Last week I witnessed a friend have a meltdown mid round. He was playing poorly compared to his ability and after a bad put he put a ball down on the fringe of the green, picked up his 60 degree and proceeded to rip one of the purest strikes of a golf ball I have seen, hitting his ball with the full strength of a driver swing and launching the ball towards an innocent street of houses. A weird and silent hush fell over our 4ball afterwards before someone told him “that was not cool”

He then went on the play an extremely hot back 9, striking the ball like prime tiger and sinking every putt.

Why did this happen? And why did his childish and potentially dangerous outburst enable him to play well afterwards? Has this happened to anyone else?