Otto seems to have stopped throwing his toys since becoming a dad.(Goodlife Golfer Supplement)

From: The Mercury (South Africa) | Date: May 13, 2008 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Grant Winter

Hennie Otto's splendid victory in the Italian Open on Sunday was his first on the European Tour, and therefore an important milestone in his career, which may help divert attention from his colourful reputation as one of the game's hell-raisers.

This 31-year-old from Boksburg is a feisty character whose antics on and off the course have often been in the spotlight. Like when he threw his golf bag in the river at Wild Coast in the Nashua Ma...