Funny story ... I was fortunate to be on a Hawaiian vacation with my parents and brother and sister in the early '80s. While staying in Waikiki, my dad, brother and I took in the Thursday round of the Hawaiian Open. We all split up for awhile, but I tagged along with my brother for a few holes on the front nine.
Can't recall which hole it was, medium-length straightaway par-4 hole. Bill Rogers, the defending British Open champion, was paired with Hale Irwin. Rogers, at the time, was one hot golfer. There was a fair sized crowd following along with these 2 guys.
Anyway, Rogers had an approach shot of some 125 yards, middle of the fairway. He had a wedge (it appeared) in his hands. He took his swing, and completely shanked the ball, straight sideways, some 2 or 3 feet off the ground. To the right of that fairway, in the rough between that fairway and another parallel fairway, was a metal garbage can. The ball nailed the garbage can on the fly, with a resounding smash, and Rogers turned around and with a mighty overhand swing buried the clubhead of his wedge into the turf. He stormed over to his ball, and his caddie nonchalantly leaned over to get the club, only to heave and pull on the thing to get it out of the ground. Rogers knocked his next shot on the green, two putted for a bogey, and walked off the green.
My brother always reminds me, whenever I tell this story, that he noticed that Irwin gave him a glare as they both walked off the green as if to say ... "don't you ever think of doing something stupid like that again".
JJ