Ever throw a club on the course?

[Pedo]

I was out last week and a solo guy in front of me threw two clubs on the first hole. Makes me think he may not really enjoy the sport that much, or he was having a very bad day.

Can say I remember ever throwing a club but I sure have thought about it.

Would love to hear what others have to say about this.

Yes-
No-
No (but I sure wanted to)-

[Wisco-Kid]

Such a simple question and deserves a simple answer. YES!

Everytime I do it which is not that often I hate myself and regret it.
Last year I whipped my putter and it landed on a cart path and dinged it up really good. Now that I have a Scotty I better not do that again.

[ChiChiIsMe]

Yes I have, but not in the last 20 or so years.......

[BASHERBAKER69]

hi

no, it shows a lack of discipline. Just put your club in the bag and move on!

bb

[JaY_B]

To the thread creator... You have a really unfortunate user name.

[Craig Mac]

I have never thrown a club, tossed one or two a couple of feet towards the cart after a pitch so I wouldn't forget it, but never thrown a club in anger. I watched enough people damage clubs to know better, even saw one guy get one stuck in a tree, then use another club to get the original club down, would have been funny if he got them both stuck in the tree. Another time I had some schmuck I got paired up with throw one after a missed putt that flew right over my head, he would have caught the beating of a lifetime for it if he wasn't so apologetic about it, and not from me but my 6'4" 240 pound playing partner

[mutadayen]

Never tossed one. More of a drop-kick right next to me, or pushed the club hard into my bag. Besides, why ruin them when they cost so much...

[Pedo]

Well Jay_B it doesn't mean what you may think it does. I don't even speak spanish. I know what it stands for and that's just fine by me.

[murdock_]

I try to hold myself back.. it only would get my head out of the game and I would play horribly the rest of the round... 18th hole maybe

[Shindig]

  Pedo said:

I was out last week and a solo guy in front of me threw two clubs on the

I voted no, answering the spirit of the question but not the letter of the question.

I holed out from the sand once back in January and tried to do a baton twirl with my gap wedge, which I had used in the bunker. I hit myself in the head, thankfully with the grip end. I think you meant throwing in anger, which I've never been tempted to do. I started playing as a graduate student, so I know the importance of money. I don't want to have to pay for a re-shafting or a new club! The only times I've seen people throw clubs were cart players throwing to their cart-mate who forgot a club back at the cart. "Hey man, throw me my 5-iron." For those who do throw clubs: please throw them forward in the fairway so we don't have to wait for you to go back to get them!

[JaY_B]

  Pedo said:

Well Jay_B it doesn't mean what you may think it does. I don't even speak spanish. I know what it stands for and that's just fine by me.

Sorry, did not mean to insinuate anything, Was only a light hearted observation

[JaY_B]

  Shindig said:

I voted no, answering the spirit of the question but not the letter of the question.

I once threw my driver 60 odd yards down the fairway in anger, and the shaft snapped in two, I was a bit younger then though

[Craig Mac]

  Shindig said:

please throw them forward in the fairway so we don't have to wait for you to go back to get them!

Nice!!

[myk]

I voted yes. I haven't been playing too long but I did throw a 5 iron about a month ago. It landed in the fairway next to the one I was playing. I'm very thankful no one was there. I will never throw another club again.


Mike

[Big_M]

Unfortunately I have thrown clubs on two occaisions.

Once was when I was early 20's and playing with my mom who talked in my backswing for probably the 8th time that day... and I was already playing poorly. It's no excuse, but it happended... I launched it about 40 yards up the fairway into the right hand whispy rough... so no damage. I swore I would never do it again...

Then last year I had a relapse. I was playing with just my wife, and I was desperately trying to play well (on the verge of being single digits for first time). I bombed a drive to about 80 yds out. Hit my wedge fat, just short of deep bunker... hit flop shot into bunker... hit bunker shot over green (too much ball)... skulled chip into bunker when I should have returned to cart for a different club... threw that frigging 60* wedge about 20 yards in a low to the ground spiraly type toss into the rough... then got up and down from the sand for a 7.

Both times I felt stupid, and I don't intend to do it again, but I play a lot of golf and generally act very well, only occaisionally muttering a damnit, or what the hell was that. I can't promise to never throw another, but I will never be one of those guys who seems to always play pissed, or regularly ruins others rounds by his bad temprament.

Oh... one other time I threw a Ping demo about 50 yards out into a lake... but that was accidental... rain, wet hands, hitting shag ball into lake, golf team laughing at me retrieving club, etc.

[tm22721]

Bobby Jones threw clubs, even hit a woman at a tournament and was almost booted from the amateur circuit. The story is that he never threw another club again.

I have thrown a few in frustration when playing alone. Even lost my grip on one in the rain. It went further than the ball.

[DirtCheap]

Never threw one, but I watched my father-in-law break the head off his 6 iron. Not out of anger, Just a normal hit. It flew nearly as far as the ball.

It was hilarious.

[iWALK18]

yes i have and worse... i usually get most angry with my short game, so I'll take a wedge and slam it into the ground toe first. NEVER in the fairway, and I alway repair that "divot", but thats my bad tantrum habit.