The new L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i HS putter is here—and it’s the company’s first heel-shafted design with Lie Angle Balance technology. If center-shafted putters are not for you, but you want the stability of L.A.B.’s unique balance system, this heel-shafted L.A.B. putter deserves a closer look.
In this video, I break down the heel-shafted OZ.1i HS, explain how it compares to other L.A.B. putters, and, with the help of L.A.B. Golf co-CEO Sam Hahn, reveal how the company created a heel-shafted mallet that still has lie angle balance.
If you’re considering a new putter in 2025, or you’ve been curious about what Lie Angle Balance can do for your game, this video on the heel-shafted L.A.B. OZ.1i HS will give you the background, the features, and my thoughts on who this putter is best for.
My Golfweek.com Story – https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/equipment/2025/08/26/lab-oz-1i-hs-putter-heel-shafted-design/85829002007/
00:00 Introduction
00:20 OZ.1i shape, new style
01:09 What is Lie Angle Balance?
01:46 OZ.1i HS design challenge
02:14 Sam Hahn explains the solution
04:55 OZ.1i Weighting
05:25 OZ.1i Face Insert
07:01 OZ.1i Review
10:20 Is this L.A.B.’s breakthrough?
11:44 Comments and Questions?
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23 Comments
I see they’re out at Dicks sporting goods now too
Excellent as usual, David.
Excellent review Dave, thanks for all you do. Very informative and professional. I'm interested if the stainless steel face will bleed into the DF3 as well.
Thanks for the review! So now L.A.B. is somewhat copying the PXG hosel? What an incestuous industry! LOL
Looks great!
Looks like what PXG did with their ZT putters
Little skeptical of this technology. You can see in his review at 7:33 the face visibly opening like how a normal putter opens. The farther a shaft axis is from the head’s center of gravity it increases toe hang and is seen through the stroke. Sure they lined up the shaft to the shaft axis but that doesn’t fix the fact the mass is away from the center of gravity.
David obviously can’t say anything bad about the OEMs who invited him out otherwise they wouldn’t want him to review their product anymore and he would have to pay for the products to review them. Hard to find honest reviews because of this because most people are in the same boat.
What do you think is the future of LAB
Great review as always. No emotion, bs or timewaisting. Just the facts, the explanation of the tech (for dummies) and the results. Just need this review. And off course an OZ.1i HS in my hands and a putting mat.
Looks very similar to the zero series Evnroll has. Pretty much the same concept
I literally got the email from the pga superstore about this thing an hour and a half ago and you already have a video 😂
wow i cant stand zero torque…..ive tried every darn one of these at huge cost. currently the center shafted evnroll. hate all of them for aligning. hate the no flow feel. ive tried switching to claw to match the club. not for me. i think the best looking is the oz.1 center or the new evnroll center fang look. but i still cant do it. 2 cap good putter with almost any putter. much worse these…
Great review as always. Interesting as I ended up getting fit for the Mezz max a few months ago because I just did not like the look of the Oz. Might have been a different outcome now.
Without the center shaft it would have been nice to extend the length of the aim line all the way to the back of the putter. I’m sure you can do that if you want to pay for a customer putter, but the price is already high enough on stock LAB putters.
No mention of improving forgiveness? My hope is center shaft rotation from off center hits might be different. This is the common criticism about centre shaft putters, and even Sam talks about how the larger DF3 and 2.1 designs are more forgiving because they resist rotating open or closed better than the smaller OZ, MEZ and Link models.
Still no serial numbers. AliExpress will have it done in a month
Your putter reviews are second to none! Is that Lyman Orchards?
Does this putter still work in the LAB revealer?
an accountants golf club
Is this not just the same as odyssey giraffe neck? Those are not lie angle balanced they are face balanced. And even the blade versions aren’t even.
The cost of a single club is getting ridiculous
Private equity being injected into the company simply means, quality will suffer, innovation will suffer, and the company will be sold off for profit as soon as possible. That’s all private equity ever does
Good video, but another strike against the aluminum head. The top line is already marred.