Anger and club breaking?

[GOLFER1994]

Hi guys,
Just read some interesting views and experiences of anger on the course and wanted to hear what you have done and think.
Have you ever broke a club in anger? How do you react to a bad shot, espcially if you know you are playing well?
Also... is there an acceptable show of anger that does not impact playing partners but lets you let out a little bit of frustration?
I personally as a young competitive so and so sometimes let myself get too wound up and i shouldnt but i have never damaged club or bag in anger.
Cheers

 

[Mungoscorner]

I never beat myself up over a bad shot,but i have felt like like crying when i've hit a good shot that gets a bad bounce/kick,and ends up in trouble,or misse's its intended target.
When i'm at fault i just chunter to myself.

 

[goldenbare]

its not the prerogative of the young to be competive.
I only swear when the provisional goes exactly where the first ball should have gone, not after the bad shot.

p.s.
hope the exams went ok

 

[d2cko]

I've snapped a lob wedge. I had to bring it home from Ireland and it wouldn't fit in the suitcase so I snapped it and got it re-shafted on my return.

And I'm ashamed to admit that I snapped a hybrid after a particularly bad shot. In my defence I had already ordered its replacement and this was the last round that is was going to play.

I suppose like most golfers I don't get angry while I'm playing well, I also don't get angry when I'm playing terrible. I tend to get upset when my game is just slightly off. During these times I tend to hit my bag with the golf club, which avoids damage to the course but my bag is suffering for it.

I wouldn't say that my playing partners feel uncomfortable while I'm in a strop because they are all my friends and the tantrums are quite rare and only last about 3 seconds as I tend to forget about shots very quickly. Plus they just take the pi$$ out of me when it happens so we just crack on and joke about it.

When I was younger and immature I threw the odd club but I haven't for sometime now. I did throw my glove into the woods the other week though, not sure why.

I've made myself sound like I have a right temper on the course, in reality these events are few and far between

d2

 

[chris661]

I helicoptered my wedge last Sunday after fatting a tee shot, it was the last straw as I had hit a fees duffs. The boys I play with were all laughing as the wedge went further than the ball and rightly took the mickey. It happens to us all the thing is to not let it become a habit and try not to get too hung up on it.

 

[palindromicbob]

I will admit to having thrown several balls away after giving up on a hole during a stableford.

I took a saw to my hybrid when I got home after it failed to perform, it was a Dunlop one so I shouldn't have expected much. Mounted it on a marble base as a duffer trophy for the worst of the year in my four ball.

 

[Baldyeagle]

I will admit to having broken a few clubs in moments of extreme frustration and self-loathing but since they've all been my fellow-players'clubs it's not cost me anything.

 

[brendy]

Snapped my 6i on wed after 5 holes of playing miserably, 3 points and a 30+ yard pull hook later and I had just had enough. I banged it off the ground and it just buckled and split. Scored 9 points in the remaining 4 holes then went out yesterday and shot 76 without it, go figure.
My fourball have never seen me get annoyed like that before so kept quiet for a hole but once I started playing properly did mention it and had a laugh over it. No damage to the course and noone else saw it happen. I wont be slamming down clubs again in a hurry.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I used to be an angry bugger on the course, one bad shot would be enough to turn me into a right moody sod. I've never broken a club but I can imagine I wasn't much of a playing partner.

I've calmed down a lot now but I still have a swear at myself after a bad shot but it'll be a short outburst to get it out of my system then I'll put it behind me and forget about it. I might even toss my club towards my bag but not with any force.

I don't see a problem with visible signs of emotion as long as they are short and infrequent

 

[Imurg]

I'm a "club thump on the ground" player.
An expletive if there's nobody else close, a thump on the ground with the club, a huge sigh and move on.....

 

[fundy]

Used to be a club slammer, once slammed a wedge into my bag on the floor and damaged 4 shafts in the process, try hard not to these days for obvious reasons.

Tend to swear at myself a fair bit and not averse to dispatching the ball into the nearest lake (clearly its at fault!!) as I did at the Grove the other day

 

[GOLFER1994]

Cheers Goldenbare... they did, i got 7 A's and 3 B's !

I have just been out for 9 and a few stupid shots ended in a club slam onto the grass and a move on! its just annoying, i think i expect too much from myself!

 

[d2cko]

My cousins and I are club slammers sometimes too, except we call it snake hunting. You know it's gonna be a bad day when there are a lot of snakes on the course!

 

[TonyN]

I used to curse alot on my own. And I have been nown to bang the club.

But I wouldn't go any further than that. I can understand why people do it, to a degree, its a good thing people are so competitive. I just feel golf is a sport for Gents and ladies and our manners shouldn't be forgotton.

I have had playing partners throw hissy fits which made me feel rather uncomfortable and I would never like to put anyone in that same position.

 

[Garush34]

i used to be quite bad for getting angry after bad shots but now i only think about the shot untill the club goes back in the bag. its not worth it anymore takes the fun out of the game.

 

[shanker]

Hi guys,
Just read some interesting views and experiences of anger on the course and wanted to hear what you have done and think.
Have you ever broke a club in anger? How do you react to a bad shot, espcially if you know you are playing well?
Also... is there an acceptable show of anger that does not impact playing partners but lets you let out a little bit of frustration?
I personally as a young competitive so and so sometimes let myself get too wound up and i shouldnt but i have never damaged club or bag in anger.
Cheers

Yep! I´ve done it twice. At your age age, Golfer 1994, there may be an excuse. But take it from me mate that it doesn´t help your golf, makes you an unpopular playing partner and you look a complete erse. Control your temper lad!

 

[Evesdad]

Launched my driver at my bag a few months ago after umpteen topped drives in the round, felt rather stupid after. Had a sulk for the hole. On the way to the next our 13th had a chat with myself apologised to playing partners and nailed one down the middle. Think showing myself up as I'm normally a pretty calm person has shown me to control myself from now on!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I still have a swear at myself after a bad shot but it'll be a short outburst to get it out of my system then I'll put it behind me and forget about it. I might even toss my club towards my bag but not with any force.

We can still here the call of Hawkeye echoing across the green plains of Royal Ascot "F**k off Stannard" still comes out once in a while. Those wedges you chucked towards your bag at the 12th and 13th on Bank HOliday Monday definitely had some "force" in them and the one on 13 was a definite 5.9 for helicoptering artistic impression.

Like you I use to be a real moody git but hopefully have definitely lightened up in the last few years. I had a few chipping issues on the 6th at Maidenhead in the club match yesterday and was ready to swear and chuck the club but didn't think it would be the done thing so gritted my teeth and kept hold of the wedge.

Having been there I don't have a huge issue until the throwing of clubs becomes a hole by hole exercise everytime there is a bad shot. I've no issue with an quick burtst of industrial language either. In fact one of our regular Saturday roll up is known as Tourettes for his regular potty mouth when he's hit a bad shot but as soon as the club is in the bag he'll chat away again until he gets to his ball

 

[thecraw]

Snapped my driver at Dundonald last year, slammed it into the ground and it snapped at the hosel. I also got so frustrated at how bad the greens were at Dalmahoy that I snapped my gap wedge throwing it in a moment of madness.

Prone to the odd slam or helicopter. Its part of my make up and at times I need to get it out, I know its not pretty and can annoy or put people off, but sorry its part of me. I've tried keeping it in or laughing it off but that doesn't work I just need that "release"!

 

[Losttheplot]

I've never got to the point where I want to snap my club but I have thrown my club at my bag. More of a underarm, flat, 6ft chuck than a long range helicopter throw.

I've seen a few corkers though!

A friend of mine got a set of clubs 2nd hand and after about 9 holes he'd had enough and stormed off and walked home. (2 minutes from the course). On the way back his clubs were found in someone's wheelie bin, half bent and sticking out the top. If it wasn't bin day the next day who knows where he'd of put them instead!