Very few of us are millionnairs, layman golfers change or upgrade clubs because because they wear out. Very few, except you don’t feel a thing and your wife won’t get mad and nag at you forever for spending under a $1000 on a new club. Golfers who follow the technology, new clubs coming onto the market every 6 months are forgeting golf is a physical as well as mental game. Remember the days I played with the real wooden clubs. Although the distance was 180 yards, the satisfaction out of driving straight and landed in the middle of the fairway was far greater than driving
250 yards in the rough. I guess L.A.B. had initiated the zero-tongue technology, I believe other club manufacturers will look into this area seriously. Besides, we can train our hands and eyes to bring the putter head square at impact.

Jim,

I don’t see them on LAB’s website. Perhaps they have videos on social or YouTube Channels.
With regard to emailing them, I know they’ve been completely swamped since the fall. It’s a small, relatively new company experiencing enormous success.

Best,

Matt

So try, if you can, the Pistol vs 1.5° Press vs 3° Press vs the Garsen they sell. Then they can balance it to your desired grip.

The feel is *very* different than even another mallet. “Anesthetized” is how I’ve described it. Yet the putter will twist in your hands through the stroke. Which the “thumbs-off” grip allows. The whole thing, coupled with the much more fwd ball position, as Jerry noted, makes calibrating distance challenging. It takes awhile to learn. If you’re not a pendulum-type putter, I wouldn’t recommend these, honestly.
OTOH, it can be precise enough to where you can stroke it 10′ vs 12′ on v. fast surfaces and it’ll actually do it.

LAB used to carry LAGP shafts as a (hideously) expensive add-on. Guess they’ve stopped. (I do love my L-series in my irons though, but jeez, buy them used if you can.) The Accra white in my DF is just fine.

Finally, there are training videos at LAB to help a new LAB owner figure things out. Really useful.

Great review.

Hi Lloyd,
Firstly a putter is an extremely personal thing. However it’s just as important to get fitted correctly.
The 2.1 was their first attempt with this technology they have moved on a lot since those early days. I started out with the Mezz 1 as I struggled from 5 feet and in. I keep all my stated and on a season average playing twice a week my putts have been 3 less per round.
I them moved onto when the Max version came out, which had been a step up again. For me it gave me More stability snd pace control on longer putts as I had it made in the heavier version. I basically chose a L.A.B. putter in the first place as it out performed anything else on The Sam Putting Lab. Stats don’t lie
The fact that these putters are more customisable than anything out there. Yes they are expensive but no different to the price of a new driver.
Travel to somewhere you can get fitted try all the models and compare it to other models that’s all you can do. However believe me when I tell you the technology works. Ask Lucas Glover, look how bad he was inside 4 feet, that putter had literally transformed his game. He is just one of many and don’t forget LAN don’t pay anyone to use their putters.

As an aside, I don’t believe LAB carries LA Golf shafts

So I bit on the DF3, customized with the TPT shaft. I did the remote fitting and just received the putter – it took 33 days from placing the order to receiving the putter.. The first thing I noticed is that the swingweight is heavier, even though I grip down an inch. Feel is solid yet soft with a ProV1.

Because of the onset, LAB advises to place the ball position fairly forward in the stance.

Appreciate the update! That’s a fairly new thing though, definitely must mean they’re going mainstream.

The golf galaxy near me carries them. It’s the stock option. I have heard the PGA tour superstore also carries them.