LINK.1

The LINK.1 arrived in 2023 as L.A.B. Golf's answer to a question the brand hadn't really addressed before: could their lie angle balance technology work in a blade. Everything before it, by the reviewers' account, had been mallet-shaped. The line launched with two rows on record, a Stock version and a CUSTOM edition, both dated to the same year.

The Stock LINK.1 drew real attention. The Equipment Junkie framed a full review around the question of whether this was L.A.B.'s best putter yet, and sokimnewyork.com made the case plainly in its own words, noting that blade putters are often loved for their looks without necessarily being the best tool for making putts, implying LINK.1 closes that gap. labgolf.com's own material argued that shoppers drawn to a blade shape shouldn't worry about giving up the forgiveness of the brand's mallets. Not every reviewer came away convinced: theclubhouse.blog was mixed, saying plainly that the look and feel didn't work for them personally even as the test served its purpose, and the wider reviewer consensus on record notes a cavity called too large, a look described as too big behind the ball, and a dull, thunk sound with feel that the standard steel shaft did nothing to help. Golf Digest, per firstcallgolf.com, gave the Stock version a Gold Medal in its 2023 Hot List for Best in Blade Putters, and theclubhouse.blog described it as the only blade L.A.B. offers.

The CUSTOM edition followed in the same year, built around range rather than a single spec. firstcallgolf.com reported eight different alignment options, lengths spanning 29 to 38 inches, lie angles from 65 to 75 degrees, and multiple upgrade shaft and grip choices, with pricing starting at $559 USD, all through the maker's own storefront at labgolf.com. Where the Stock model reads as a fixed statement of intent, the CUSTOM row reads as that same idea opened up to fitting.

Two releases in, the LINK.1 line's arc is short but pointed: a debut blade meant to carry L.A.B.'s balancing technology into a category the brand hadn't occupied, immediately split between reviewers who saw a breakthrough and reviewers who didn't love the look or sound in hand, followed by a custom variant built to let a fitter dial in what the stock version fixed at 33, 34, and 35 inches and 69 degrees of lie.