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I used to play on a public course called Lake of the Woods. My group was behind another group in which one of the men was having a lousy morning. A pond ran along the left side of #5 off the tee, fronted the green on #6, a fairly long par 5, then along the right side of the 8th fairway.
This golfer hooked 2 shots into the pond off #5, then dumped at least 3 more on his approach to the 6th green. We could hear his screams from 200 yards back up the fairway. They finally cleared the pond so we made our layups and waited. When this guy finally holed out, he walked back to his cart, grabbed his clubs and tossed them into the lake, then stalked angrily toward the clubhouse.
We played 6 and 7 and were on the 8th green when we saw the man walking back toward the pond. We figured he'd cooled off some. Instead he waded into the pond, brought his bag back to shore, pulled out his keys and tossed the bag back into the pond.
Me, I've only smashed one club. My brother slapped me so hard I never even considered losing my temper on the course again.
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