Ben Hogan Medallion Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Ben Hogan Medallion irons, 1982–1983.
- Years produced
- 1982–1983
- Category
- Game Improvement Irons
- Construction
- investment cast
- Material
- cast stainless steel
- Set makeup
- 2–PW
Data confidence: low. These figures are compiled from secondary sources rather than a manufacturer spec sheet. If you have an original catalogue page, send it over and we will update the chart.
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 19.5 | 57 | 39.5 |
| 3 | 23 | 58 | 39 |
| 4 | 26.5 | 59 | 38.5 |
| 5 | 30 | 60 | 38 |
| 6 | 33.5 | 61 | 37.5 |
| 7 | 37 | 62 | 37 |
| 8 | 41 | 63 | 36.5 |
| 9 | 45 | 63.5 | 36 |
| PW | 50 | 64 | 35.5 |
Lofts and lies are the factory standard build. Individual clubs may differ if they have been bent, re-shafted or re-gripped during their life.
About the Ben Hogan Medallion
The Medallion was Hogan's cast, game-improvement iron of the late 1970s and early 1980s, offered alongside the company's forged blades for players who wanted more forgiveness. This 1982 revision — identifiable by its "BH" sunburst medallion badge and offset hosel, as distinct from the original 1978-81 version — is nearly identical in profile to its predecessor apart from the badge; collectors report no other detectable differences between the two. A confirmed 2-iron of 19.5 degrees loft and 39.5-inch length matches the loft (though not the length) of Hogan's contemporaneous forged Radial almost exactly; the rest of the ladder below extrapolates from that single confirmed point using the same step pattern documented across Hogan's Radial and Apex-era tables of the period, since no complete Medallion-specific factory sheet was located. Confidence is marked low for that reason. Hogan's letter wedge is recorded here as PW.
Stock shafts
- Ben Hogan Apex — steel
Related models
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Ben Hogan Medallion 7-iron?
No complete factory sheet for the Medallion was located; extrapolating from the confirmed 19.5-degree 2-iron using the same step pattern as Hogan's contemporaneous Radial gives a 37-degree 7-iron, 62-degree lie and 37-inch length.
What is the difference between the 1978 and 1982 Ben Hogan Medallion?
Collectors report the two are distinguished mainly by the 'BH' sunburst medallion badge used on the 1982 version — no other construction difference has been reliably documented between the badge years.
Is the Ben Hogan Medallion forged or cast?
Cast. It used investment-cast stainless steel, unlike most of Hogan's better-known forged blades, aimed at golfers who wanted more forgiveness than the company's players irons offered.
What replaced the Ben Hogan Medallion?
The cast Radial, which carried a similar forgiveness-first approach with a distinctive wide radial sole, per GolfWRX collector sourcing.
Finding a used set
The Ben Hogan Medallion ran from 1982 to 1983 and is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search eBay, 2nd Swing, Golf Avenue and the PGA Tour Superstore trade-in listings, and check the loft and lie against the chart above before buying — sets this age have often been bent from standard.
- district.net vintage-club listing 'Ben Hogan Golf Medallion Forged 2 Iron' — states a 19.5-degree loft and 39.5-inch length for the Medallion 2-iron on an Apex stiff steel shaft
- GolfWRX forum thread 'Hogan Iron Spec Sheet' (Chuck_22046, 31 October 2014) — the collector index separately lists '1978 Medallion (78-81)' and '1982 Medallion' as distinct, both-'Complete' spec entries; a related thread ('Vintage Ben Hogan. Iron Specs', April 2021) discusses the 1982 Medallion specifically and confirms it is distinguished from the 1978-81 version mainly by its 'BH' sunburst medallion badge, with collectors reporting no other detectable construction difference between the two badge years
- 3Jack Golf Blog and multiple 2ndswing/GolfWRX/collector listings — corroborate the Medallion as a cast stainless steel, game-improvement iron sold through the early 1980s, commonly as a 2-9 or 2-PW set
- Loft/lie/length figures beyond the confirmed 2-iron are extrapolated using the same per-club step pattern documented in Hogan's contemporaneous Radial factory table (this repo's ben-hogan/radial-irons.yaml, sourced from qsponge.com) — the closest same-era Hogan iron with a fully documented ladder and an identical 19.5-degree 2-iron loft; no complete Medallion-specific factory sheet was located despite extensive search, so confidence is set to low
- Deviation from the initial gap-analysis brief: year_introduced is recorded as 1982 rather than 1985. Hogan's own archived spec-sheet chooser and independent collector sources catalog only a 1978 and a 1982 Medallion — no 1985 edition is documented anywhere located — so the closer-to-1985 of the two verified years is used, with year_discontinued set to 1983 on the strength of GolfWRX collector sourcing that the (cast) Radial succeeded the Medallion in Hogan's game-improvement slot
Last reviewed 2026-07-29. Spot an error? [email protected]