Golf Rage
The topic of rage is present in many different sports, but there was one sport that shocked me that "rage" type behaviors even existed. This being the gentlemen's sport of golf! Believe it or not, golf rage is alive and kicking in the golf scene, both amateur and professional. There are many different situations where Golf Rage originate from. Here are three articles/webpages on the internet that might be of interest of this behavior.
"Golf rage is terrorizing the greens and fairways once considered a bastion of gentlemanly conduct and fair play as teed-off players vent their anger with their fists and feet. Swashbucklers on the links have swung their golf clubs like sabres. Golf carts have been driven at rivals, arrests made, and at least one player has died in a particularly tragic attack." This stunning and shocking fact came from an article entitled "Golf Rage" by Peter Sheridan. This article discusses some incidences of Golf Rage that occur in the pro's and it even contains an incident that caused a death. Read this article, click here.
Another shocking article on the internet tells the story of a very tragic incidence of Golf Rage that escalated from an exchange of words to death. This shocks me beyond belief that it happened, but there is a dead body to prove it. To view this article click here.
Golf is a precise sport for lack
of a better term. Being that I play golf, I know that there are many
reasons why golf can be and is very frustrating. There are many reasons why
golf affects a person's psychological and emotional state just like any other
sport of concentration and skill. One of the reasons why I think that golf
is so stressful is the fact that it is a sport that it's outcome depends solely
on the performance of the individual. There are no teammates to
blame... An article entitled "Anger and outrage need not be a big
part of your game" written by By Dr. Paula King, discusses some of the
reasons why golf causes so much emotional tension and stress. To view the
article, click here.