LAB Golf traditional blade putters come with LINK 2.1, 2.2

LAB Golf has removed another barrier to its Lie Angle Balance putters.

With the company’s new LINK 2.1 and LINK 2.2 HS blade putters, players who have longed for an Anser-style blade without a center shaft have finally gotten their wish. The new models are the most traditional looking options to date and introduce a new face to flying metal.

“There are a lot of people who are more comfortable with a blade,” LAB Golf founder Sam Hahn told GOLF. “And the conversation in the industry has people wondering if they should still be in one place. When you add Lie Angle Balanced technology to it, you don’t have to go from there. It’s much easier to use and more forgiving than traditional blades. Because of the way we balance putters, you don’t have to make that sacrifice anymore.”

The new LINK putters will join the mid-mounted LINK 1.1 as three LAB options in the lineup.

New players were introduced to the PGA Tour last month at the Cognizant Classic and Aldrich Potgieter became the first player to play one, playing 2.1 at the Players Championship last week.

Continue reading below for more on the LAB Golf LINK 2.1 and 2.2 HS putters, including my take on the release.

What’s really new – and why you should care

Removing barriers to entry

While LAB’s Lie Angle Balance has inspired many other “zero torque” and low torque options on the market over the past few years, most have come with significant traditional drawbacks. They are almost always designs with center shafts and are almost always the largest mallet options.

For many golfers, one of those ends up being a non-starter. Two things make them think.

LAB introduced its first shaftless mid-range design last summer with the OZ.1i HS, but now offers heel-to-blade height technology for the first time.

“The goal over the last 24 months has been to eliminate as many barriers to entry as possible,” Hahn said. “If there’s an opportunity to have a chassis that makes it easier for your curiosity to get the better of you, we’re all for it.”

While Hahn said the goal with all LAB putter designs is first and foremost to make sure they balance and swing the way they want, they want to make sure the new LINK putters look familiar to the player.

If it looks familiar, the golfer will be more likely to try it.

Making the blades more forgiving

Mallets vs. blades have hit a plateau this season, with only five of the world’s top 25 players still using a blade, and no one on the PGA Tour has won with a blade since July.

With all the large and unusual shapes used for LAB putters and other low-torque designs, the LAB will be one of the main engines of that movement.

But surprisingly, Hahn announced, “The blade isn’t quite dead.” He said many players still want to use the blade and can find mallet forgiveness while maintaining blade shape thanks to Lie Angle Balance technology.

The look of the blade is simply comforting to many players, especially those who refuse to try the LAB Hahn himself was skeptical of the blades, but he found the new LINKs to be much easier to align.

“I have a lot of confidence over eight-foot putts, and there’s no better quality of a putter than one that makes you feel comfortable and confident when you’re standing on it,” Hahn said. “I think that’s the case with a lot of people. A lot of people are very comfortable with a blade.”

Tuning the feeling

LAB putters are designed with stroke dynamics first, which, through the use of an aluminum riser hosel, present a unique challenge and feel.

Because the putter is constructed of a 303 stainless steel body and an aluminum riser, it won’t feel like a one-piece metal putter.

To make the putters feel as traditional as possible, LAB went with a new metal flymill face as opposed to the lines or aluminum flymill insert of their previous putters.

“Our No. 1 priority is to get the putter to swing a certain way. And once we achieve that, then we’ll get back to the feel,” Hahn said. “Aluminum doesn’t have the same response characteristics that seamless does. And the way our putters are built, that piece of contact can create a very different feel than if it were a one-piece putter. So we tried a bunch of face configurations to get it as close as possible to feeling like one seamless putter.”

LAB Golf LINK 2.1 and 2.2 lineup

CONNECTOR 2.1

What’s going on: A compact, narrow blade for a modern heel, the closest LAB has ever made to an Anser style blade. The LINK 2.1 has a symmetrical and very angular shape.

Whose: Players who wanted to try the Lie Angle balance or other low torque putters but wanted a more classic and narrower profile shape.

CONNECTOR 2.2

What’s going on: Short and square wide body plate for more stability and forgiveness.

Whose: Players looking for a more traditional shape with more stability and longer alignment assistance.

My take: LAB is injecting some much needed juice into the sides

I wouldn’t be shocked if the LINK 2.1 and 2.2 putters end up being the best selling blade models this year.

All this talk about how blades are dying and nobody should be playing blades, yet, people still want them because they are so easy to watch.

What LAB is doing here is taking their own Lie Angle Balance technology, pairing it with their riser pipe and putting it into a package that looks familiar to most players.

If there was still a barrier to the mallet, which is not the case for many players, that is now no longer the case for the player to try the LAB putter.

It hasn’t changed the fact that Lie Angle Balance and low torque putters are not for every player. Players with a high arc will now not be able to find a fit with the LINK 2.1 or 2.2 because they are offered in a blade shape or have a heel line.

But for players with a smaller stroke arc, like yours truly, this will provide a more familiar shape that many have used for a long time.

For me, I’ve tried some of the larger settings as I’ve gone on a low torque tour, but I keep looking for the smallest option I can find because that’s what I’m comfortable with. The putter should fit you, not the putter.

The new LINKs now offer two options that look familiar in the configuration that will match my stroke and get my hands out of the stroke.

For the first test, I chose the 2.2, which I thought would be more similar to the wide body blades I had just made. But one thing to keep in mind, as Hahn told me, the 2.2 is a touch firmer than the 2.1 because of the different shape.

While feel isn’t the main goal, speed control is still a priority for me, so I’m eager to get my hands on the 2.1 and see if it really can be my go-to putter for next season.

Price, Specifications and Availability

LAB Golf’s new LINK 2.1 and 2.2 HS putters are available to order at labgolf.com from scratch March 17 and will be available at authorized dealers on April 23.

The stock model is expensive $499, while custom versions start with $599.

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