How mad do you get?

[walk18]

Worst I'll do is slam my club into some rough away from people. That happens once or twice a year. Then I move on.

[divot dave]

I'm an early riser and often play by myself weekday mornings when almost no one ever golfs on the course I play at. Consequently, I rarely ever find myself getting angry especially since I am usually in learn-mode, not compete-mode. Although I did have a bad episode a few weeks ago...

It was hot, I was tired and playing hungry (bad... bad combination for me). I got stuck on this one downhill par 3 hole onto an island green. My first tee shot was a push slice... second shot same... third shot same... at this point I officially resigned myself mentally from the hole, and set a goal to just hit the damn ball solidly and watch it fly straight. I literally lost 10 balls on this tee shot. Furious with the fact I could not straighten out my swing, for whatever reason, I snapped and flung my iron as hard as I could at the ground and watched it snap in 2. Which for all intents and purposes made me feel a lot better... had a good laugh at that sight, collected what remained of my sanity, and walked back to my car.