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Email from LAB in June: We’ll be launching a brand-new putter model in late August.

Golf.com now saying the video is from last weekend

So many news outlets reporting the video is from last year, but then there's this from 2 days ago (not specific to the course, just flooding in Augusta) https://www.wrdw.com/video/2025/07/23/augusta-neighbors-still-battling-flooding-with-no-long-term-fix-sight/

And the TikTok acct Golf Digest got the video from, posted the TikTok yesterday

Golf Digest posted the article today, but said:

It sure is. The photos at the beginning of this thread, from just after the hurricane in SEPT, show the fairways very brown. In this video it still looks very green. Or it's AI 🙂

The OP, NUCLR GOLF, is saying it's from flooding this past Sunday?

It's a squashed KOMBI

Here's a thread comparing it to the BGT Stability shaft:

In FEB I got a 36" DF2.1 from 2ndswing, my first LAB, came with the original stepless steel shaft and OG hard rubber press grip (which I really like and can't find anywhere) and really like the weight of it all. Found what I thought might be a backup on ebay, 36" with the same OG grip but with a BGT Stability shaft. Great, I'll test out that shaft with everything else the same. Well this 2nd putter appears to have BACKWARD shaft lean?!? First thought, someone reshafted it themselves, but it looks very clean, and if they did, how'd they get their hands on an OG grip? And even if they reshafted, the hole was originally drilled by LAB, they couldn't change the lean without bending the shaft, right? I'm not a clubmaker but the shaft into the head looks very clean. So, could LAB have built the club with BACKWARD shaft lean? And it's really awkward with the FORWARD press grip. Trying to decide to return, or keep for at least the hard-to-find grip BLUE is with the forward shaft lean, BLACK is with the backward shaft lean, and it's a lot of lean Thoughts?

No other way to get in, and I'm certainly not complaining about $250 for a Saturday 🙂

…also denied for ANWA and DCP…

Denied

Same as the day I put in the request:

History has us receiving our lottery rejection letters the Monday after The Open…that’s tomorrow

They won’t sell just a head, and won’t take a used, unverified shaft from someone and place it in a new head at the factory; quality control. Your option would be to buy a putter, new or used, and then re-shaft it yourself.

If you build a custom DF3 on their website you have a choice of 7 press grips and 6 non-press grips

That guy who just won the US Open does it that way

Bought a used G430 SFT Driver for $175 at Golf Galaxy a couple years ago, has been my gamer for 2+ years. PGTSS is gonna give me $141 + 50% = $221 for it on trade-in.