“Legend - from the 2023 Millington-era relaunch, a forged forgiveness iron. Rung-1.”
The Legend is the forgiving, distance-oriented iron in the revived Ben Hogan lineup (2023, refreshed through 2025) and a genuine engineering departure for the brand: it is Hogan's first hollow-body, foam-filled iron head. A forged 1025 carbon-steel face and body wrap a hollow cavity injected with a damping foam (some sources say gel), which quiets the hollow 'clacky' sound and redistributes mass to the perimeter for a larger effective hitting area. It keeps the Hogan V-Sole – high-bounce leading edge, low-bounce trailing edge – that reviewers single out as one of the best sole designs on the market for fat-strike insurance. The pitch is honest: near-P790 performance and premium forged feel at roughly two-thirds the price, bought direct.
A well-received 'giant-killer' value play repeatedly framed by reviewers (Golf Monthly, Plugged In Golf, MyGolfSpy) as the underrated alternative to the TaylorMade P790, but it is a low-volume direct-to-consumer product with no tour usage, no scarcity and no collector following. Its reputation is 'smart buy,' not 'cult object.'
Mid handicaps (roughly 8–18) who want forged feel, help on mis-hits and added distance without the P790's price – and who are comfortable buying direct and fitting online. The increased offset and hollow-body launch suit players fighting a low, thin ball flight. Better ball-strikers wanting a compact, low-offset look should step to the Fort Worth CB or MB.
The forgiveness/distance end of the 2023–25 Fort Worth family, sitting below the Fort Worth CB and MB blades. Direct competition is the players-distance category: TaylorMade P790, Titleist T200, Callaway Apex – all of which it undercuts by selling factory-direct from Fort Worth. Same brand-continuity caveat as the rest of the revived line: this is the Perry-Ellis-licensed, Koehler-era Ben Hogan Golf that has been through bankruptcy, so weigh warranty/parts risk against the price savings.
Genuinely forgiving for a players-distance iron: the hollow, foam-filled body pushes mass to the perimeter for an enlarged effective hitting area, and the noticeably increased offset (versus the Fort Worth blades) pulls it toward the game-improvement side. The V-Sole's high-bounce leading edge is a real, repeatedly praised safety net for fat strikes. Honest ceiling: independent testing found it gives up a measurable bit of ball speed and distance on mis-hits versus the pricier P790, so it lands at 7 – forgiving and stable, but a notch under the best multi-material players-distance irons and well under a max-game-improvement iron.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Realistic private-party value for a clean used set in 2026 is roughly $400–600, versus ~$800–950 new direct. As with the whole Hogan revival line, reconditioned-retail listings sit higher because they're graded/warrantied, and resale is softer than a comparable big-brand players-distance iron because the brand is niche and direct-to-consumer. Graphite or custom builds are slower to move on the used market.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
“Legend - from the 2023 Millington-era relaunch, a forged forgiveness iron. Rung-1.”
The Legend is the forgiving, distance-oriented iron in the revived Ben Hogan lineup (2023, refreshed through 2025) and a genuine engineering departure for the brand: it is Hogan's first hollow-body, foam-filled iron head. A forged 1025 carbon-steel face and body wrap a hollow cavity injected with a damping foam (some sources say gel), which quiets the hollow 'clacky' sound and redistributes mass to the perimeter for a larger effective hitting area. It keeps the Hogan V-Sole – high-bounce leading edge, low-bounce trailing edge – that reviewers single out as one of the best sole designs on the market for fat-strike insurance. The pitch is honest: near-P790 performance and premium forged feel at roughly two-thirds the price, bought direct.
A well-received 'giant-killer' value play repeatedly framed by reviewers (Golf Monthly, Plugged In Golf, MyGolfSpy) as the underrated alternative to the TaylorMade P790, but it is a low-volume direct-to-consumer product with no tour usage, no scarcity and no collector following. Its reputation is 'smart buy,' not 'cult object.'
Mid handicaps (roughly 8–18) who want forged feel, help on mis-hits and added distance without the P790's price – and who are comfortable buying direct and fitting online. The increased offset and hollow-body launch suit players fighting a low, thin ball flight. Better ball-strikers wanting a compact, low-offset look should step to the Fort Worth CB or MB.
The forgiveness/distance end of the 2023–25 Fort Worth family, sitting below the Fort Worth CB and MB blades. Direct competition is the players-distance category: TaylorMade P790, Titleist T200, Callaway Apex – all of which it undercuts by selling factory-direct from Fort Worth. Same brand-continuity caveat as the rest of the revived line: this is the Perry-Ellis-licensed, Koehler-era Ben Hogan Golf that has been through bankruptcy, so weigh warranty/parts risk against the price savings.
Genuinely forgiving for a players-distance iron: the hollow, foam-filled body pushes mass to the perimeter for an enlarged effective hitting area, and the noticeably increased offset (versus the Fort Worth blades) pulls it toward the game-improvement side. The V-Sole's high-bounce leading edge is a real, repeatedly praised safety net for fat strikes. Honest ceiling: independent testing found it gives up a measurable bit of ball speed and distance on mis-hits versus the pricier P790, so it lands at 7 – forgiving and stable, but a notch under the best multi-material players-distance irons and well under a max-game-improvement iron.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Realistic private-party value for a clean used set in 2026 is roughly $400–600, versus ~$800–950 new direct. As with the whole Hogan revival line, reconditioned-retail listings sit higher because they're graded/warrantied, and resale is softer than a comparable big-brand players-distance iron because the brand is niche and direct-to-consumer. Graphite or custom builds are slower to move on the used market.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
