Equipment
Spotted: Cobra King F7 and King F7+ drivers
Two new Cobra drivers have landed on the USGA’s Conforming Club list, the King F7 and King F7+. The black-and-white USGA photos don’t tell the whole story about the drivers, but some educated guesses can be made about performance based on the images and USGA descriptions.
For one, both drivers use a three-weight adjustability system that will give golfers the ability to create a higher, lower, or more draw-based ball flight. It’s clear from the photos that the F7+ uses a 12-gram weight and two 2-gram weights, with the positioning of the heavy weight determining the trajectory bias (back=high, forward=low, heel=draw).
Both drivers also appear to use Cobra’s Textreme carbon fiber (based on the USGA’s description), a thin, strong composite material that debuted on the crown of the company’s King LTD driver last August. The King LTD became Cobra’s most popular driver on the PGA Tour, and together with the lower-lofted King LTD Pro earned eight Gold Medals in our 2016 Gear Trials: Best Drivers Club Test, more than any other two drivers in the test.
As in previous launches, the King F7 and King F7+ appear to use Cobra’s MyFly adjustable hosel and SmartPad sole design, which allow golfers to alter loft and lie angle with only minimal change to face angle at address.
In the past, Cobra’s Plus (+) drivers have been designed with taller club faces and slightly more forward center of gravity (CG) positions, which tend to help better golfers create more distance through a higher-launching, lower-spinning ball flight. Standard models like the F7 have a wider appearance at address and concentrate on creating a more rearward CG to enhance forgiveness.
Cobra King F7
Cobra King F7+
Stay tuned to GolfWRX for more on Cobra’s 2017 golf equipment line.
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- Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.
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- Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Ping PLD putters have been a very common site on profesional tours. Pros seem to gravitate toward the PLD line’s custom options and precision milling. We have seen the PLD line expanded over the years, but we haven’t seen too many, if any, large mallets.
This week we spotted a PLD putter in Nate Lashley’s bag that has a similar look to the old Ping Wolverine head shape. This putter is a large mallet with the famous “claws” on the outside and oval center that housed the alignment aid.
Nick’s putter has the PLD logo on the back but also looks like it might have an insert installed on the face. It is hard to tell but at the address picture, it looks like the face is a lighter material than the rest of the putters. The putter is center-shafted and should be face-balanced with a high MOI for stability and forgiveness on mishits. The sole is completely milled and has no markings of name or technologies that might be present in the head. A single white site line is on the top of the putter for alignment.
Nick’s putter is finished off with a chrome steel shaft and a Super Stroke Zenergy Flatso 2.0 grip in black and white.
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gunna22
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:44 pm
Seems like a step backward with less CG adjustability
Dude
Oct 3, 2016 at 2:05 pm
Come on Cobra, change your hosel adjustment design so the grips and shaft stay aligned when adjusting the loft.
major
Oct 3, 2016 at 3:22 pm
couldnt agree more! not enough to make me not buy it, but nothing looks more like a hack than your shaft going all over the place
RI_Redneck
Oct 3, 2016 at 10:20 pm
Hey, wait a minute! I thought everyone was into “set it and forget it”?
BT
Dat
Oct 3, 2016 at 10:06 pm
Fully agree, time for this to become standard.
KK
Oct 4, 2016 at 6:53 pm
Is there a major manufacturer with that hosel feature?
JThunder
Oct 4, 2016 at 10:54 pm
Only Callaway as far as I know.
As for looking like a hack – seriously, you notice the shaft graphics on other peoples’ drivers?? I personally find no interest in looking at other guys shafts, but to each their own.
John
Oct 5, 2016 at 12:28 pm
Joke’s on them for thinking the label on the shaft is how it should be aligned in the driver.