Yes, I have many a times unfortunately. It was costly in many ways.

One time it may have cost me a scholarship. I had the USC coach(South Carolina) follow me around one round in the SC JR Am along with my father. Needless to say "back in those days"...my temper made Tiger's look like Mike Reid.

I was having a bad day(I think having the coach their made me nervous). I was such a rotten kid, I slammed clubs down and let out numerous explectives, all within earshot range. After the round my dad took me behind the woodshed and gave me the toungue lashing of toungue lashings saying you probably just blew your chance at a scholarship to USC. Its funny USC gradually stopped writing less and less after that and never did offer.

I realized then that this game of golf was not "healthy" for my sanity and a year later quit it cold turkey. Didn't pick up a club for about two years in college...and to be honest didn't miss the strain and pressure that went along with it. Never got into it seriously again. I called it Jr golf burnout syndrome in my greeting post, but temper issues were just as big a factor if not more.

I haven't thrown a club since. I don't shoot the scores I once did, but then again I'm enjoying the game these days. I find myself not wanting to play alot these days because when I start to improve by playing more...the mental images of my temper tantrums creep in and scare me aware from the course. I dont want to go their again, and neither do playing companions want to deal with it.

I'd rather shoot 79 and be content that I broke 80, then shoot 71 and throwing clubs knowing I blew an opportunity for 69 by 3 putting the last two holes.