MEZZ.1 MAX BROOMSTICK REVIEW // Testing L.A.B. Golf's New Sensation 

does it feel a tad too tall or still just perfect? I’m 6’2.5 and was gonna get a 45.5 or a 45 after the fitting and not sure if that will be too short for me

@@TadaOU I like standing up tall and the line of sight it gives me. The end over end you get from this club is nothing short of amazing. Line on ball is a big key too, only have a solid line on the Mezz top of putter flows very well. But as for height you want it’s all preference. Glover is hunched over much more than Bernhard Langer. I think that’s the next evolution in LAB Broom fittings is a height adjustment tool. Give you 5 to 10 strokes, go up or down an inch or two for some context on another set of putts. Find what’s natural to the individual. I don’t think I’ll ever change this setup, it’s only gotten smoother and better since arriving. Speed takes practice is all, if anything just a tad more than I anticipated on longer putts has been my subtle adjustment. I have multiple friends now looking hard into pulling the trigger themselves. Wishing you the best, with your choice. I’m sure you will love it, 45.5 at 6-2 is very close to 45 for me at 5-11 I’d say.

Cheers Tim.

Yes I agree with this. I’m definitely going to try one.

@@zacharystokes I recently picked up a Mezz Max counterbalanced putter and absolutely love it and highly recommend it!

Good man Paul, let us know how it goes.

price?

@@gzman1 I’m in Australia so price might be different where you are. I paid $960

@@paulbown3960did you order off their website direct? How do they know your specs and how long to deliver to Aus? Thanks mate.

AoA and shaft lean, that will have a bearing on launch angle, spin and ball speed.

Great to hear!!

@@ianfrasergolf keep up the great content Ian.

@@nv00021 thank you!! 🙏🏻

Definitely try it!!

Well worth a try.

I bought an armlock Mezz Max secondhand off GolfWRX just to see what the fuss was about. It's now been in my bad 18 months & it's not going anywhere. It will take a little patience especially if you're used to putters with a lot of toe hang but once you learn to just let it swing & stop manipulating the face, it's magical.

I haven’t seen any research of any significance on this yet.

I don’t think think he’s got the bottle to use it!! 😂

@@ianfrasergolf well he bloody well should ha ha.

@@darveed62 couldn’t agree more!! 😂

Next month

Has this been announced?

Michelle Wie tried with her table top method but I prefer this method.

@@ianfrasergolfI use the DF putter for sidesaddle which Peltz in his book highly recommended and it’s great. Would love to see you explore that

Appreciate the order John. I have no doubt it’ll be worth the wait.

I’m sure we can get a hold of one.

I did this during my fitting. Conventional Mez Maxx had me at 2-3* of face rotation. Broom, my results were identical to Mike's. It was crazy.

@@ericmccabe8830 what shaft did you get? what length did you go for (your height?)? didn't find online fitting for a broomstick putter...

@@erflog I’m 5-10 and my broom is 45”. I got the standard stock white shaft. That’s what the fitter had and it felt great to me. I’m not sure anything else would’ve felt $400 better. It’s very stable. I live in DFW, TX and was lucky enough to be fit live. However, my swing instructor and a couple of guys at my club have done the online fitting and it’s worked great for them. There is a tab on the LAB site under getting fit that explains how to shoot the video for an online fitting. Best of luck. Let me know if you have any other questions.

@@erflog Sorry for the delay. I thought I responded to this . I went with the stock shaft. I'm not sure I would notice $400 worth of difference in the upgrade. Stock shaft is very stable and feels great. I'm at 45" and I'm 5-10. There's online fitting guidelines for the broomstick under one of the tabs on the website. Good luck.

Very soon. Probably next week when I get back from my trip to Scotland.

No putting style should be banned!!! 🙅🏻‍♂️ there’s never been enough evidence that a significant advantage has been gained by adopting a particular method including anchoring.

46” I believe

I'm 6'2 and 56. I bought the broomstick for similar reasons and all I can say is it's incredibly stable. Haven't had on course yet as it's winter but living room 8 footers are damn near automatic. I ordered 46 inches and 79.5° lie angle. I go left elbow and forearm flat at target and pencil grip in right hand.

I think the increased weight offsets any length concerns though..

@@jonmayer5206 What shaft?

Accra black. Tried to keep price down.

The putter wasn’t fit in advance

@@ianfrasergolf I never know because so many people stand up tall and some hunch over

I've always been wondering this. Is Mikey trans?

I use a broomstick and can't stress enough how easy it is to use. It feels like cheating.

Lie angle putters and Torque balanced putter are totally different, not the same at all.

@@ianfrasergolf Oh really? My apologize then. I thought the premise of the idea was the same? keeping the face square etc/avoiding twist? Happy to be corrected. As i said, i am a LAB user, so im certainly not knocking them, just pointing out that there are other options if it's simply a case of looks that bothers other potential users.

@@fergusreeverealestate.7409 to be fair Fergus both are designed to keep the face square so you’re not wrong. They just do it in completely opposite ways. Edel design their putters with heel hang to stop the face opening on the backswing and closing on the through swing as opposed to LAB putters which have zero torque.

$650

Scotty Cameron have established themselves as on Le of the top two putter brands in the world at that price point so the market is clearly there.

@@ianfrasergolf 66+ million golfers in the world and SC sells roughly 200K putters world wide. If you like math, that's .003 percent of the golfing population. That's not a market, that's a status symbol. LAB putters run atleast $100 more....that's an even smaller segment of the golfing population. Why show this to 99% of golfers if they can't afford it or won't justify spending that amount of money on one club? Just be honest and admit you're catering to the top .1 percent of golfers who can afford this.

@@ericbarwald2795 200k+ new putters per year which over 30 years of business puts a serious amount of SC in circulation. A better stat for you to look up would be their market share. I’m really not sure where you’re going with your argument but IT’S OK that you can’t or won’t pay that much for a putter but it’s not ok to tell content creators what to focus on based on flawed statistics.

@@ianfrasergolf Since I never told you what to focus on, maybe you can just take this as constructive criticism instead of us talking pass each other trying to prove our points. It's a cool product. I wish I had the means and mindset to spend that kind of money. The fact remains that @ $650, not alot of people are going to buy it. I hope I'm wrong. Good luck.

Why is it hilarious?

The only hilarious part is how freaking stable it was. I have been watching the channel for close to 4 years and I never saw a putter perform like this one. You may want to do a search on the internet about “maximum putter lie angle”, you may understand better why these putters work so well.

Pretty shallow comment there. What is "normal"? People who are of this mind and not open to better ways of putting the ball in the hole in less strokes, will forever be stuck at a 12 hcp.

Facts! Ian or Mike don’t use them .

I have the same thought about the tour pros. And Adam Scott isn't exactly setting the tour on fire.

1. Face balance or “lie angle” tech is not new. There are many of them, some are all better than lab. 2. Why this is so good is because broomstick. U stand up taller, putter at a higher angle. Easier to go straight back and straight forward due to our POV. Also your right hand path. Then your left hand is almost like an anchor point. Remember when every pro switch to chest putter, than pga banned. This is the closest thing to that.

@davefogel the pros practice for hours and hours and hours putting. Most of them have become masters at controlling torque. Many of them are also on contracts being paid. LAB does not pay pros to use their putters and their stuff. I think you would be surprised how many pros play LAB, it's more than you think. I've never putted better than with using a LAB. I still try other putters and think they are good, they just don't feel as stable compared to the LAB putters.

@@jboww196 How may pros play lab?

I mean you still have to have to right line, the putter can only do so much.

You could put it that way or also say that he wouldn’t have even been close if he used a regular putter.

@@timbuma3693I’m far more inclined to agree with you.

@@ianfrasergolf I’ve been following you guys since the beginning of your journey and can safely say I’ve watched at least 99% of your videos. Without a doubt this is a top 5 video you’ve had in my opinion! I’ve been intrigued with LAB in general for about a year and this may be the putter I need to try!

If you watched the putts Will missed it rolled perfect end over and, he just didn’t read the break correctly