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L.A.B. Golf DF3

L.A.B. Golf

First cited here by Phil Mickelson, November 2021

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  • In 2025, we saw a maiden Major title for zero-torque putters , as Spaun used the L.A.B. Golf DF3 to win at Oakmont Country Club.
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  • The HyFlyers captain, who is playing this week in Saudi Arabia at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club alongside his team and recently announced returning star Anthony Kim , was spotted in a practice round with a L.A.B. Golf DF3, a putter model that just recently became available to consumers.
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  • Spaun, who became the first player to win a major with a “zero-torque”-style putter at the U.S. Open last year, is switching from his L.A.B. Golf DF3 to a completely different look in an OZ.1i HS this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
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  • L.A.B. putters have become increasingly popular on tour and at retail, and Spaun’s DF3 mallet (which some say looks like a branding iron) harkens back to the company’s original Directed Force model, which featured a larger head.
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  • The equipment changes for Fowler don't stop there either, as his putter also appears to be changed, with the 2015 Players Championship winner removing the L.A.B. Golf DF3 and returning to a brand he's more familiar with.
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  • Spaun’s gamer is the L.A.B. Golf DF3, which was released early last year as a more compact version of the company’s original Direct Force 2.1. He plays it at 34″ with a 70˚ lie angle and uses a TPT graphite shaft.
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  • The change in question involves the flatstick, with Fowler swapping his L.A.B Golf DF3 putter for a center-shafted Scotty Cameron Golo, which was first introduced to his set-up all the way back in 2012.
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  • And the putter in question is the L.A.B Golf DF3 , which Mickelson was spotted using during a practice round at Royal Greens Golf Club in Jeddah.
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  • J.J. Spaun’s L.A.B. DF3 putter, which he used to hole a 64-foot birdie putt to win the US Open at Oakmont last June, belongs in a museum.
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  • Previously, he had been using a L.A.B Golf DF3 , as well as as an Odyssey Versa Jailbird, which was in-play for his last PGA Tour win.
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  • J.J. Spaun is a Cleveland/Srixon staffer, but most of his sticks are standard issue—except for his L.A.B. Golf DF3 putter, that is.
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  • Before 2025, Mickelson spent a lot of time using a L.A.B. Golf DF3, but he seems to have fallen out of love with that putter.
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  • He switched from the Spider Tour V to a Lab Golf DF3 at last year’s LIV Team Championship and it remains in the bag for 2025.
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  • Spaun is one of the many Tour players to put a L.A.B. Golf putter in the bag, with his putter specifically being the DF3.
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  • He capped it off with a memorable 64-foot bomb on the 72nd green and tossed his L.A.B. Golf DF3 putter in the air.
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  • Yes, that’s the zero-torque L.A.B. Golf DF3 putter he used to win last year’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.
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  • Fowler uses the DF3 model with a L.A.B. Golf Press Pistol 2 grip.
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  • Putter : L.A.B. Golf DF3 (34″, 70˚ Lie), TPT Shaft
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  • J.J. Spaun uses a L.A.B. Golf DF3 Putter
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  • Woods has used a L.A.B. Golf DF3 , as well as a TaylorMade Spider Tour X model. Most recently, though, he has been using a Scotty Cameron 009 Prototype, a blade model that has been used by the likes of three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth.
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  • With the flatstick, he settled into a L.A.B. Golf DF3 at the end of last season, moving away from the counterbalanced Odyssey Jailbird with which he won the 2023 U.S. Open, but it wasn’t long before he switched things up.
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  • The OZ.1i HS also has a firmer steel insert than the grooved aluminum face on his DF3, but Spaun tested that insert earlier this year in a DF3i, ironically, the week he won at Valero.
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  • at the very next tournament, the Sanderson Farms Championship, he was seen using a L.A.B. Golf DF3 mallet putter .
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  • Back in June, JJ Spaun claimed the first Major title for zero torque putters , wielding a L.A.B Golf DF3.
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  • Last week at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Scott received a green Mezz.1 Max and a DF3 to test.
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  • Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF3
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