Equipment
Cobra King F6: Drivers, Fairway Woods and Hybrids
It’s no wonder that equipment companies have began offering more and more adjustability in their metal woods. It gives golfers the opportunity to buy a club off the rack that’s a fit for their game. Taken a step further, it allows club fitters to quickly and easily dial in launch angles and spin rates for the best-possible performance.
Cobra has used adjustable hosels in its metal woods, by way of its MyFly hosel, for years. But last year with its Fly-Z+ driver, it introduced center of gravity (CG) adjustability, allowing golfers to adjust both launch angle and spin rate independent of loft adjustments by moving weight forward or rearward in the club head.
With its new King F6 line, Cobra is expanding that CG adjustability into a greater number of clubs — the King F6 driver and fairway woods. The hybrids also have the benefit of a weight portal, which can be used to meet specific swing weight requirements.
Cobra King F6 driver
Cobra’s new King F6+ drivers are equipped with the most adjustability the company has to offer, while its new King F6 drivers ($349) are made for golfers who need an extra boost in forgiveness or need a little more spin to improve their tee games. With two interchangeable weights — 10 grams and 3 grams — golfers will still have the luxury of adjusting center of gravity (CG) to dial in spin rate and launch angle, but the main draw of the King F6 is its ease of use.
Compared to the King F6+ drivers, the F6 will be more forgiving, higher launching and higher spinning. Translation? The F6 makes it easier for golfers to get the ball in the air and keep it there.
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The King F6 is available in four color options
Cobra King F6 Fairway Woods
The King F6 marks the first time Cobra has offered a fairway wood with CG adjustability. Each fairway wood has two weights — one that weighs 20 grams and one that weighs 3 grams — which affect launch angle and spin rate by more than 200 rpm. Positioning the heavier weight forward will create a more penetrating, lower-spinning flight, while positioning the heavier weight rearward will make the fairway wood slightly more forgiving and raise launch and spin.
The faces of the F6 fairway woods are made from 475 stainless steel, which Cobra claims are 30 percent stronger than the 465 stainless used in its predecessors, paving the way for these thinner, faster club faces.
Last year, Cobra released two fairway woods; the Fly-Z, which had a fixed weight in the back position and was higher-launching and higher-spinning, and the Fly-Z+, which had a fixed weight in the front and was lower-launching and lower-spinning.
How does the F6 in its two settings compare to the Fly-Z and Fly-Z+ fairway woods? According to Cobra’s testing, the F6 in its heavy-weight-back setting is lower spinning than the Fly-Z, and the F6 in its heavy-weight-forward setting is lower spinning than the Fly-Z+. That makes both clubs longer in both carry and total distance.
The F6 fairway woods ($239) are available in two colors: black and blue.
Cobra King F6 hybrids
Cobra’s new King F6 hybrids ($199) don’t offer CG adjustability, but they do offer a new head profile designed around a ratio associated with beauty in nature and art: the Golden Ratio.
Here’s what the Golden Ratio looks like
A few example of the Golden Ration in nature and art
Here’s what the King F6 hybrid looks like at address
Do you see the influence of the Golden Ratio in its head shape?
Aside from being “one” with nature, the King F6 hybrids have a 13-gram weight in the back portion of the sole, driving weight down and back. They also have thin, 455 stainless steel club faces designed for maximum ball speed across the face.
Compared to the Fly-Z hybrids, the F6 hybrids are 3 grams lighter, and have a CG located closer to the center of the face, or more toward the toe, according to Cobra.
The F6 hybrids are available in three models: 2/3 (16-19 degrees), 3/4 (19 to 22 degrees) and 4/5 (22 to 25 degrees).
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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/18/24): Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made.
From the seller: (@DLong72): “Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made. ?: $1150. ?? 100% milled collectors item from the limited releases commemorating when Ping putters won every major in 1988 (88 putters made). This was the model Seve Ballesteros used to win the 1988 Open Championship. Condition is brand new, never gamed, everything is in the original packaging as it came. Putter features the iconic sound slot.
Specs/ Additional Details
-100% Milled, Aluminum/Bronze Alloy (310g)
-Original Anser Design
-PING PP58 Grip
-Putter is built to standard specs.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Ping PLD Limited Anser – 1988 Open Championship – #2 of only 88 Made
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Inside Collin Morikawa’s recent golf ball, driver, 3-wood, and “Proto” iron changes
As you probably know by now, Collin Morikawa switched putters after the first round of The Masters, and he ultimately went on to finish T3.
The putter was far from the only change he made last week, however, and his bag is continuing to change this week at the 2024 RBC Heritage.
On the range of The Masters, Morikawa worked closely with Adrian Reitveld, TaylorMade’s Senior Manager of Tour at TaylorMade, to find the perfect driver and 3-wood setups.
Morikawa started off 2024 by switching into TaylorMade’s Qi10 Max driver, but since went back to his faithful TaylorMade SIM – yes, the original SIM from 2020. Somehow, some way, it seems Morikawa always ends up back in that driver, which he used to win the 2020 PGA Championship, and the 2021 Open Championship.
At The Masters, however, Rietveld said the duo found the driver head that allowed “zero compromise” on Morikawa’s preferred fade flight and spin. To match his preferences, they landed on a TaylorMade Qi10 LS 9-degree head, and the lie angle is a touch flatter than his former SIM.
“It’s faster than his gamer, and I think what we found is it fits his desired shot shape, with zero compromise” Rietveld told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the RBC Heritage.
Then, to replace his former SIM rocket 3-wood, Morikawa decided to switch into the TaylorMade Qi10 core model 13.5-degree rocket head, with an adjustable hosel.
“He likes the spin characteristics of that head,” Rietveld said. “Now he’s interesting because with Collin, you can turn up at a tournament, and you look at his 3-wood, and he’s changed the setting. One day there’s more loft on it, one day there’s less loft on it. He’s that type of guy. He’s not scared to use the adjustability of the club.
“And I think he felt our titanium head didn’t spin as low as his original SIM. So we did some work with the other head, just because he liked the feel of it. It was a little high launching, so we fit him into something with less loft. It’s a naughty little piece of equipment.”
In addition to the driver and fairway wood changes, Morikawa also debuted his new “MySymbol” jersey No. 5 TP5x golf ball at The Masters. Morikawa’s choice of symbols is likely tied to his love of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.
Not enough changes for you? There’s one more.
On Wednesday at the 2024 RBC Heritage, Morikawa was spotted with a new TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron in the bag. If you recall, it’s the same model that Rory McIlroy debuted at the 2024 Valero Texas Open.
According to Morikawa, the new Proto 4-iron will replace his old P-770 hollow-bodied 4-iron.
“I used to hit my P-770 on a string, but sometimes the distance would be a little unpredictable,” Morikawa told GolfWRX.com. “This one launches a touch higher, and I feel I can predict the distance better. I know Rory replaced his P-760 with it. I’m liking it so far.”
See Morikawa’s full WITB from the 2024 RBC Heritage here.
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Why Rory McIlroy will likely use the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper at the RBC Heritage
Although we spotted Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper last week during practice rounds at the Masters, he ultimately didn’t decide to use the club in competition.
It seems that will change this week at the 2024 RBC Heritage, played at the short-and-tight Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head.
When asked on Wednesday following his morning Pro-Am if he’d be using the new, nostalgic BRNR Copper this week, McIlroy said, “I think so.”
“I like it,” McIlroy told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday regarding the BRNR. “This would be a good week for it.”
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According to Adrian Rietveld, the Senior Manager of Tour at TaylorMade, the BRNR Mini Driver can help McIlroy position himself properly off the tee at the tight layout.
Here’s what Rietveld told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday:
“For someone like Rory, who’s that long at the top end of the bag, and then you put him on a course like Harbour Town, it’s tough off the tee. It’s tight into the greens, and you have to put yourself in position off the tee to have a shot into the green. It kind of reminds me of Valderrama in Spain, where you can be in the fairway and have no shot into the green.
“I’m caddying for Tommy [Fleetwood] this week, so I was walking the course last night and looking at a few things. There’s just such a small margin for error. You can be standing in the fairway at 300 yards and have a shot, but at 320 you don’t. So if you don’t hit a perfect shot, you could be stuck behind a tree. And then if you’re back at 280, it might be a really tough shot into the small greens.
“So for Rory [with the BRNR], it’s a nice course-specific golf club for him. He’s got both shots with it; he can move it right-to-left or left-to-right. And the main thing about this club has been the accuracy and the dispersion with it. I mean, it’s been amazing for Tommy.
“This was the first event Tommy used a BRNR last year, and I remember talking to him about it, and he said he couldn’t wait to play it at Augusta next year. And he just never took it out of the bag because he’s so comfortable with it, and hitting it off the deck.
“So you look at Rory, and you want to have the tools working to your advantage out here, and the driver could hand-cuff him a bit with all of the shots you’d have to manufacture.”
So, although McIlroy might not be making a permanent switch into the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper, he’s likely to switch into it this week.
His version is lofted at 13.5 degrees, and equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7X shaft.
See more photos of Rory testing the BRNR Mini here
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Jafar
Nov 30, 2015 at 10:14 am
I’ll take the white and silver one please…
Have a Bio Cell from a few years ago and really enjoy using it, I think Cobra is underrated when it comes to design and configuration.
jim barber
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:01 pm
I mean the King Cobra woods(sorry was just reading about the other woods too).
jim barber
Nov 18, 2015 at 11:59 am
I would love to trade in all my old(some really old)irons,putters(8-10)and woods(many real woods) for these new-all 3-woods by Big Bertha.i would even toss in an old golf bag and a few dozen good shape golf balls.
JMcDonough
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:23 am
This looks WAY BETTER than Nike’s new crap.
Xavi
Nov 17, 2015 at 9:25 pm
Golf equipment is a very personal thing, but I have to disagree the king ltd pro driver w the black tie or the project x hazardous shafts are one of the best in the market. Everyone call fall for the TM, Callaway marketing but at the end of the day you give credit where it’s due. Standard King cobra I did not get on with, but the pro head w the right shaft is the best driver on the market and I’ve tested them all intensively. Feel, sound (relative) are fantastic. Fairway w proper shaft feels and sounds great w driver like spin numbers 2100-2500, good for some bad for others. Cobra has come a long ways and quietly just put quality stuff out. But golf is a personal thing towards brand loyalty and what gives you confidence, just in my experience and opinion, top shelf stuff you’d sell yourself short not atleast going out and trying it
Mike
Nov 17, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Any thoughts on how these compare to the LTD drive and fairway woods?