If you are interested in this shaft, J.J. When I looked at hard stepping the XP105 S flex twice it came very close to the profile of the LightWeight Apex shaft. The XP105 is about 10 grams lighter and therefore a little softer. The lightweight Hogan Apex iron is a very close match to this years True Temper XP105. Looking up the EI profile gives a fitter the insight of his experience with familiar shafts when he first encounters a shaft he does not ‘know’. My primary interest in any new set of shafts I look at is howthey compare to the shafts I know. But that 8i is likely to launch a little higher than the rest of the set. The radial quality of this set is perfect, alignment will do nothing for this set. This highlights why you should have your iron shaft sets tested. Respectable results, a slight anomaly on the 8i shaft. I ran the S Flex set through the certification process available from club builders equipped with the Fit2Score EI instrument. This weight has proven to be a good fit for many golfers today. Aligning these is a waste of time and effort. The radial integrity of the shafts I tested was excellent, 99.8% with a 0.1% standard deviation.
Much has change in steel shaft manufacturing over that time. We believe these were made around 10 years ago. The sets of shafts I tested were made for Callaway when it took over the Hogan brand. I am told the Lightweight Apex iron shaft was introduced by the Hogan company in 1968. It was that announcement that got that box of shafts from the to do pile into the shop. The new Ben Hogan clubs will be introduced in 2015. Terry Koehler has assembled a world class Research and Development team based in Fort Worth, Texas, where Ben Hogan golf clubs were first produced. This re-introduction of Ben Hogan golf clubs coincides with the 60(th) anniversary of the first Ben Hogan irons in the fall of 1954. He is also the architect of the SCOR Golf wedges and set-match short irons. Terry Koehler, president and chief executive officer of EIDOLON Brands, is a lifelong Ben Hogan devotee and former director of marketing of the Ben Hogan Company. In May, Perry Ellis International announced that the Ben Hogan brand will return to the business of club-making in 2015 via a licensing agreement with EIDOLON Brands, LLC. Most current owners are upgrading their instruments. The updated instrument is faster and more accurate. The weigh and weigh bearing surface are now machined. We have repositioned the gauge, giving us more consistent and accurate readings. That instrument has now moved from proto to manufacturing and will be available in a few weeks. told me he had a stockpile of light weight Hogan Apex iron sets.Ī box arrived at my door a few days later and after sitting on the to do pile for months I decided to profile them on the redesignd EI instrument. During a long discussion of the history of shafts, J.J.
He visits courses in the area with his trailer conducting fittings and doing club repair.
has been in the club fitting and club repair business for 25+ years in Southern Minnesota and the Central US. In my search for a replacement shaft that was no long available I was referred to J. Iron Golf Shafts – Hogan Apex LightWeight Steel By Russ Ryden, A Golf Digest America’s 100 Best Clubfitter