Biggest Golf Blowup EVER

[BSweet]

So me and my friends were playing yesterday. My three friends were qualifying for the club championship and I was there to attest scorecards. One of my friends, Karl, was putting together a cinderella story. This kid (actually man) has a history of anger issues but on this day he was able to hold it together for 17 holes and then he got to 18.

#18 at my course is a dogleg right with trouble everywhere and ideally the best tee shot is 200 yds down the left side of the fairway. Karl was +8 and for our club championship 80 or 81 has an outside chance of getting in. So it begins...

-Karl takes 3 wood off the tee (STUPID decision) and tops it into the trees on the left. He smashes the teebox and throws 3 wood against a wooden wall surrounding the tee box.
-His 2nd shot hit a tree and came straight down. He took his club and took a baseball swing at his golf bag.
-He flared a 4 iron into the hazard. He took his bag and chokeslammed it against the previous tree.
-He knocked down his 5th shot and he took another swing at his golf bag and broke his Taylormade burner. He then took the initiative and snapped the shaft over his knee and threw the club into the woods.
-6th shot over the green, 7th...chipped on and 1 putted for an 8. He shot 84.

During this whole time he said every swear you could think of. I was trying so hard not to laugh. At one point he said to me "Brandon, you giggle again I'm going to throw you to the ground and stomp your face into the fairway!"

While this was going on everyone at the proshop was looking in disgust. It was such a loud rudkus that everyone thought someone got hurt. I don't know how he didn't get in trouble. Luckily there was no ranger, and no one in back of us. It was nuts. Funniest thing I've ever seen.

[$2 Nassau]

Nice melt down. Why was the 3 wood a bad decision in the first place? Too much club?

[BSweet]

Nice melt down. Why was the 3 wood a bad decision in the first place? Too much club?

Big time. Especially from the normal tees. Unless you hit a

perfect cut. I hit hybrid, my friends hit 3 and 4 iron. It's a position hole. It's short though.. only like 310 yards.

[MunkeyGolfer]

I would have paid money to see this TinCup all over again(obviously not censored)

[bigphil]

that is the funniest thing i have heard all day! i think my entire office heard me laughing! good stuff!

[Craig Mac]

Can you say Anger Management? That "kid"(aptly described) would not be invited in my foursome.

[crazygolfguru]

Can you say Anger Management? That "kid"(aptly described) would not be invited in my foursome.

Are you kidding? I would love to be around when someone blew up like that, it would be hilarious. In fact, it sort of reminds me of my brother who will blame every bad shot on something (a bird chirping, or a plane flying overhead, or someone dropping a tee on the ground during his backswing, or... you get the picture). I empathize with the kid, but can't afford to abuse my clubs to the point of having to replace them.

[DJYoshi]

how did jack put it? groosfabah? in bad boys it was woosah
I can't help but to laugh when I'm with friends that have meltdowns. I have mine whenever I do something I don't want to do, but I'll just drop a f bomb silently...or if I hit a shot that's turning more than I want I'll say sh**...but not screaming it...i'll say it under my breath. I've been witih people that I've never played with before that have thrown clubs, and the worst, I saw someone spike his club into the green....TWICE. I called him a f'in di** for doing that. I tried to fix the damage as best as I could and told him to stop acting like a kid..at that point it's embarrassing and down right disrespectful.

It's okay to get upset with yourself....but breaking sh** on the course and screaming at others...or disrespecting ppl...even if it's your boys....that's on another level.
Dan Kim...if you ever play with him if you're in NY or NJ....ask to be placed with a different group... the kid does nothing but buy all this gear...think he's hot sh** but he's never broken 90...and talks a big game like he's a single-digit handicapper.... and when he spikes his club into the ground....you just look at him with the "wtf are you doing?"

has your club said anything to him? even a warning?

[alf174]

sigh . As soon as he got made at the first shot it was all over. All those tense angry emotions transfer itself to every subsequent shot.

[AlCzervik]

my friend Eric has thrown his bag into a creek, snapped alot of clubs, thrown his driver off a cliff into a lake... its funny but gets old. i would hate to be him buying new stuff all the time

[kafka01]

Are you kidding? I would love to be around when someone blew up like that, it would be hilarious. In fact, it sort of reminds me of my brother who will blame every bad shot on something (a bird chirping, or a plane flying overhead, or someone dropping a tee on the ground during his backswing, or... you get the picture). I empathize with the kid, but can't afford to abuse my clubs to the point of having to replace them.

I´m pretty sure you dont wanna be around if somebody blows up. In that case it might have been easy for the rest of the flight cuz it was on the last hole - but imagine playing with a pissed guy when this happens to him on the 6th hole and you have to stay with him 2-3 more hours in a tournament - where do you think YOUR score will end up?

[kafka01]

my friend Eric has thrown his bag into a creek, snapped alot of clubs, thrown his driver off a cliff into a lake... its funny but gets old. i would hate to be him buying new stuff all the time

Become a sales rep of your pro shop and advice him on new clubs after he smashed his old ones and cash in?

[kfowler]

My initial thought when I see someone act like that is "I wander if he beats his wife?". Seriously.

[Craig Mac]

Are you kidding? I would love to be around when someone blew up like that, it would be hilarious. In fact, it sort of reminds me of my brother who will blame every bad shot on something (a bird chirping, or a plane flying overhead, or someone dropping a tee on the ground during his backswing, or... you get the picture). I empathize with the kid, but can't afford to abuse my clubs to the point of having to replace them.

No not kidding, on top of that the OP was threatened too for laughing at this guy!!! just childish, good reasoning below:

It's okay to get upset with yourself....but breaking sh** on the course and screaming at others...or disrespecting ppl...even if it's your boys....that's on another level.

[crazygolfguru]

Ok, you're right. I really don't think I would want to be around. But it would be fun to watch on YouTube where I could laugh in the privacy of my own home without the risk of getting a club broken over my head.

[Lange]

LoL that's hularious! I had a good laugh there, good thing i wasn't there cuz the smart a$$ i can be sometimes woulda got me a few iron marks on my body:-

[Lemay427]

HAHAHA great story. I am never offended by what other people do. I would laugh my ass off if I saw that though!!!!!

[BSweet]

After the round he told us when he cooled off...

"I don't care about the first flight, I wanted to play with you guys in the Championship flight"

He shot 40 on the front which he said was the best round he ever shot for 9 holes. He started his back 9 with a snowman (8) but then strung together a bunch of pars and a birdie (this really impressed me). Then he made a double on our par 3 16th. What got to him was he left a very makeable birdie putt short on 17 and he was at 8 over. He really wanted to break 80 which is probably why he whipped out the 3 wood on the last. Bad course management.

Also his playing partners shot 77 (one was his brother). He really wanted to break 80, but I think 80 or 81 would have got him into the tournament.