LAB Golf Link1 Stock

The Link1 Stock is L.A.B. Golf's standard-build take on its blade-style putter, sitting under the same Lie Angle Balance technology the maker applies across its line. The maker's page describes the goal as honoring the shape of traditional blade putters while making them easier to use through Lie Angle Balance, so that the face stays square through the stroke without the golfer having to manage it. The maker also notes the head is hyper-engineered from 303 Stainless Steel and 100% CNC milled in the USA, with four screws on the heel side and six on the toe side to allow for a range of length and lie angle options, and it asks that those screws not be adjusted, as they're set during the building and balancing process by craftsmen in Creswell, Oregon.

According to proamgolfusa.com, the Stock build carries 303 Stainless Steel construction, a Matte Black Steel shaft, and a Simple Rubber grip, with loft listed at 2.0 degrees and lie at 69 degrees. The same source lists available lengths of 33, 34, and 35 inches, and describes manufacturing as taking place at a factory outside Eugene, Oregon, with the putter made 100% in the USA. Proamgolfusa.com also states that this Stock version is built to the same exacting standards as the LINK.1 Custom, and that custom ordering is available for buyers who want to move beyond the stock configuration.

Against the rest of the Link1 line, the Stock edition reads as the standard entry point: the maker's own prose frames Link1 broadly as the blade for golfers who want that traditional look without giving up the squaring benefit of Lie Angle Balance, and the Simple Rubber grip and steel shaft here match what the maker describes as the norm for the model, since Link1 is designed to be used with normal grips rather than the forward-leaning Press Grip the maker reserves for its mallets.