The 2016 British Open was a thrilling tournament from a golf perspective, but it was also up there in terms of angry outbursts.
We saw three all-timers during the tournament — from Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Thomas Pieters — which made us decide to compile those golf tantrums and more.
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Disclaimer: The tantrums below are in no particular order, and some of these videos contain NSFW language.
Phil Mickelson swearing at a photographer
Rory throwing his 3-iron in a lake
Hennie Otto throwing a goofy tantrum
Sergio Garcia throwing and kicking his own shoe
Sergio throwing his club into the water
Victor Dubuisson destroying his golf bag
Henrik Stenson all the time
Jessica Korda firing caddie mid-round
Woody Austin breaking putter on his head
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