Equipment

Spotted: Ben Hogan’s personal and prototype clubs at the Charles Schwab Challenge

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5 days ago

May 24, 2023

Ben Hogan’s personal and professional history is golf lore. Born in 1912, Hogan overcame a challenging start in life to become one of the game’s all-time greats. The “Wee Ice Mon’s” dedication and unwavering work ethic were unparalleled. Hogan amassed a total of nine major championships throughout his career, including four U.S. Open victories, two Masters wins, two PGA Championships, and one Open Championship. Notably, in 1953, he accomplished the incredible feat of winning all three majors he entered — the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship.

Another well-read section in the annals of golf history concerns Ben Hogan’s founding of the golf equipment company that bears his name in 1953. On the subject of names, the company’s iron models can be rattled off easily by any equipment junkie — Precision, Apex, Power Thrust, Edge…

In recent years, however, we junkies have been given the gift of a new lens through which to view these iconic irons — and woods, for that matter — in the form of prototype clubs from the Hawk’s private reserve presented at the Charles Schwab Challenge by the Ben Hogan Foundation and it’s generous (and equipment loving) CEO Robert Stennett.

Last year, our Andrew Tursky spoke with Stennett and got a look at prototype woods, irons, and putters.

The proto-hybrid from the 1960s, pictured below, was particularly interesting.

At this year’s contesting of the tournament at Colonial, we were fortunate to get a look at some more Hogan prototypes and personal clubs. Check out a few below.

For more photos and to see what GolfWRXers are saying, head to the GolfWRX forums.

And check out all our photos from Colonial here.

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Equipment

SPOTTED: New Titleist 2023 T-Series irons at the Memorial Tournament (T-100, T-150, T-200, T-350 and U-505)

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1 min ago

May 29, 2023

Andrew Tursky

On Monday at the 2023 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, we spotted five new Titleist iron models, including new T-100, T-150, T-200, T-350 and U-505 irons for 2023.

Since the irons are just now becoming available for PGA Tour players to test, Titleist is not yet providing information on design, technological improvements, or retail details.

However, GolfWRX.com is on site this week to get a first look at the irons, and observe initial testing sessions. We’ll update you with PGA Tour player feedback and first reactions later in the week.

For now, we have photos of each new Titleist iron model below – each model appears to have both a chrome version and a black version available for the launch. More photos of the entire lineup can be found in our GolfWRX Forums here.

Titleist 2023 T-100 irons

Titleist T-100 Black irons

Titleist 2023 T-150 irons

Titleist 2023 T-200 irons

Titleist T-200 Black irons

Titleist 2023 T-350 irons

Titleist 2023 U-505 irons

Photos of the entire 2023 Titleist T-Series irons here

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Whats in the Bag

Emiliano Grillo’s winning WITB: 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge

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21 hours ago

May 28, 2023

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX

3-wood: Callaway Rogue (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX

Hybrid: Callaway Apex (20 degrees)

Irons: Callaway Apex TCB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.0

Wedges: Callaway Mack Daddy 3 Milled (46-8S), Callaway Mack Daddy Forged (50-10), Cobra Forged (54, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Stroke Lab #5
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy

Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

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