Review of Ben Hogan Golf


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

My view of the golf industry as a…

My view of the golf industry as a whole. I believe clubs, in general, have reached their peak. There really isn't much more you can do with an iron, that hasn't been tried. Most of it is designed to keep the money machine going. They made long irons almost impossible to hit for the average player. Tweaking the lofts and making the shaft longer have made it to difficult for a basic club player to use these clubs. That brought in the whole Hybrid industry.

I used the demo program from Hogan to try out the irons. I believe I tried the new version of the Apex iron. Solid club. They make a good product. Since I am older now I tried the lightweight senior shaft regular flex. I hit them decently. They felt good and I produced a solid ball flight.
I really didn't find them to be all that much different than my Callaway Razor irons that I have used for the past seven years.
Bringing me back to my point. I'm not sure any iron is all that much different than the other. The shaft makes more of a difference than the actual iron. If you look down at the iron it has to look good to your eye. Hogans do.

Clubs make a smaller difference in my opinion. Improving your golf swing is a much bigger factor than the club. Local players are more fascinated with distance than accuracy. I don't want to hit my 9 iron 170 yards. I want to hit it 135 every time.
My driver was always an issue with keeping it in the fairway. Since I began to choke up on it, making a 45.5-inch shaft 44 I have become much better with it and I didn't lose any distance but gained accuracy.
I want to hit every club in my bag at a certain distance. That's it. I want a 10-yard difference between clubs.

Hogans, in my opinion, can deliver that. So can other clubs. If you are in the market for new irons this is one to check out. They are made well and at a good price. They perform well and like I said, at a very reasonable price.
I'm a six handicap and been playing golf for 40 years. I'm 55 now. I'd be scratch if I improved my short game and putting.

I'm more partial to the older equipment because I believe they were easier to hit because of the length of the shaft. A three iron from my set that was made in the '80s is so much easier to hit than the ones now. The difference is the shaft is shorter.

Good company, Good price and they allow you to vary the length of the shaft. Because they are handmade. Not cookie cutter. Go get fitted and then order the Hogans based on that fitting. You can't do yourself harm with them.

July 15, 2019
Unprompted review
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