Equipment

Forum Thread of the Day: “Cobra’s ‘phenomenal’ King F9 Speedback irons”

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5 years ago

Feb 12, 2019

Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from collingsom1a, who began the thread to discuss Cobra’s King F9 Speedback irons. After testing the clubs from Cobra, it’s fair to say that collingsom1a was more than a little impressed by what he found out, and detailed his experience in our forums.

“I was all set to get a set of new Ping irons like I do every 2 years. Then, I hit the new Cobra F9 irons. Holy crap, they are phenomenal. Great looks at set up, nice smaller head, not as much offset as the Ping G410’s, nice top line. Then, I hit them, and the universe exploded!!!!!!! “

“The ball literally explodes off that club face. I was getting 3-4 mph more ball speed vs the G410’s, and the trajectory was heavenly. I fight a lower trajectory with my irons, always have fought that, low draws. I was hitting the irons with a 20-degree trajectory, 145-150 carry (that’s usually my total distance with the G410’s), and these rolled out about 8-10 yds total distance. I got more rpm’s, about 5300 with the F9’s and they stopped fairly quickly on the greens.”

Here’s what some of our other members have been saying about Cobra’s F9 Irons, but make sure to check out the entire thread and have your say at the link below.

Lamb: “These are the best looking irons Cobra have ever made IMO. This is just insane. I am not a fan of a full set of OEM clubs but have a hard time not justifying Driver – PW.”
dan_mee: “Optics just too strange for mine. It’s like the baffler irons from a few years ago.”
johnnythunders: “When I did a brief test back in January the distance was impressive but what was really impressive was the dispersion with that tungsten toe and heel weight in the 7. Oh my. At the flag every shot. I will be giving them a full test when my shoulder improves. Also their hybrids and driver, but that new Mizuno is probably going in the bag.”

Entire Thread: “Cobra’s ‘phenomenal’ F9 Irons”

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Whats in the Bag

Drew Brees WITB 2024 (April)

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2 hours ago

Apr 25, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)

Mini driver: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper (13.5 degrees)

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees)

Irons: TaylorMade P790 (4-8, PW), TaylorMade P760 (9)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09, 56-10, 60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 Prototype

Check out more in-hand photos of Drew Brees’ clubs here.

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Putter Roundup: 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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3 hours ago

Apr 25, 2024

Brian Knudson

We always get some great photos of some phenomenal putters at tour events and love to share them. Here are a few from the 2024 Zurich Classic that caught our eye and seemed interesting. (And as a reminder, you can check out all our photos from New Orleans here)

MJ Daffue’s Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype

MJ is going with the new Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype this week. The putter is a multi-piece mallet that puts an emphasis on stability with the wings on the back. Daffue’s putter does have a design that differs from retail with a monotone finish, which eliminates the black paint on the aluminum parts that we see at retail. He also has a half siteline milled into the top and an L-neck welded on for some additional toe hang. The face features a deeper milling that should offer a softer feel and slightly quieter sound.

Scotty Cameron T-7.5 Prototype

We spotted a few different Scotty Cameron Phantom models with modified rear flanges. It looks like the straight black flange was cut into a half circle for a little softer look at address. On this T-7.5, you can still see the raw aluminum from the back view, so this might have been a last-minute job to get them out on tour. The semi-circle also has a white line on it, maybe to frame the ball differently.

Alex Fitzpatrick’s Bettinardi SS16 DASS

Alex’s SS16 is made from Bettinardi’s famous D.A.S.S., or double-aged stainless steel, for a softer and more responsive feel. The face has a unique diamond pattern milling and features a logo that I feel like I have seen before, but can’t put a name to. The putter is a classic mid-mallet style with a simple, single white siteline on the top. The sole is clean with just the SS16, DASS, and a green triangle logo on it.

Steve Stricker’s Odyssey White Hot No. 2

This putter has made some amazing putts in its long career! Stricker’s White Hot No. 2 might be in the top 10 of most famous putters in golf. When you see all the dents and lead tape, you know the heel will be up and it will be sinking putts! The soft White Hot insert looks to be in good shape and has less wear on it than the rest of the putter. We don’t know how much lead tape is on the sole, but it has to be multiple layers compacted down over the years.

Doug Ghim’s Scotty Cameron T-7 Prototype

This T-7 should win the award for “best color finish” in this list with its deep chromatic bronze. It looks like Scotty added a cherry bomb dot to the heel of the deep-milled face and filled it with a very dark blue paint. The rest of the putter looks pretty stock with its single site line on the topline and twin site lines down the “fangs” of the putter. Twin 5-gram weights are installed in the sole and the putter is finished off with a gloss black double bend shaft with a fill shaft offset.

Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic

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Spotted: Project X Denali hybrid shaft

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4 hours ago

Apr 25, 2024

Brian Knudson

Project X’s Denali wood shafts have been seen in more and more golf bags this year as we start off the season. As a refresher, Denali Blue is the mid-launch and mid-spin model while Denali Black is for players seeking lower launch and spin.

Denali combines great feel with stability and increased ball speed. Currently, Project X only offers Denali Blue and Black in wood shafts, but we spotted a hybrid shaft in Daniel Berger’s bag at the 2024 Zurich Classic.

Check out in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s full WITB here.

The shaft looks to be a Denali Blue 105G – HY in TX flex. No word on details from Project X yet but we can assume that this is a mid-launching shaft that weighs around 105 grams in Tour X-Stiff flex.

Berger has this shaft in his TaylorMade P770 3-iron, likely for some added launch and spin to hold the green from longer distances.

Hopefully, this means we will see some more shafts coming under the Denali name in the future, as I think many of us would like to try one in a hybrid or utility iron!