LAB DF3 Stock Putter [RIGHT][35 IN]

LAB DF3 Stock Putter

Our putters employ Lie Angle Balance (L.A.B.), a patented technology we developed that simplifies putting. It eliminates torque and produces a repeatable swing. Lie Angle Balance (L.A.B.) Technology makes it effortless for golfers to deliver a square putter face at impact because, unlike other putters, it keeps the putter face square to the arc throughout the stroke. It makes putting as easy as picking the right line and speed and making your natural stroke.

WE LISTENED: Ever since we launched our first putter, Directed Force, golfers have been asking if we could make it less weird. DF3 is that putter. We took a chisel to the original Lie Angle Balanced putter to make DF3 smaller and sleeker while honouring the shape of the putter that started it all for us. DF3 still does everything golfers love about the original. It stays square by itself. It’s still irrationally forgiving on mishits. 

WE LEARNED: Lie Angle Balance has to be considered in every aspect of the design. And then each individual L.A.B. Golf putter, including DF3, has to be hand-balanced by a very skilled and highly trained human. We’ve learned so much over the years building Lie Angle Balanced putters, and it gave us a leg up in the DF3 design. We love every putter we’ve created, but in the past we had to make compromises around looks and sound to make putters Lie Angle Balanced. We didn’t have to do that with DF3.

WE DROVE OURSELVES CRAZY: The original Directed Force is our logo, so reimagining it was a pretty big deal to us. We talked ourselves out of it a few times, but in the end, we decided it was something we needed to do. Our customers were demanding it! We think golfers who don’t know anything about Lie Angle Balance are going to think DF3 looks incredible… or at least less weird.

THE PERFORMANCE IS CRAZY TOO: Through a few important design tricks, we were able to make DF3 perform essentially the same as Directed Force. Like Directed Force, DF3 is “fully automatic.” That means you’ll get the full experience of DF3 wanting to guide itself on the correct path on the way back and through. Just like the original, mishits effectively don’t matter. Putts hit on the heel and toe will roll a lot like those hit off the centre. There’s just less to think about on the golfer side with DF3. And isn’t that kind of the point in putter design?

PICK IT UP: We could say a lot about the shaping of DF3. The way the front and middle of the putter push in, for example, makes it look smaller and punches up forgiveness. We could also talk about the merits of the golf ball-sized cutout in the middle of the putter, but most golfers already know that story.

What you do need to know is our cutout has a function. We’re calling it “The Gimme Getter.” Because we all don’t make every 60-footer, we designed The Gimme Getter to pick up your ball on the rare occasion you happen to miss by a few inches. This brilliant innovation doesn’t belong to us, but we put it in there because it’s… well, bad***. A tip of the cap to the person who came up with it!