The Live Update thread for the 2021 Ben Hogan Experience is here.
Six THPers that won a chance to head to the beautiful True Blue and Caledonia Golf Club in the Myrtle Beach area. On this trip each of them will receive a full set of 14 Ben Hogan clubs and play golf with the team that helps brings these clubs to market.
You will be able to follow along with the entire event live below. Questions will get answered in the ask us anything portion of the week, multiple rounds of golf will be played and everybody will have a front row seat. 6 THPers joined by two of the best from Ben Hogan Golf will take you on this amazing journey.
If you have questions on their equipment, direct to consumer or anything else at all, drop them below and the team will get them answered starting this evening. Follow along both here and on our Instagram Stories for behind the scenes looks and some gorgeous gear and course pictures.
Itinerary
Monday Evening: Meet and Greet Dinner and Equipment Unboxing Party
Tuesday Morning: 18 Holes of Gol
Tuesday Afternoon: 18 Holes of Golf
Tuesday Evening: Group Dinner with Ben Hogan Golf
Wednesday Morning: 18 Holes of Golf
The 2021 Ben Hogan Experience is Here!
love this. Glad you had one hell of a time.
I continue to be shockingly impressed by all the industry people who help to put on these experiences, play in them, and engage with the community. Josh and @Hallie_BHG from Ben Hogan are right at the top of the list. Rolling up to a clubhouse as the close to see 8 people you mostly have never met in your life, but share the same passion is kinda crazy in itself. Then you turn see 87 or so brand freakin new clubs, lined up on a wall overlooking of the more picturesque finishing holes I’ve seen. Nuts. Then tech talk where you get some bits of information about all kinds of stuff in the pipeline….all kinds of stuff. Just stuff regular internet golfers probably shouldn’t know but are completely enamored by.
Then @JB holding things together as he does. Also, If he taught a course on golf-related ****-talk, I’d sign up. My putting deserved it for most of the weekend.
Great group of guys as well, I’ll try to drop some more shoutouts at some point.
Also will get into specific club threads as I get some more time with them.
But got to mention the GS53 max. wow. I put a weird combo together and was really really impressed. Playing shamble format most of the weekend, I was taking some 100+% swings pretty often and this club let me. The only time I lost it was when I was trying to force a draw and left the face open, thats on me. Other than that I rarely missed a fairway unless I went straight through it. That’s no small thing for me. Distance loss on toe hits was there but not bad at all. No question this is staying in the bag.
I do think I messed up with the iron shafts as the light stiff flex recoils were everything I feared graphite shafts to be. Going to get it out on the home course and see if the soft low country soil has part to blame too. Similar with the wedges. Might be quick to put some heavier shafts in all of them.
Putter needs a new grip before final judgement, but solid feel and near perfection at setup.
Such a whirlwind 2ish days but so much fun.
Huge props to the community as well, we did what we could with updates hopefully, but the thread was running away from us, lol. All of us were pretty amazed how active it was during the event, and that’s an awesome thing. ?
I had such a wonderful time playing with you and am so glad you had a blast the last few days!
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@JB laying down the law
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Also @DNice26, I now want an UNRL hoodie. wonder why??
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Thank you True Blue!
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Not at all intimidating.. right?! ?
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@baylrballa bringing the strong sock game.
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Damn! Some of these should be framed!
She shot with her DSLR and video with Osmo Pocket
Thank you sir! But there goes my dream of taking the same quality pictures in December
You can take darn good pictures with a cell phone, especially when action isnt really involved. Practice a bit, edit a few things after the fact and you will be golden.
Already working on a few things! One reason I got a 13 pro as my upgrade this year!
Love my OSMO Pocket for video and Canon EOS RP for the stills. So glad everyone is enjoying the photos!
I have no idea what that even means! #forumrookie haha
I carry a canon DSLR on Mountain bike rides. I haven’t taken to the golf course. But you’re inspiring me too.
I love it when @Nessinator brings hers for our league matches.
In the market for a driver and the GS53Max is obviously high on the list and the feedback from this week has me ready to pull the trigger.
Those who have it, can you let me know your swing speed and which head loft/shaft combo you got and how you like it or results you’ve seen?
Currently playing the XR16 with Speeder stiff
Wedges and putter will be next…
I have a Max 9.0 head only that I would part with if that fits you.
I used a 13 pro max in NM. I think the pictures turned out well. Great camera. The extra zoom is helpful too.
AWESOME stuff @Hallie_BHG !
I think they’ll be several more reviews popping up in here soon.
https://www.thehackersparadise.com/forum/index.php?threads/ben-hogan-gs53-max-driver-review.8925805/page-5
briefly, 108-110 swing speed. In the past month I’ve played the smoke black 6.5 at 10.5* and the helium F5 (46.5") at 8*. shockingly different setups and great results with both, like best in years results. will breakdown further at some point.
I demo’d the 10.5 head with the smoke black, that i initially tried to play at 9.5 and had to up it to 10.5 to get the launch up.
for the event I had the 9* head turned down to 8* and still was launching plenty high. I backed up a few drives with those soft fairways.
I am blown away by how good they are. The pictures bring the experience to the rest of us in a way I never imagined possible. I also expect the pictures are a highly valued outcome for the participants. I would freak out with excitement to have pictures like that for participation in a THP experience.
It seems to have disappeared from existence? Was it ever released?
It was released in limited edition and won’t be coming back.
Deservedly so!! These are just awesome!
Was that the original intent? I never saw a limited release mentioned in any of the initial reviews. I thought this one seemed to be generating some interest from those who saw it. I was eagerly waiting for a slant neck version of this one…
These photos by @Hallie_BHG are ? – my wife said we need to frame one and put it next to one of Tiger Woods and see if anyone can tell the difference! She MAY have been poking fun at me, but a testament to the quality nonetheless. This level of photography is needed for all future events! And thanks to the slo-mo video, I have now googled ‘early extension’ several times today.
I’m very happy with the way my BHB02 putter performed and I think the BH putters may not be getting the attention they deserve. I really like the SS Pistol GT grip and my distance control was spot-on all day start to finish – if only I could read a green.
A pair of Hey Dude shoes are now on my bday & Xmas wish list thanks to some chatter with @DNice26 and @Briantime at the unboxing dinner.
I adjusted to the PTx Pros pretty quickly, hitting mostly solid shots on the back 9. I would also attribute most of my adjustment period to my body being <100%. Factoring in the chillier weather, being sick, and lower lofts than I’m used to playing, I went a club longer on every shot and that worked out really well. If weather doesn’t cooperate over the next few weeks to get out on my home course then I will for sure update the PTx Pro thread after some time on the Skytrak.
I have never had a better night of sleep in my own bed than last night after being sick away from home, golfing, and flying home on the same day!
I ? mine so much.