Link.1

The Link.1 arrived in 2022 as L.A.B. Golf's entry into blade-style putters, built to carry the company's Lie Angle Balance technology into a shape more traditional than the mallets that made the brand's name. Golflink.com describes the design as an almost Anser-style head with unmistakable L.A.B. DNA, a description that places it visually closer to the classic blade lineage than the DF series that preceded it. The maker's own page frames the intent directly: L.A.B. Golf says it honored the shape of legendary blade putters while adding Lie Angle Balance so the face stays square through the stroke without the golfer having to manage it. The maker's page also notes the head is hyper-engineered from 303 stainless steel, 100% CNC milled in the USA, with four screws on the heel side and six on the toe side to allow a range of length and lie angle options, and it advises against adjusting those screws, saying they're installed and balanced by craftsmen in Creswell, Oregon.

Golflink.com reports that the putter shipped in stages, with a first small batch in late 2022 followed by a full release in early 2023. Dallasgolf.com's review echoes the maker's framing, noting the Link.1 stays square on its own and that a golfer simply has to let it work rather than steer it. That same review lists the face as 303 stainless steel and the milling as CNC machined, consistent with the maker's own description, and adds that the putter is designed for use with normal grips, a point the maker's page makes as well when it recommends against a forward-leaning Press Grip on this model.

Community sentiment gathered from other reviewers is more divided on where the Link.1 sits against L.A.B.'s own line. It's been praised for a strong experience and called better-looking than the DF 2.1, and agentscored.com relays that several Reddit users who couldn't adjust to the DF 2.1 found more success with the Link or the Mezz. Pluggedingolf.com, reviewing later models, mentions having had excellent experiences with both the Link.1 and the Mezz.1 while judging the DF3 an improvement over them. Against that praise sits a specific complaint that the Link.1 is less forgiving than the DF 2.1, a tradeoff that tracks with its blade shape against the DF's larger, more mallet-like head.