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The Fort Worth 15 was the first iron out of the revived Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company in 2015, and it broke one of golf's oldest conventions right out of the gate. There are no iron numbers on these heads. Each one is stamped with its actual loft, and Hogan offered every single loft from 20 to 47 degrees. You didn't buy a 4-iron through pitching wedge. You built a set with the exact gapping you wanted, no half-club holes, no vanity lofts hiding behind a number.
Underneath the unusual ordering system is a fairly traditional players cavity back, forged from soft carbon steel with a compact shape and a thin topline that better players expect. The look at address is clean and old-school, which fits a brand trading on Ben Hogan's name. It flatters nobody. This is an iron for golfers who strike it well and want feedback, not a distance iron dressed up in forged clothing.
A decade on, the Fort Worth 15 has become something of a cult club. The company's rocky business history means these mostly circulate on the used market now, and they hold a loyal following among players who bought into the loft-based fitting idea and never went back.
In short
The Ben Hogan Fort Worth 15 (2015) is a players cavity that adds forgiveness without much extra size.
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Brands in this category update about every 2 years, and the Fort Worth 15 is 11 years old with no successor yet, so a new model could land any time. Grab it at clearance pricing now, or wait a few weeks to see what replaces it.
Based on release timing and this line's typical refresh cycle, not a live price quote.
Stock steel shaft. Lofts are approximate and subject to manufacturing tolerances.
Each head is forged from 1025 carbon steel, and because every loft got its own dedicated head design, the progression through the set is genuinely progressive rather than just bent to spec. Lower lofts carry more perimeter weighting for launch help, while the scoring lofts move mass behind the impact area for control. Hogan's V-Sole grind is the other signature piece, pairing a higher-bounce leading edge with a lower-bounce trailing section so the club resists digging on steep strikes but still sits tight to firm turf. The cavity itself is modest by modern standards. Blade length is short, offset is minimal, and there is no wide sole or hidden slot doing extra work. Forgiveness comes from honest perimeter weighting and the sole grind, nothing else.
Hogan's PreciseLoft system stamped the actual loft on each head and sold every loft from 20 to 47 degrees. The idea was to fit your set to your yardage gaps rather than to arbitrary iron numbers, so a '31' is simply a 31-degree iron, roughly a modern 6- or 7-iron depending on the brand you're comparing against.
They are forgiving for a players cavity, not forgiving in the game-improvement sense. The perimeter weighting and V-Sole help on slightly thin or steep strikes, but the compact head punishes heel and toe misses. Mid-to-high handicaps will find them demanding.
Realistically, single digits up to about a 12 or 14 who strike their irons well. If you miss the center of the face regularly, the smaller head and modest cavity will cost you distance and dispersion compared to a larger modern iron.
Yes. The heads are forged from 1025 carbon steel, which is a big part of their appeal. Feel off the center is soft and dense in the way people expect from a forged Hogan iron.
No. Ben Hogan Golf went through bankruptcy and restructuring after the 2015 relaunch, and the Fort Worth 15 has been out of production for years. The used market is the realistic route, and prices are reasonable for a forged players cavity, though finding specific lofts to fill out a set can take patience.
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