L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i

The OZ.1i is L.A.B. Golf's 2024 update to the OZ.1, distinguished by the addition of a face insert. Per pluggedingolf.com, this marks the company's first putter face insert, and golf.com reports it as the first insert in a L.A.B. Golf putter altogether. Both outlets describe it as a stainless steel insert mechanically bonded to the aluminum body, with pluggedingolf.com calling it a fly-milled, medium-depth stainless steel insert and golf.com describing it in similar terms as medium-depth. Pluggedingolf.com also notes the putter was developed in collaboration with Adam Scott.

On shape, golf.com and proamgolfusa.com agree the OZ.1i carries exactly the same size and shape as the OZ.1, so the change here is confined to the face. That change shows up in how outlets describe the feel and performance: pluggedingolf.com reports a speedier feeling compared to the OZ.1 and a smash factor it calls measurably higher, attributing this to the stainless steel face, while golf.com describes the resulting sensation as a firmer feel, with the ball coming off hotter off the face. Both descriptions point toward the same underlying change, a livelier face, though the language used to characterize it differs somewhat between the two.

Customization on the OZ.1i is reported to include length, lie angle, head weight, color, alignment marking, shaft, and grip according to golf.com, with pluggedingolf.com adding shaft lean and listing specific shaft lean options of 0-degree vertical and 2-degree. Pluggedingolf.com and golf.com both point to a December 2024 release window, with pluggedingolf.com specifying Custom and Stock models as expected to launch that month.

In early Community reaction, the sentiment is favorable but not uniform in its framing. One note credits the OZ.1i with faster speed for dying-speed putters and with helping get the ball to the hole, while pluggedingolf.com named it an early front runner to be in my bag in 2025. Against the OZ.1 line, the record as held here suggests the OZ.1i is positioned as the insert-equipped, hotter-faced counterpart to the original, sharing its shape while changing how the ball comes off the face.