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Ben hogan apex edge 2002 review pro#
Don’t think just the Top-Flite name alone was worth it? You dont have to look much further then the recent lawsuit they won against the Titleist Pro V1 ball to understand why it was worth every penny. They paid $125 million cash at the time for the rights to Top-Flite, Strata, and Ben Hogan Golf. From what I heard at the time of the purchase Callaway was more or less forced to take the Ben Hogan brand in the deal if they wanted all the rights to the patents, trademarks, and facilities that Top-Flite owned at the time. Well, when Callaway purchased Ben Hogan they got a lot more then just one of the best forged golf club companies in the world, they also got Top-Flite. I just feel that when all these older brand names are gone and forgotten there will be a pretty sizeable chunk of the nostalgia and tradition missing from the people that play this great game. How do they expect to brand themselves when you can’t remember anything they developed? Well, I will save the reasoning behind all of that for another article. What were the name of all the irons that Taylormade and Cobra produced in 2007? The numbers of irons they released are staggering and the names are easily forgettable. Back then new products were not released every 6 months like they are today by companies like Taylormade and Cobra. Hogan was not the first and unfortunately will not be the last of the older major golf brands to be swept under the rug or passed over by a new breed of golf companies.īig names like Spalding, Wilson, MacGregor, Ram, Louisville and many others have all but become a childhood memory or a thrift store bargain. At one time Hogan golf was known for making some of the best forged irons in the world and today when you call their new owner Callaway they don’t even have a Ben Hogan department inside their complex. You might not remember this since there has been nothing going on with the Ben Hogan brand since the purchase. Late in 2003, Callaway agreed to purchase Ben Hogan Golf.
Ben hogan apex edge 2002 review full#
If not, I will take a full set with no preference on shafts, as I plan to have all clubs reshafted, once the combo set has been pieced together and refinished.Will Callaway Ever Bring Ben Hogan Clubs Back Online I am looking primarily for 3-6 iron, and would take heads alone if you prefer to retain the shafts to resale. If you fine people could help me find a set that is reasonably priced and in reasonably good shape, I'd be greatly appreciative.
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It will be square/straight across the top, where the cavity starts, rather than round like in the 2002s.
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The 2006 model shares a similarly styled head as the 2002, but with the distinct difference being the muscle shape. So, that leaves me with looking for a 2006 set that I've only read good things about. So, it's a total chance of whether or not you get a 2001 set that is good quality or a post 2002 set that is of lesser quality in the feel department. I've been able to find plenty of the 2002 model as individual irons and sets on eBay, but I read that in mid 2002 production was moved from Endo Japan to China and that materials and production techniques changed to benefit expenses. I've looked at a few of the more recent sets of Hogan CBs and I absolutely have fallen in love with the looks and reviews of the Apex Edge (pocket cavity) clubs. but, since I'm moving to these from a set of Callaway X-Forged (2007) I'm finding it a bit hard to hit the long irons. I recently chanced across a set of 1999 Apex blades in the bargain bin at my local 2nd hand sporting goods store, and boy are they sweet.