I did not break this club in anger. I have done that and am not embarrassed about it. If that had been the case this time, I would readily have admitted it. I broke a SW against a tree once, I broke a putter against a cart post, I threw a LW in the middle of a pond, but this time I tossed my putter gently over close to my bag. No way is should have broken, I have done it literally dozens of times before. It just happened to hit perfectly to fracture the shaft. Probably a weak point and a perfect spot.