The Irish Golf Desk brings us this minor item in which Padraig Harrington shares his assessment of the funniest golf course meltdown he's witnessed, which took place at the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie. Clearly the incident didn't throw Padraig off his game, as he went on to win his first major championship in a playoff over Sergio Garcia.
The incident was perpetrated by The Scot Richie Ramsey, who was paired with Harrington and David Toms for the first two rounds:
"When I won [The Open] at Carnoustie, I holed a putt in the first round and one of my playing partners [he didn't name Ramsay by name] missed from a similar place and he came over and he started abusing his golf bag, hitting it with the golf club, kicking it and our third playing partner David Toms went over and said something to him about it. He was so upset about him kicking the bag.
"And the player said, 'What's it got to do with you?' And Toms said, 'Well, it's my golf bag.' He'd picked the wrong bag because it was the same make."
The IGW piece also helpfully points us to this video of top ten golf tantrums:
Not the definitive word on this important subject, as the Poulter and Woosie entries aren't close to my definition of a meltdown. But the Otto Hennie Hennie Otto clip was suitably cringe-worthy, and heartfelt congratulations to Sergio Garcia for nabbing two spots in the Top Ten. And the fact that his winning performance came from his rookie season attested to his wide ranging skill set, from the youthful Medinah scissor kick to the iconic loogie in the cup.
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