Hog Putter (tapered-shaft models)

This tapered-shaft edition of the Hog Putter represents a refinement of the line rather than a clean break from it. According to golfsw.com, the shaft on these models tapers from butt to tip, and the change was informed by player feedback that Dogleg Right used to design newer versions of the putter. The publication also reports that this feedback was packaged into more traditional aesthetics, a move aimed at making the Hog more attractive to tour players.

That tension between the Hog's original distinctiveness and a pull toward tour-friendly convention runs through how the putter has been discussed. golfsw.com's Billings called it distinctive, and said it works, a fairly plain endorsement that doesn't dwell on the aesthetic shift. Community opinion elsewhere on the tapered-shaft models echoes that same split: distinctive, functional, and bolstered by the credibility of tour players who have put it in play.

Within the Hog line, this tapered-shaft edition reads as the version built to travel further from the niche and closer to the mainstream, at least in silhouette. The underlying idea, whatever made the original Hog stand out, appears to have survived the traditionalizing of its look, at least by the accounts golfsw.com has gathered from players.