The Fat Lady Swings

Cobra's The Fat Lady Swings line, as we hold it, comes down to a single release: the HSM. There is no earlier or later edition on record to trace a shift in shape or material against, so the arc here is really the record of one putter's reception rather than a lineage moving through eras.

golfreview.com's take on the HSM was positive on the fundamentals that matter to a mallet like this: the head never twists, even when hit off center. The alignment lines are second to none. That same throughline shows up in the broader notes we hold, which praise the head for staying square off center strikes and for lines that helped drain more putts. Where the picture gets less tidy is distance control. The criticism on record points to trouble when the ball is struck high on the face, a complaint that sits alongside the praise for stability rather than canceling it out.

golfreview.com also lists a soft insert on the HSM, though that's the publication's reporting and not something the maker or this house has confirmed. Between the insert claim and the mixed word on face contact, the HSM reads as a putter whose forgiveness on off-center hits was well regarded, with the open question being what happens on the shots that miss high rather than off to the side. With only the one release on the books, that's the whole of the line as we have it.