Ben hogan irons commercial driver#
Ben hogan irons commercial pro#
Ben hogan irons commercial plus#

Ben hogan irons commercial plus#

As part of the tryout I did a bit of a comparison test against the 7-iron from my current gamers, the Sub70 Golf 639 CB irons with stiff KBS Tour-V 90 shafts, as well as the 7-irons from three of my sets of vintage Hogan irons: Apex Plus with Apex 4 (stiff) steel shaft, Apex Plus with Apex 4 graphite shaft, and Edge CFT with Apex 3 (regular flex) graphite shaft. Personally, I think that a high launch is more desirable than the potential distance gain from jacked-up iron lofts, and higher-lofted irons are easier to hit, so Edge EX lofts that are only a couple of degrees stronger than HoganвЂ™s playerвЂ™s irons seem a reasonable compromise to me.Дemo-ing the Edge EX I took advantage of Ben Hogan GolfвЂ™s demo program to try out the Edge EX for myself. (It is worth noting, how-ever, that the Edge EX lofts are two to three degrees weaker than offerings in the same category from most other manufacturers.)

Ben hogan irons commercial pro#

The people at Ben Hogan Golf believe in con-sistent gapping-all of their iron sets use 4Вє loft increments-and the Edge EX irons use lofts that are two degrees stronger than their Icon and PTx Pro irons for that little bit of extra help, distance-wise, for the players for whom these clubs are designed. Other features I like are the lofts and gapping which are employed in the Edge EX design. While some may not care much for the topline view of the Ben Hogan Edge EX irons, the perimeter weighting that it represents increases forgiveness on mishits. The thickish topline of the Edge EX, while a feature that is disparaged by aficionados of butter-knife blades, is evidence of yet another вЂњfriendliness factorвЂќ design feature: the perimeter weighting which increases forgiveness on mishits. The dual-camber Hogan V-Sole design helps the Edge EX irons work smoothly through a wide range of turf conditions. Speaking of the sole, the Ben Hogan V-Sole design, which combines a high-bounce leading edge with a low-bounce trailing edge, is a big contributor to the player-friendliness of the Edge EX, easing turf inter-action across a wide range of conditions. The open-cavity back and perimeter weighting of the new Ben Hogan Edge EX irons combine for its high-launch characteristics and forgiveness on mishits.В (Photo by author) The hybrid cavity/muscle-back вЂњOpen CavityвЂќ design, which the Edge EX has in common with the Apex Edge of 20 years ago, is a proven way of combining the low/rearward mass placement that is instru-mental in helping get a ball up in the air with the (moderately) wide sole that helps make these clubs friendly in the hands of mid-to-high handicappers. Why the Edge EX? I was drawn to the Edge EX, Ben Hogan GolfвЂ™s new entry in the вЂњGame-Improvement IronsвЂќ category, by their resemblance to the Apex Edge irons of the original Ben Hogan Golf Company (of which I own a pair: new-old-stock 5-iron and 6-iron with Apex 4 graphite shafts), and by the fact that though they are labeled вЂњgame improve-mentвЂќ they donвЂ™t have that вЂњshovels for duffersвЂќ look that is so common to many entries in the category. When I first saw the new Edge EX irons I knew I would have to try them, too.

Ben hogan irons commercial driver#

I have been keeping my eye on the companyвЂ™s offerings since 2016, and a couple of months ago I took advantage of their demo program to try (and buy) my first new driver in more years than I care to admit. Jump forward five years to 2021 and we find the reboot of the Ben Hogan Golf Company going strong, having defined the direct-to-consumer business model for golf clubs. I tested and reviewed their original Fort Worth irons back then, and was very impressed by their design, build quality, and performance, even though I felt that their use of loft numbering rather than traditional club-numbering designations was a bit odd. Over the years I have acquired four sets of Hogan irons of various vintages (most recently a nice 3вЂ“PW set of Hogan Apex Plus cavity-back irons with the rare Apex 4 graphite shafts), so it was with much interest that I followed the revival of Ben Hogan Golf as an equipment manufacturer back in 2016. His admiration for Ben Hogan rubbed off on me through my reading, and my interest in all things Hogan eventually extended to the golf clubs manufactured by the company Hogan founded in the early 1950s, Ben Hogan Golf. Jenkins, likeВ Hogan a native of Fort Worth, Texas, started covering HoganвЂ™s career as a college freshman writing for the old Fort Worth Press. Though I first got my hands on a golf club in junior high school, I didnвЂ™t really get interested in golf until about 18 years later, when I was introduced to the golf writing of the legendary sportswriter Dan Jenkins. LetвЂ™s get this out of the way right from the start-I am a big fan of everything Ben Hogan.