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In-hand photos of Cobra’s new King F7 and King F7+ drivers

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Ten days after appearing on the USGA’s Conforming Club List, we spotted Cobra’s new King F7 and King F7+ drivers on the range at the Safeway Open. Cobra still hasn’t provided official details on the new drivers, but we can confirm a few things from our color photos than were only speculative from the USGA’s black-and-white images.

It’s clear from the crown graphics that both the King F7 and King F7+ will use Cobra’s Textreme Crown, an especially thin, strong and lightweight carbon fiber material that was used on the company’s King LTD driver, but not the King F6 and King F6+ drivers. According to Cobra, Textreme helps reduce the weight of the top of the driver, allowing more mass to be placed lower or deeper in the head to improve launch conditions.

The Textreme technology is highlighted on the back of the crown, but also by a diamond pattern that was well cloaked on the King LTD’s black crown. It’s similarly muted on the black King F7+ driver we photographed, is more visible on the blue King F7+ driver.

Black King F7+ Driver

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Blue King F7+ Driver

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Both the King F7+ drivers we photographed have a matte paint finish, but interestingly the King F7 drivers have a glossy finish. The King F7 model is also noticeably wider from toe to heel, as well as from front to back, resulting in a shallower driver head.

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Both drivers we photographed use three adjustable sole weights (12 grams, 2 grams and 2 grams), which allow golfers to position the heavy weight rearward for a higher ball flight, heel-ward for more draw bias or forward for a lower ball flight. Because of the King F7’s shape, the driver should be more forgiving than the King F7+.

Blue King F7 Driver 

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Both drivers appear use Cobra’s familiar MyFly loft adjustability system, which pairs with a specially designed sole (Cobra’s SmartPad), which helps keep face angle square as driver loft and lie angle are adjusted.

Related: See what GolfWRXers are saying about the new drivers in our forum. 

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  1. Rory Mack

    Oct 31, 2016 at 6:54 pm

    i have the f6+ and it is a piece of crap. dirt gets in through the sliding track and you have to empty it every day. would not recommend. hope the f7+ is better

  2. rjr25

    Oct 17, 2016 at 8:29 am

    cobra is getting pretty legit. just got the fly-z+ driver myself, love it

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  4. Ian

    Oct 14, 2016 at 11:34 pm

    Does anyone know if there will be a f7+ fairway? The Bio Cell and Fly-z+ fairways were the best

  5. Jeff

    Oct 13, 2016 at 11:01 am

    The speed channel was moved to the inside of the head…people were complaining that dirt and grass was getting stuck in the channel and hard to clean…

  6. Smitty

    Oct 13, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Interesting they appear to be going away from the channel around the club face. Love the looks of that matte black F7+.

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Adam Scott WITB 2024 (May)

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  • Adam Scott what’s in the bag accurate as of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson. 

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 TX

 

Driver: TaylorMade BRNR (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X

7-wood: TaylorMade Stealth (21 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Black 9 X

Irons: Srixon ZX Mk II (3), Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (5), Srixon Z-Forged II (6-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 54-08M), SM9 (LW), WedgeWorks (LW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-54), S400 (LW)

Putter: L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Proto

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

See the rest of Adam Scott’s WITB in the forums.

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Pierceson Coody WITB 2024 (April)

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi 10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 70 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi 10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 80 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P790 (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-6), and TaylorMade P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 58-08LB)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Reserve Juno

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

Check out more in-hand photos of Pierceson Coody’s WITB here.

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Why Ben Griffin is making the surprising switch to a Maxfli golf ball

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Ben Griffin might be a little too young to remember some of the iconic Maxfli golf balls that won on tour, but that isn’t stopping him from putting the newest Tour X ball from the brand in play. Today, Maxfli and Griffin announced an exclusive partnership that will see the PGA Tour player using the company’s four-piece golf ball.

While Griffin might be the first PGA Tour player to put a new Maxfli golf ball in play, he isn’t the first profesional golfer to do so. Lexi Thompson has been playing the Maxfli Tour golf ball on the LPGA Tour since the beginning of the 2024.

 

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We caught up with Ben at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas this week to ask him about the new ball switch.

“I was able to finally get my hands on some and try it and immediately I saw faster ball speed with the driver, which is always something every golfer wants to see.

“Then I had to test a lot around the greens and test irons, test spins, test everything like that. Basically, I came to the conclusion that I thought this was probably one of the best golf balls for my game.

“And so I decided to make it official and partner with them and very excited to help kind of launch this golf ball and see where it takes us.”

Griffin’s ball of choice is the Maxfli Tour X, a four-piece golf ball that is made for highly skilled players that want consistent distance off the driver and spin around the green. An updated core design helps add the ball speed that Griffin mentioned and two ionomer mantle layers separate low spin driver shots from higher spin iron and wedge shots. Maxfli uses Center Of center-of-gravity balancing to ensure each ball has consistent flight in the air and roll on the green. Like all golf balls on tour, the Tour X features a cast urethane cover for maximum performance, and it has a tetrahedron dimple pattern to enhance aerodynamics.

It is exciting to see a golf ball at a lower price point — $39.99 at Golf Galaxy — being used by a top 100 ranked player in the world like Ben Griffin, and equipment junkies will be keenly watching his performance with the new ball.

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