HOG Putter
Putter Talk's cited, Community-built account of this putter. Facts are sourced, photos are contributed, opinions are the Community's.
The Record
Written from the sources it cites · machine-drafted for the Community to correctThe Dogleg Right HOG Putter is what the maker's site traces back to a moment with a two-year-old and a bag tube. According to doglegright.com, Billings watched his then 2-year old son David putt a ball with a bag tube, and the idea the HOG Putter was born. Whatever the exact sequence, the resulting design is built around an oversized shaft, a feature doglegright.com reports was covered by two utility patents for the oversized shaft and the totally oversized golf club.
The record on this release is thin but specific to its era. doglegright.com's account also places the HOG in front of a wide audience through an infomercial run in 1999-2000, which is the closest thing on record to a timestamp for this putter's public life. The same source lists the HOG Putter as carrying USGA conformity, though that is the publication's reporting and not something we've verified independently here.
Within the Hog line, this entry stands as the putter tied directly to the origin story itself, the oversized shaft concept that the patents describe and that the infomercial pushed into homes. Anything beyond that, in terms of finish, materials, or how it played in hand, isn't something we hold on this particular release.
No cited specs on record yet. Caddie tells you what IS known, honestly.
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The Hog line
Releases of this line from the Putter Talk record. Similarly named models are separate putters with their own pages.
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