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DMoney79;n8882638 said:
Here is the swing with the GS53/V2 black combo the sound and flight are beautiful!!!
Qwkz51;n8883932 said:It shows video is private. I told Tyler I was glad they made a driver that actually sounds like a driver should.
JB;n8880337 said:New THP Review just hit the home page as Jman dives in deep on this new driver.
https://www.thehackersparadise.com/ben-hogan-golf-gs53-driver-review/
Jman;n8889261 said:This one is haunting me a bit.
I keep looking at the numbers and thinking, what if I fit a shaft to it that fits me? What would the 9.0 produce spin wise paired with a mid/high combo?
The numbers really are good. Hmm.
J.B. Cobb III;n8889277 said:Demo program! $20 and you can test the 9.0* with a HZRDUS Smoke for 2 weeks!
Jman;n8889261 said:This one is haunting me a bit.
I keep looking at the numbers and thinking, what if I fit a shaft to it that fits me? What would the 9.0 produce spin wise paired with a mid/high combo?
The numbers really are good. Hmm.
It's is a flawed system due to the limited quantity available, but in Ben Hogan Golf 's defense, they loose money on every demo purchase! I wish they could do something to help get fitted for the equipment. Make "fitting heads" with the universal connectors so that their products could be used on fitting carts already available.MrMom;n8889287 said:Dude, I’ve been trying to do that for over a month. Ben Hogan is surely missing out on sales due to the unavailability of certain shaft options in the demo program. I had the exact same problem with the Fort Worth Blacks last year.
J.B. Cobb III;n8889297 said:It's is a flawed system due to the limited quantity available, but in Ben Hogan Golf 's defense, they loose money on every demo purchase! I wish they could do something to help get fitted for the equipment. Make "fitting heads" with the universal connectors so that their products could be used on fitting carts already available.
J.B. Cobb III;n8889297 said:It's is a flawed system due to the limited quantity available, but in Ben Hogan Golf 's defense, they loose money on every demo purchase! I wish they could do something to help get fitted for the equipment. Make "fitting heads" with the universal connectors so that their products could be used on fitting carts already available.
Nerdy_81;n8889311 said:Driver was great again both yesterday and today. I smashed more than a few that were miles ahead of my playing partners. After a few that were deep, one of the guys asked what I was playing and he was pretty taken aback when he saw it was a Hogan. He took a few swings later on and hit some good ones as well. I think if people give this club a try they will walk away pretty shocked at what it’s capable of.
OhioGolfer;n8894244 said:In my last few rounds this driver keeps on performing at a high level. Paired with the hzrdus smoke shaft this thing has been the best club in my bag for a while now. I'm not a crazy long hitter but I'm getting more distance out of the GS53 than I have out of any other driver I've hit, and it's almost dead straight most of the round.
Qwkz51;n8896017 said:Had to change plans a bit with a scramble blocking us from playing the course we wanted to. We moved to a different links style course. Anyways, had another okay day with the GS53. I managed to keep the same ball in play on 1-13, so the results weren't terrible. It's a really good sounding driver, with solid results on square face dead-center impacts. J.B. Cobb III asked if I thought mid-high handicappers would struggle with it as lower handicap golfers seem to do really with it. I think this definitely possible with its forgiveness issues. Honestly, before the Hogan event when I heard the Hogan brand, I equated it to older, better golfers. The guys you run into on Sunday who hit it 220 down the middle every drive, and sink every putt for par or better. Hogan clearly has a broader market than that group. That being said, I personally think this is a driver that lends itself to that group really well. I think that players who struggle to repeat their swing, or have wild swings(myself included) will hit great shots, they are also going to be punished on bad swings.
Jman;n8896348 said:I think, and I sort of got into it a little in my homepage article, that on the button its as good as anything out there.
Miss to the extremes though, and you will see the difference as compared to a Flash, F9, etc.
But, for the price, I think thats a willing sacrifice.
Jman;n8896348 said:I think, and I sort of got into it a little in my homepage article, that on the button its as good as anything out there.
Miss to the extremes though, and you will see the difference as compared to a Flash, F9, etc.
But, for the price, I think thats a willing sacrifice.
Jman;n8896348 said:I think, and I sort of got into it a little in my homepage article, that on the button its as good as anything out there.
Miss to the extremes though, and you will see the difference as compared to a Flash, F9, etc.
But, for the price, I think thats a willing sacrifice.
J.B. Cobb III;n8896388 said:I think this driver is an enigma...price point is great, sound is superb, performance is equal to/better than top OEMs, premium stock shaft selections. Forgiveness is not at the same performance level as Top OEMs. So, who is the market for this product. Me, as a Hogan mark, yes! Me, as a golfer on a budget, yes! The average golfer...doubtful. Low handicappers/good strikers that would really appreciate and benefit from this driver...my guess is almost none. Anyone that is in that last group probably plays regularly, practices, probably has a budget for golf or just excepts the cost associated with playing regularly and will look only at Top OEM equipment. Then, the average golfer on a budget, will look at last years models or lower price offerings (D7/EXS/Launcher) before this driver because price and forgiveness probably trumps performance. I think Ben Hogan Golf made a great driver to get into the woods market. Always an iron company, there weren't any previous models or technology to improve upon. So, this is the ground floor offering. I am hopeful with the positives that this driver offers, they can make it even better in upcoming models!