Thursday 3 August 2017 20:20, UK
After the Solheim Cup in 2015 was overshadowed by the 'gimme that wasn't given', we look back at other occasions where tempers have flared on the golf course.
Solheim storm (part one)
Fifteen years before Alison Lee's controversial pick up at the 17th, Annika Sorenstam had been reduced to tears by an incident on day two of the 2000 Solheim Cup at Loch Lomond.
After chipping in from about 25 feet for a birdie on the 13th, the-then vice-captain was ordered to retake the shot when opponents Kelly Robbins and Pat Hurst pointed out the Swede had played out of turn.
Sorenstam missed her replayed shot with Hurst then holing for a birdie to increase the Americans' lead to two holes in a fourball match they would go on to win 2&1.
"It is just really sad when you have tournaments like this," Sorenstam said. "It is sad to see that the ugly part of them (Americans) came out because both Pat and Kelly are the nicest they have. And it is just sad to see that - that they don't even have sportsmanship."
Ballesteros v Azinger (part one)
When the two met in the Sunday singles at The Belfry in 1989, Ballesteros claimed his ball was cut and asked for it to be changed on the second green. Azinger disagreed and the referee also felt it wasn't bad enough when he was called in.
The relationship turned sour again at the 18th, when Azinger drove into the lake but received a questionable drop in a place where he could reach the green.
Although Azinger sent his approach in to the sand, Ballesteros, one down at the time and shaken by the incident, went in to the water himself and went on to lose.
The Spaniard could not help noticing that when Payne Stewart and Mark Calcavecchia also failed to make the carry with their drives shortly afterwards, they were not able to do what Azinger had done.
Ballesteros v Azinger (part two)
The two players clashed again during the opening foursomes at Kiawah Island, with the Spaniard alongside compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal and Azinger with Chip Beck in the 'War on the Shore'.
Ballesteros noticed on the seventh tee that Beck had changed the type of ball the Americans were using. Under the rules, a loss of holes could have been given, but nothing was done until captain Bernard Gallacher, alerted to the situation, spoke to officials at the turn.
"We made a mistake, but we certainly weren't cheating," said Azinger, to which Ballesteros replied: "It has nothing to do with cheating. Cheating and breaking the rules are two different things."
The Americans, who were ahead at the time, lost the match, with Beck saying that Ballesteros' constant coughing had bothered him and Azinger labelling him "the king of gamesmanship". Ballesteros later stated: "The Americans were 11 nice guys - and Paul Azinger."
The Battle of Brookline
With the home side on the verge of completing a brilliant comeback from 10-6 down in the 1999 Ryder Cup, Justin Leonard's 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole - after he had been four down earlier - sent the home camp into delirium.
Singles opponent Jose Maria Olazabal still had a putt to keep everything alive, but he had to wait for the green to clear because of all the commotion - and then missed it.
One famous photo shows Tiger Woods airborne and punching the air with delight, but it was Tom Lehman who was painted as the villain of the piece when Sam Torrance, Mark James' assistant and Europe's next captain, told Sky Sports: "Tom Lehman calls himself a man of God. His behaviour today has been disgusting."
Colin Montgomerie had also been heckled all week to the point where his father left the course, while James said his wife was spat at.
Have the goddamn cup!
The tied 1969 Ryder Cup at Royal Birkdale is remembered for Jack Nicklaus' sporting concession of a putt to Tony Jacklin, but things were rather different the day before.
Bernard Gallacher and Brian Huggett played Dave Hill and Ken Still in the fourballs and on the very first green Huggett asked Hill to stop moving about, then Still to stand further away.
On the next green Still shouted to his caddie not to hold the flag for Gallacher, but things really got out of hand on the seventh. Hill missed a putt and holed out, but Gallacher told him he had putted out of turn.
Still picked up Gallacher's ball-marker and said: "You can have the hole and the goddamn cup." He and Huggett started shouting at each other walking up the next fairway and the crowd jeered the Americans' every move.
At the green Gallacher this time conceded Still's putt so that Hill, who had a chance to win the hole, could not see the line. That brought some more comments from Still, who delighted in the fact that his partner still made the putt, while Hill allegedly told Gallacher: "If you say one more word I'm going to wrap this one-iron around your head."
