L.A.B. Golf Directed Force 2.0 Putter

Blade Putter

The Directed Force 2.0 is the putter that put L.A.B. Golf on the map, and it doesn't look or feel like anything else in the bag. This is the club built around Lie Angle Balance, the patented idea that a putter should stay square through the stroke because it's physically balanced to resist torque, not because you're fighting to hold it steady. Pick it up and the head just hangs there, quiet, with no urge to twist open or shut.

What that means in practice: the face wants to return to where it started. Most putters rely on your hands to square things up at impact, and any little rotation you add or subtract shows up as a pushed or pulled putt. The DF 2.0 takes a big chunk of that variable off the table. Golfers who've battled a two-way miss for years often find their misses shrink to one side, or disappear.

It's a polarizing shape. The head is wide and heavy, the shaft enters at an unusual angle, and the whole thing looks engineered rather than styled. But this was Ryan Moore's gamer on the PGA Tour, and it's the model that turned L.A.B. from a curiosity into a brand people wait months to get fit for. If you value results over tradition, it earns the look.

Design

The engineering is all in service of one goal: balancing the head so gravity doesn't rotate the face. L.A.B. does this by distributing weight around the shaft axis so the putter sits perfectly neutral at your playing lie angle. That's why the shaft connects where it does and why the sole carries those adjustable weights. Nothing about the shape is decorative. The wide body and deep footprint push mass to the perimeter for stability on off-center hits, and the milled aluminum and steel construction gives it a firm, solid feel at impact with a muted click rather than a soft thud. Because the balance does the squaring for you, the recommended stroke is different. L.A.B. wants you to let the head release naturally instead of holding the face manipulated through the ball. It takes a few rounds to trust it. Once you stop steering, the stroke gets shorter and simpler, and that's where the consistency comes from.

Who It's For

• You fight a two-way miss and want the putter itself to stop the face from twisting rather than relying on hand timing
• You care far more about making putts than about owning a classic-looking blade
• You're willing to get properly fit, since the balance only works when the lie angle matches your setup
• You've tried face-balanced mallets and still leak putts, and you want to attack the problem from the torque side instead
• You tend to add or subtract rotation under pressure and need a design that forgives that

Technology

About L.A.B. Golf

L.A.B. Golf pioneered Lie Angle Balanced (LAB) technology, which means the putter face stays square to the target throughout the stroke without any manipulation. This zero-torque design simplifies putting mechanics.

Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Lie Angle Balance and how is it different from face-balanced?

Face-balanced describes how the head sits when you balance the shaft on your finger, and it says nothing about torque during the stroke. Lie Angle Balance goes further. L.A.B. positions the mass so the head has essentially no tendency to rotate around the shaft at your actual playing lie angle. The face wants to return square on its own, which is the whole reason the Directed Force 2.0 exists.

Does the Directed Force 2.0 really have toe hang?

No, and that's the point. Toe hang means the head rotates open when you balance it, which is exactly what L.A.B. designed out. The DF 2.0 is torque-balanced to stay neutral, so if you're used to matching toe hang to your stroke arc, this putter throws that whole framework out. It's built to work regardless of whether your stroke is straight or arced.

Do I need a custom fitting to use it?

Effectively, yes. The balance only holds up when the lie angle is set to how you actually deliver the putter. A DF 2.0 that's too upright or too flat for you loses the neutral balance that makes it special. L.A.B. builds these to your specs, and buying a random used one off the wrong lie can leave you wondering what the fuss is about.

Why does the Directed Force 2.0 look so strange?

Everything about the shape follows from the balance requirement. The wide head, the sole weights, and the unusual shaft entry are all there to distribute mass around the shaft axis. It's function-first design. Plenty of golfers hate the look at address and then keep it in the bag anyway because of what it does on the greens.

How should I stroke a L.A.B. putter compared to my old one?

Let it release. The instinct with most putters is to hold the face square with your hands, but the DF 2.0 is doing that job for you, so steering it actually fights the design. Set up, let the head swing freely, and trust that it returns to square. Most people find their stroke gets shorter and calmer once they stop trying to control the face.

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