Less to think about

Ever since we launched our first putter, Directed Force, golfers have been asking if we could make it less weird. DF3 is that putter.

DF3 still does everything golfers love about the original. It stays square by itself. It’s still irrationally forgiving on mishits. But there’s a lot less to think about.

The DF3 is entirely CNC milled from 6061 aluminum, with 8 screws on the bottom made of steel or tungsten in various densities to precisely target swing weight and lie angle balance each putter.

Machined right here in the good ol' U.S.A., each head is then assembled and hand-balanced at our factory in Creswell, Oregon.

Armlock/Broomstick Builds

The head shape of DF3 ArmLock/Broomstick builds is the same from the top view as standard builds. The height of the putter heads has been increased by 13% to add the necessary weight to these longer-length putters. ArmLock/Broomstick builds also include four more weight ports for Lie Angle Balance tuning and the bottom of the sole has more curvature to help these generally more upright putters maintain optimal performance on uneven surfaces.

WE LISTENED

Ever since we launched our first putter, Directed Force, golfers have been asking if we could make it less weird. DF3 is that putter. We took a chisel to the original Lie Angle Balanced putter to make DF3 smaller and sleeker while honoring the shape of the putter that started it all for us.

DF3 still does everything golfers love about the original. It stays square by itself. It’s still irrationally forgiving on mishits. But DF3 is going to be a lot more happy-making to the vast majority of golfers because it sets up clean and feels and sounds like a dream.

WE LEARNED

Lie Angle Balance is the new frontier of putting. It has the power to resurrect careers on tour and make putting fun for the rest of us. Scientifically, it just makes more sense. But designing a Lie Angle Balanced putter? Not so simple. Other companies have the benefit of creating a pretty putter head and then adding in any shaft or grip. We don’t do that.

Lie Angle Balance has to be considered in every aspect of the design. And then each individual L.A.B. Golf putter, including DF3, has to be hand-balanced by a very skilled and highly trained human.

We’ve learned so much over the years building Lie Angle Balanced putters, and it gave us a leg up in the DF3 design. We love every putter we’ve created, but in the past we had to make compromises around looks and sound to make putters Lie Angle Balanced. We didn’t have to do that with DF3.

THE PERFORMANCE IS CRAZY TOO

Through a few important design tricks, we were able to make DF3 perform essentially the same as Directed Force. Like Directed Force, DF3 is “fully automatic.” That means you’re going to get the full experience of DF3 wanting to guide itself on the correct path on the way back and through.

Just like the original, mishits effectively don’t matter. Putts hit on the heel and toe will roll a lot like those hit off the center. There’s just less to think about on the golfer side with DF3. And isn’t that kind of the point in putter design?