Ben Hogan Apex Edge Iron set Golf Club

"Hogans are only for scratch players"
Heard that one before? Well, these irons will show you just how wrong that statement is.

I've been steadily improving my golf game over the past 2-3 seasons. I've been playing a set of game improvers through the past 2 seasons that I was pretty happy with. Then one rainy summer day in 2005 I walked into a retailer and saw these pretty Ben Hogans sitting on the clearance rack: - Those are nice looking clubs, I said to the clerk, but aren't they hard to hit? - You'd be surprised, he said and handed me the 6 iron.
20 minutes later they had to drag me out of the shop's hitting area so other customers could use the launch monitor. A little haggling about the clearance price, and I was stuffing the clubs into the trunk of my car.

They are, as the clerk said, surprisingly easy to hit. They look somewhat intimidating at address to a guy that only sees numbers in the 80ies during mid season on a good day, but that cavity back really helps get the ball up in the air, and you never loose track of where the head is throughout the swing. They are not like the game improvement irons I was playing previously, (I have reviewed those elsewhere on eBay), they don't launch the ball into the stratosphere, nor do they have a sweet spot the size of Texas, but they are forgiving and they won't penalize you too much on your mishits. They are easy to shape shots with, and they let you dial in your distance pretty quick.

The only negative that I can really point a finger to is that they have a litte too much offset. A little less offset and I am pretty sure you would have a club producing a mid-high trajectory flight path, with plenty of assistance in the consistency department. Scores in the 80ies are now the norm, and I feel comfortable attacking pins that I would not have gone for with my previous irons.

Game assistance aside, the real reason for getting these are that when you hit close to the center of the club more times then you miss, you are rewarded with phenomenal feedback and extreme control. When you hit the sweet spot dead on and get that totally creamy contact and buttery feedback there is no need to look up to see where the ball is going to land, because you know it is going to end up exactly where you planned it's touchdown. You just can't beat the feeling of a well-struck forged iron. Obviously, these are the irons in my bag.

Latest news is that Callaway are bringing the Apex Edge name back in a slightly different 2006 disguise. More cavity back and a wider sole is the rumor, maybe more offset as well?
I guess I should grab another set of the pre 2006 version and put them aside for future use..........