While the VKTR likely looks nothing like Hogan's initial design, the company believes it's a design he would have been proud of. “But we also have found prototype clubs in his personal collection dating back to the 1960s that would have to be classified as ‘hybrids’." Hogan was a precise long iron player,” said Terry Koehler, President/CEO of the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company. Open is one of golf's most iconic images - but even Hogan saw the need for more forgiving clubs at the long end of the set. The company's namesake was known for his accuracy with the long irons - Hogan's famous 1-iron from the 18th fairway during the 1950 U.S. Designed as a long-iron alternative for players that want a higher ball flight without sacrificing workability and distance control, Hogan created a club that's being touted as "the industry’s most advanced movable weight technology system for hybrids." We will see once I start testing them out.The Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company is getting into the hybrid business with the introduction of its new VKTR hybrids. Admitting my bias up front, I do like the idea of having a set of PTx flow into a set of TK wedges. I would love to try the srixon series too. Those are the two top brands on the list for me. It can be tough finding smaller brand fitters in Iowa. Not sure when they'll have it ready, but the plans sound awesome.
The ink room is HUGE (saw it last year), and is where the newspaper stored its ink for the printing presses. Worth Star-Gazette building - and they've set aside the old ink room for a fitting studio. They're also working on building a fitting center at their Fort Worth facility. Not sayin', just sayin', you know what I'm sayin? Now, a progressive PTx/Ft Worth 15 set might be kind of interesting.Īnd the rumor mill was churning - there's talk of possible fairway woods and driver in the coming 8 to 14 months. Worth's, not the PTx - you'd be better off forgiveness-wise with the PTx long irons than these.
In terms of forgiveness, they're designed to be progressive with the Ft. The HI's look a lot like the Ft Wroth 15's, which a slight larger face and were pretty forgiving - think a thinner overall utility iron, which is pretty much what Hogan is after.
Looked very nice at address and they seemed pretty forgiving (hard to tell in their mini-driving range). My mid-January swing probably didn't do the club justice, but I'd put PTx on the short list for 2016. Was able to hit both the PTx and the Hi's - didn't hit the hybrid - and they do have that Hogan feel.
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