Ben Hogan Clubs on tour

[chemclub]

Does anyone know if Ben Hogan has a presence on tour. Their website doesn't mention anything. I came across this photo on the footboy website for their masters advertisement. I am pretty terrible with facial recognition here (Adam Scott?), but it looked like the BH FW 15 anywhere. I must admit, my love affair with BH irons has cooled over the last few months for no reason in particular.

 

On closer inspection, it is probably the Titleist blade (only the TK wedges have 'forged' stamped on the toe) Still begs the question are any pros on any tours going to put these in their bags? My guess is BH doesn't have the money for top tier pros, but smaller pros might game them. Just curious if there is any buzz out there?

[Jmikecpa]

I don't think they have a large presence on tour and the blade that you see for Adam Scott is the older 680s.  Last year at the LPGA Championship Gerina Piller had the TK15 wedges in play and was debating on the irons, but with her PXG deal that has all changed.  I would not cool on these irons as they are fantastic and I will be breaking mine back out once I get a few more rounds under my belt and some practice time.

[SPY ZINGER]

They are a small company and today on the PGA Tour it is pay to play.

[EthanSterlingPrice]

I talked to a fella with Hogan and he said they don't currently have a presence on tour but that was a few months ago too. He said they plan on getting out there eventually though.

 

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[Kor.A.Door]

They are a small company and today on the PGA Tour it is pay to play.

Yep, so in that regard I don't expect them to be out there any time soon, if they ever do it will be an up and comer that they will take a chance with.

[jaskanski]

Nobody I know of is using Hogan irons on tour. The last hold out was probably Jim Furyk, using them in 2003 for his US Open win. Tom Kite, Mark Brooks and Justin Leonard also chalked up major wins with Hogans in the 90's, but the chances of them turning up again for pro tour bag time are pretty slim. 

If they are serious about gaining in-roads into the golfing mainstream, then they really need to be sticking the money where their mouth is - a bit like PXG have done in recent years. In fact, Bob Parsons probably looked at Hogan and decided it was a dead duck already and could get greater traction with a completely new brand.