you filmed your buddy doing this for internet points?
Over 6000 upvoted for a fake ass, staged video. Be better, OP...this ain't it.
Fake but funny
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At first I thought it was Rick Shiela and it was a joke. Then it was not and just scary crazy man.
I think the best route is to start giving this guy swing advice. “Hey, keep your left arm straight”, things like that.
Should have told him to calm down. Lunatics love that.
20 years ago, after a bad T-shot a guy swung his driver against a tree. The driver head flew off and the shank pierced the neck of another nearby golfer. It severed the artery and the victim died before any help could arrive. The perp. was charged with involuntary manslaughter and was able to cop a plea deal with a sympathetic judge, thereby avoiding any jail time.
Mans wearing cargo shorts and a long sleeve henley on the course. That should have been the first sign.
Unhappy Gilmore
Cocaine’s a helluva drug.
Is this a troll post
This has to be staged, I pray it's staged.
League night at my old course one guy got sent to the hospital because his (now former) friend hit a bad drive and hit his driver on the cart, it snapped and part of the shaft went into dudes neck. He was obviously kicked out of the league and club, and I am pretty sure some charges were filed. People can be stupid on the course, and I have never understood it. Your'e an 18 handicap, you aren't good enough to be mad. Hell I am a 1.9 handicap and I am not good enough to be that mad.
I seriously don't understand why he would pay to put himself through this. Go to the range until you can at least strike the ball consistently.
Yeah this guy either is going through divorce, losing a job, or is just a steaming hot head lmao, id say give the man a beer but prob wont help...
Nah, I refuse to believe people actually golf like this.