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JTingly · 05-16-2006, 08:48 PM

Mind to tell us some of your experiences with your clubs, that have been "accidents"? like bending it or denting it, any sort of that stuff!

i'm interested in your delicious stories

fitz-uk · 05-17-2006, 03:28 AM

I lost my rag as a junior and wrapped a 8 iron around a tree.

At the time it seemed to appease my anger just long enough for it to dawn on me that I would have to explain this to my mum and some how try to convince her that she needed to buy me a new one.

Another one for you.

Every now and then one of my friends will have a birthday on the golf course, so all my mates will come and play - even the ones that dont play. So we pick a course far away and have some fun.

On one of the holes the group in front (birthday boys dad) was walking off the green, when all of a sudden this ball comes flying over the top of myself and a friend. We hear a cry of FORE! But this ball doesnt care, its locked on target, this ball homed in on the back of this guys head (now this is only a funny story because no one was hurt bad - he was fine a day or so after), he went down like Charlie Sheen in Platoon.

Now myself and a mate have seen this and as soon as it hits him we look at each other - and you know when you are not supposed to laugh (at church, at a funeral, at an important event etc) and you just cant control it? First our shoulders started to shake, then we went red, tears came from our eyes, then once he stood up we couldnt hold it back any more, we roared with laughter. By this point everyone was laughing apart from the guy with titleist imprinted on the back of his head.

He was ok, if not just a bit shaky.

JTingly · 05-17-2006, 08:44 AM

Hahahahaha, nice and interesting one, I liked the part when you said he fell down like Charlie Sheen in a platoon.

ma_wilson · 05-17-2006, 10:39 AM

Good story!
In the younger days I used to throw my clubs and say all sorts of bad things when I got mad at the game. I remember two clearly. On a tee box about halfway through my round and I had just hit a bad drive. Being young and losing my temper easy I slammed my driver head on the ground and said some colorful things and that was that.....until the next hole. Next hole I was on the box and since my club had a graphite shaft, i guess when I slammed it the hole before I had broken it or cracked it or whatever, I started into my backswing and off snapped the head of my club and went shooting backwards, and nearly taking out one of my playing partners. My dad and I were paired with a couple of golfers we didnt know and it was really embarrasing. The other is miss hitting a green side chip shot, and starting to walk towards the green to hit the next shot and getting mad. I threw my pitching wedge what was 'supposed to be' just 'over' by the cart and instead I wrapped it around one of those alumminum poles on the cart. Of course this snapped the iron right in two. Had a couple close calls with flying golf balls, but nothing serious yet.

JTingly · 05-17-2006, 07:56 PM

SNAPPED RIGHT IN TWO?!?!?! WOW!
were the clubs expensive?

ma_wilson · 05-18-2006, 10:50 AM

The driver was a Callaway Big Bertha War Bird. The irons were the Titleist 981's

JTingly · 05-18-2006, 08:26 PM

But still, isnt it really hard to snap it right in half..woo, you mustaa benn PISSED

fitz-uk · 05-19-2006, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JTingly

But still, isnt it really hard to snap it right in half..woo, you mustaa benn PISSED

Depends on the age of the irons really.

A guy that I play with at weekends took his pw out of the bag, and at address he heard a crack. He lifted the club up and it fell in two, broke just by placing it on the floor.

It seems old age had caught them up.

Mea92 · 05-19-2006, 08:51 AM

The worst golf accident I ever saw involved some egomaniac speeding around on his golf cart. He was chatting with the person next to him and driving off the designated path and he actually hit an older golfer who was walking. Luckily the guy was alright.