OK, I can hear the conversation somewhere next week. "Mom, why wont you buy me another putter? The guy on TV broke his and someone replaced it the next day". "Son, when you make it on the tour, then you too can break clubs. Until then, you will pay for your broken club". One week after that, someone will report that Tiger cost a young child his allowance for breaking a putter, because the reporter will have no idea who Scott Piercy is, only remember something about Tiger and a club.
Unfortunately, it is what it is.