Directed Force (DF)

The record holds one release in the Directed Force line: DF3, from 2024. On record, DF3 is described by golf.com and by customclubs.eu as a smaller, sleeker version of the putter that came before it, with golf.com specifying it as a smaller, sleeker version of the 2.1, and customclubs.eu describing it as a smaller and sleeker version of the original Directed Force putter. Golf.com also notes that DF3 marks the first time L.A.B. has reimagined the putter from its logo, though that point sits with golf.com's reporting and not as an established fact.

Reviewer opinion on DF3 leans toward continuity with what preceded it, even as the outlets frame that continuity differently. Golf.com's take, attributed to the publication, holds that DF3 is quite a bit smaller, but because of all we've learned about building Lie Angle Balanced putters over the years, we were able to maintain almost all of the forgiveness and stability, a comparison that points back to the DF 2.1. Customclubs.eu, for its part, argues that DF3 still does everything golfers love about the original, that it stays square by itself, and that it's still irrationally forgiving on mishits, but there's a lot less to think about. Community and press opinion cited elsewhere praised the model for maintaining forgiveness and stability despite the smaller size, along with improved sound off the face and a low torque design, though these remain opinion rather than verified claims.

On the editorial record, customclubs.eu lists DF3's adjustability as eight screws on the bottom allowing a wide range of length and lie angle options, and its alignment aid as C, referred to as Baby T. Golf.com's reporting adds that DF3 comes with a full range of lengths, lie angles, colors including black, red, blue, cappuccino, platinum, pink, green, and orange, along with a choice of shafts, grips, and 33 different alignment aids. Both descriptions come from outlet reporting rather than the maker's own page, which holds no prose on this line in our files.

With only the one release on record, the arc of Directed Force as a line is, for now, the arc of DF3 itself: a putter that two outlets independently frame as a refinement rather than a reinvention, shrinking the package while both sources argue the forgiveness carried over.