

This is where Odyssey Stroke Lab comes in, as it brings the benefits of counterbalancing without adding the weight. With the advent of lighter grips this has combined to see putter swing weights get lighter over the same period from D8 to F2. Indeed the average weight of putter heads has increased by 20% in the last 20 years, but the shaft construction has not changed. This is good for those who feel they have a live snake in their hands, but for the rest of us, a heavier putter is not good for feel. With current counterbalanced putters, weight is added to the head and grip with a standard shaft so that the swing weight stays the same, but the overall weight of the club goes up. The counterbalanced concept is not new, but the way the Stroke Lab putters have been designed is. The Stroke Lab grip is 10g lighter than normal, so the weight of the grip is actually 40g to create a counterbalanced putter. The weight of the heavier 360g head is offset by the extra weight of the grip.

The lighter carbon section saves 40g of weight, of which 10g is added back into the head and 30g is added to the end of the grip.
ODYSSEY STROKE LAB 7 FULL
These types of shafts have been around before in irons, but Callaway's Stroke Lab is the first to be put it into a full range of Odyssey putters. The engine of this performance, like any golf club, is the shaft, which is a combination of a steel tip and a graphite upper section. Making you more consistent is what the Odyssey Stroke Lab range is designed to do, thanks to a complete rethink of putter weighting and shafts. Putting is the part of the game where being consistent is going to pay greater dividends then elsewhere on the course, because it is all about getting it in the hole.
