Broke my first club - now what?

[glueguy]

This is my first real year of playing. I bought a used TaylorMade R7 3W (with TM ReAx 60 S shaft) from Golf Galaxy in June. Playing alone to do some thinking, hit off a tee and at point of impact I knew something was way wrong. Weight balance moved very quickly, hand speed picked up. I lost sight of the ball as the spinning club head about 10 yards out caught my attention. I knew that clubs consisted of multiple pieces, but have never thought about the assembly/construction.

As a fairly competent DIY'er, can I fix this myself? Take it back to Golf Galaxy? Pro shop?

Should I have inspected for this failure?

If there are links, please let me know. I wasn't even sure what the proper search term should be.

[trouser]

If it's just the shaft that is broke you can take it back to GG and have them put a new one in for you. I have had to do that before.

[glueguy]

I think that the shaft is still OK - just the head separated itself from the shaft.

[clearwaterms]

if you can post some pictures, I and others can give you some more concrete advice and suggestions.