Frustration caused damage?

[Davie81]

Hitting a lot of shanks tonight and slammed my 8 i off the range mat one handed in frustration. Stupid I know and it isn't me at all but what's the chances of this causing damage? The shaft seems to be ok and doesn't have any bends in it. Never done this before so just concerned.

[iacas]

Do you see any damage?

[lailake]

Feel a bit bad for laughing. Has happened to me more than once. Not funny in the moment it's happening to me, but it sure does make me chuckle when I see others.

[chilepepper]

If you are really concerned take it and have the loft checked. I doubt you tweaked it though

[Valleygolfer]

Well generally the club will be fine. But if you really hit it hard there is some chance of damage. You  could have bent the shaft, and easily check this by putting the club on a table and rolling it back and forth with the head off the edge. If you see any changes in head location during the rolling it could be bent. Also, you could have bent the lie angle. To do this check you would have to take it to someone who works on clubs and has a machine that will measure it.

[Club Rat]

Slamming a club in a downward motion on a hard surface can cause the shaft to weaken and or break.
It usually occurs at the top of the club hosel, below the ferrule where the damage can not be seen.

While the evidence may not be apparent, at some point in time the club may break.

[Typhoon92]

If the shanking stopped I'd say you've actually fixed it! ?

[downbylaw11]

are you asking because you plan on doing it again? lol

 

if you don't see any damage, or feel it, it's probably fine, but I would try to avoid it, for damage reasons, and because outbursts like that never solved anything. 

[Buckeyebowman]

Yep! Why punish the club? It's not at fault, you are! Why not just punch yourself in the face?

To be honest I used to do the same thing. I eventually figured out that it's just a game! My livelihood did not depend on it, so why should I take it so seriously?

[RickPro]

should be fine, it can hit golfballs over 100mph. best way to check is to play with it and see if it goes long, short, or falls apart when you hit the ball.