ben hogan apex plus

[-BAMA-]

traded a buddy my old rac os2's for his hogans....

all i have to say is...

DANG!

these irons are the best ive ever hit.. ever. i tried to lay up on a par 5, i was 201 from the pin according to a rangefinder, pulled out a 5 iron and tried to hit it short of the green.. ended up hitting it completely pure and it landed in the fringe and rolled 10 ft from the hole. (yes.. i missed the eagle putt)

there is no greater feeling than flushing a forged iron. i hit 9 shots that felt absolutely brilliant (the rest were slightly off center but still very playable.. i only had 3 shots that werent to my liking.. but i topped them)... i used to think you mizuno guys were crazy when yall talked about your irons being buttery.. but now i understand.

i will never ever buy cast cavity backs again.. ever... im still replaying those beautiful "butter" shots over and over in my head....

playing again thursday.. we'll see if i still like them then...

this thread has no value as far as the board is concerned.. i just had to get this off my chest.. i love these muscle backs...

shot an 82 by the way.. best score of the summer...

[rick1000]

That's awesome. Congrats on the good deal too. I spent this past weekend in Birmingham (AL) looking everywhere for a set of new Hogan Apex irons myself, with no luck. I did however finally hit some Mizuno irons and fell in love with the MP52 irons with the project X rifle shafts, talk about buttery smooth......
In the end, I ended up with an open box set of Taylormade R7's 4-AW for $199! I feel like I stole them

[6iron]

Hey BAMA, I was in Florence last month for my grandson's baseball tournament. Ya'll have a nice ballpark!

[Etzwane]

I have the '01 Apex+ and I haven'd found any other iron that would make me want to replace them (well, I loved the feel of the Mizuno mp67 and the McGregor pro-M but I know my swing not consistent enough to play them).
I found the Mizu mp62 to be roughly equivalent.

[out_in_30]

traded a buddy my old rac os2's for his hogans....

blades are def the way to go. some of the best shots ive hit with mine have been from bad spots where a nice recovery is needed. punch cuts and punch snappers are so much easier to make happen with a blade. Welcome to the blade side.

[-BAMA-]

blades are def the way to go. some of the best shots ive hit with mine have been from bad spots where a nice recovery is needed. punch cuts and punch snappers are so much easier to make happen with a blade. Welcome to the blade side.

ive always heard people talk about how "hard" they are to play.

not true.. or at least not in my case. even when i hit it slightly off center they still went just about as far and perfectly straight. i did love the feedback i got from them, i knew instantly whether or not i hit it pure... i dig the reduced offset. i used to miss everything left with my old cavity backs. had to pretty much play a fade with them to hit it straight... thats not the case with the hogans, i can actually line up square and not be scared chitless about hitting the ball left... i can see my game improving tremendously with these irons if i keep practicing and playing with them... plus.. they're beautiful, and that's important right?? 6iron.. sent pm regarding the ballpark...

[mirv]

i've got a set of hogan apex blades myself, and i love them. i'm fairly chummy with the owner of a local public course, and he was out one evening turning on the sprinklers as i was taking like 20 shots at a par 3, and he looked in my bag as he went past. whenever i came down from the box, he said to me "dan, you got a bit of a sadistic streak in you?" he went on to talk about how hogan irons have had a reputation for damn near 40 years of being just simply the hardest clubs to hit on the market.

all the same, when you pure one, it's wonderful. i was playing the other weekend with some guys who work for that same previously mentioned course, and i was 150 out from the green. i pulled an 8 iron, pured it, and sailed the ball clear over the green. the carry on that shot had to be 155-160. the guys were like "damn! you're a gorilla. i guess you deserve those blades if you can hit them like that."

[plark]

My brother had those he actually broke it and threw it over a hill and bought titleists..

[flap]

Go to Rockbottom and they have the Hogans new for 299.00

[Scott_K]

299 ?!?!? I may have to pick up a back up set

[sam004]

Golf Galaxy had these for the same price, $299 most of the last few months.
Had a few left last time I was there. Got a set myself, but don't feel I deserve to open the box the way my game is lately :)