Davis Love III
Where: 1999 Bay Hill Invitational
Upset with a poor shot, Love took an angry swipe with his sand wedge and unwittingly hit a sprinkler head, which detonated and began to flood the par-3 17th hole. Tournament host Arnold Palmer sent him a bill: $3.50 for parts, $175,000 for labor.
Curtis Strange
Where: 1982 Doral-Eastern Open Invitational
After a wayward drive, Strange kicked his bag while it was on the shoulder of his caddie, Gene Kelley. Kelley went down, and three weeks later had surgery to fuse two vertebrae. He hired an attorney and the two settled out of court for medical expenses and a small amount of cash.
Mark Calcavecchia
Where: 1992 L.A. Open
Calc slammed his club onto a cart path after a lousy drive. The stick exploded, and pieces of it buzzed a spectator.
John Daly
Where: 1994 NEC World Series of Golf
En route to an 83, Long John launched a drive on the 15th tee before letting the group ahead of him clear out. The ball nearly beaned club pro Jeffrey Roth. Roth's mother and Daly exchanged words after the round, just before Roth's 62-year-old dad jumped Daly from behind in the parking lot. Daly suffered a back injury during the altercation, forcing him to sit out the rest of the season.
Craig Stadler
Where: 1985 Hawaiian Open
Playing a par 3 in the fourth round, Stadler hit his tee shot into the sand and swiped at one of the pineapple tee markers, which he assumed were plastic, with his club. They were real, and pineapple sauce and hilarity ensued. The Walrus rebounded to shoot 64 and finish second.
Pat Perez made two wild swings with his 3-wood then pounded it into the sod. John Huston
Where: 1992 Honda Classic
In the first round Huston hooked two drives into the lake on the par-5 seventh. Hitting five, he sprayed his next drive right and helicoptered his Wilson Whale driver into the pond That took his first two balls. The club floated, so Huston waded in after it and fell off an unseen shelf. When playing partner Mike Hulbert turned around all he saw was Huston's hat. All was not lost, as Huston gained a new nickname: Swamp Thing.
Tommy Bolt
Where: 1960 U.S. Open
After hitting two drives into the water on the finishing hole at Denver's Cherry Hills Country Club, Bolt hurled his driver into the drink, too. The photograph of his over-the-shoulder release became the iconic image of golf frustration.
Pat Perez
Where: 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
In the final round, Perez made two wild swings with his 3-wood at the par-5 14th then pounded it into the sod. After reclaiming the lead, he hit his drive OB by inches at the par-5 18th, hit his fourth shot into the Pacific and tried to break his 3-wood over his knee.
Where: 1999 Bay Hill Invitational
Upset with a poor shot, Love took an angry swipe with his sand wedge and unwittingly hit a sprinkler head, which detonated and began to flood the par-3 17th hole. Tournament host Arnold Palmer sent him a bill: $3.50 for parts, $175,000 for labor.
Curtis Strange
Where: 1982 Doral-Eastern Open Invitational
After a wayward drive, Strange kicked his bag while it was on the shoulder of his caddie, Gene Kelley. Kelley went down, and three weeks later had surgery to fuse two vertebrae. He hired an attorney and the two settled out of court for medical expenses and a small amount of cash.
Mark Calcavecchia
Where: 1992 L.A. Open
Calc slammed his club onto a cart path after a lousy drive. The stick exploded, and pieces of it buzzed a spectator.
John Daly
Where: 1994 NEC World Series of Golf
En route to an 83, Long John launched a drive on the 15th tee before letting the group ahead of him clear out. The ball nearly beaned club pro Jeffrey Roth. Roth's mother and Daly exchanged words after the round, just before Roth's 62-year-old dad jumped Daly from behind in the parking lot. Daly suffered a back injury during the altercation, forcing him to sit out the rest of the season.
Craig Stadler
Where: 1985 Hawaiian Open
Playing a par 3 in the fourth round, Stadler hit his tee shot into the sand and swiped at one of the pineapple tee markers, which he assumed were plastic, with his club. They were real, and pineapple sauce and hilarity ensued. The Walrus rebounded to shoot 64 and finish second.
Where: 1992 Honda Classic
In the first round Huston hooked two drives into the lake on the par-5 seventh. Hitting five, he sprayed his next drive right and helicoptered his Wilson Whale driver into the pond That took his first two balls. The club floated, so Huston waded in after it and fell off an unseen shelf. When playing partner Mike Hulbert turned around all he saw was Huston's hat. All was not lost, as Huston gained a new nickname: Swamp Thing.
Tommy Bolt
Where: 1960 U.S. Open
After hitting two drives into the water on the finishing hole at Denver's Cherry Hills Country Club, Bolt hurled his driver into the drink, too. The photograph of his over-the-shoulder release became the iconic image of golf frustration.
Pat Perez
Where: 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
In the final round, Perez made two wild swings with his 3-wood at the par-5 14th then pounded it into the sod. After reclaiming the lead, he hit his drive OB by inches at the par-5 18th, hit his fourth shot into the Pacific and tried to break his 3-wood over his knee.
