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In this video, equipment expert Joe Ferguson pits a LAB Golf Mezz.1 Max putter, arguably one of the most cutting-edge designs money can buy, up agains the old school Ping Anser and Wilson 8802 in a series of tests to find out if putter technology makes a real difference or if you should consider investing your money in other areas of your bag!
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I had been using a Spalding Tour Pro Model (from 1971) for the last 35 years. Age and eye sight made finding the sweet spot harder, so I finally changed to a Taylormade Spider putter a month ago.
Ok so I quit watching at 4 mins in because you just putted 20 balls from the same position with 2 clubs before hitting the LAB. I wonder what the result will be….
The only thing that matters when putting with anything is..
The putter face at impact is moving at a right angle to the intended line.
Any putter that doesn't do this for you , no matter the price , is useless.
The old putters have such a simple look to them – I prefer the looks of yesterday to the some of the styles we see today! As mentioned, the batch sample is too small to draw any conclusions but the lab seemed happiest in the short range
Hi Joe, I have 2-3 putters that work in given conditions. Too me stroke technique is more important, when my stroke is working i can reach for any putter.
My go too, 2 Ball DXF Swing Weight (SW) E4 putter average 2 putts, standard steel shaft 5.0 fatso grip. I enjoy using a SC Newport SWE7 but I get better results for a £40 bought 2 ball DXF.
I just built up a LAB CF2, I can see the advantage straightaway, head, shaft, grip set at F0-F1 so spot on for 34 1/2".
There is massive room for 3-4 putting videos on putting.
Appreciate you said the test wasn’t scientific but I just think this type of thing is so subjective. A skilled putter used to using the 8802 will in my opinion hole just as many as a skilled putter used to using a LAB. Just the one LAB in the Ryder Cup a couple of days ago. JJ Spaun uses it brilliantly the same as Rahm et al use theirs. Get what you feel comfortable with, like the look of and practice.
Don’t edit music over your putting vids, hearing the sound of the putt is half the fun!
My driver thru 60° wedge all have toe hang. I guess there's something wrong with them?
Pure BS hype.
Yes the LAB is better than old old putters but so are any recent putters.
There is some science and logic to fitting a putter, but the putter u choose is mostly subjective. Find a putter u are comfortable with. MOI can only do so much.
I stopped watching after the bloke was unable to balance a putter on his finger.
I’d say it depends how you look at it…Putter tech is real. Does it help you putt better? That’s a separate question that’s harder to answer. Personally, as someone who owns a fair number of putters going back as far as a Scotty blade from 2002 to a modern day putter including a zero torque putter…like most who’ve played for a while…you pick up a new putter, and putt lights out…then you settle back into your old habits and you suck on all of your putters…I recently got injured with a strained intercostal…couldn’t hit balls, but could putt…so, for 5 weeks, did a deep dive, took putting lessons, and learned first how to read greens…after that, putting was so much easier…now, I putt equally well with all 5 of my putters…amazing what you can do if you take the time to learn to read a green…most people hit the practice putting green, hit a ball at a hole without lining anything up and totally guessing…then hit the next three very good…but that’s only because they now had the read…the first putt is the key. Notice pros when they practice putt…they line up every putt (after hitting a few to get the speed of the greens), and do that for every putt…lost art…
lol!!!
Start the review: putting isn’t always science, some say it’s art… “let’s talk about tech for this first test. toe hang, MOI, stability, etc”
Uhh sounds pretty technical and scientific
i have the old putter. when you missed, i felt sooo much better.
i realized you are a great putter, because you got your first in's with that old putter
the newer putters give it the necessary down force to continue to the hole,
the blade, gives along the way and is soo sensitive to not direction , but power to
My experience with the LAB Mezz was the opposite. Short putts I felt like every putt was going to go left because of the shaft lean , so I was pushing everything to make up for that feel. But then on long putts I wasn’t worried about the left miss and putted pretty good with it.
It’s now out of the bag and my Scottie center shaft Phantom 5 is back in , similar shape putter but I’m not fighting the lefts on short putts.
I had a Ram Zebra which I shortened by 1 and a half inches . Holed everything I looked at.
Someone stole my clubs, bought another Zebra, never the same. Ended up buying an original Ping Anser which I still have. Still can’t putt like I did with that original Zebra. Putting is so personal.
Started using a prestige pool putter. £20 off ebay. Fantastic! Saw an old boy putt brilliantly with one. Easy to line up, feels great. Made about 20(?) years ago
Adding a modern high MOI mallet putter to the mix would’ve been interesting as that is more likely the competition for ZT putters and what many have in the bag now.
Looks like you need to carry 2 putters in the bag Joe! What’s coming out? 🤣
I bought a TM Spider ZT5K on a total whim after I tried it at a TM open day at my local range, I really liked the look of it, no other reason than that.
I can see the appeal of ZT putters, but as a few people have said if you can putt, you can putt!
I think the Spider has made a slight improvement from 10ft to my game, but from longer range is probably no better or worse than any of my other 5 putters.
Ok so the two things I always recommend when it comes to putting. Go spend a few hours plunking at a golf shop and get the one that feels right in your hand. Tried rhe lab putter that looks like the top part of a Ankh. It felt like a frying pan to me. To my friend it felt like an extension of his arm. If needed go get fitted, but there are so many putters in the world that you can find something that feels great without doing much customizing.
Second get a good 12 ft putting mat and take 30 strikes a day on it. Your goal should be this.
1. Within 5ft get 90% in
2. Writhing 10 ft get 100% within 2ft with more misses beyond the hole than before it.
I use a Ping Anser from 1966 my ex father in law gave it to me (no longer with us i'm afraid great man) and I also have a Ping Pal from the 1970's which I use occasionally. I have tried newer putters but they didn't offer me anything new really.
Had a lab DF3 a year now a great piece of equipment. Custom fit and so many options inspires confidence. It just feels like it’s special so many people go how much did it cost then go er that’s expensive I point out it’s worth every penny. People think nothing of spending 500 pound on a driver every few years but the putter is used on every hole pretty much and will last years.
Switched from a Newport 2.5 Scotty to a Mezzi Max with the Acura shaft. I miss the feel of the Scotty Cameron but the misshits on the LAB still get to the hole
10 putts are no where near enough for the results to be statistically significant. Same with 6 putts.
Had a yes putter for around 20 years always said id never change it, got got fitted for a LAB max my putting has gone up another level, its fantastic