Equipment

Cobra launches new AeroJet irons

Published

5 months ago

Jan 9, 2023

Cobra Golf has today introduced the new AeroJet irons, which are designed to allow players to pursue levels of speed and distance in their iron game.

The new irons feature a sleek new design with a refined topline and several distance-enhancing technologies, including Cobra’s new PWR-Bridge weighting design that evolves upon the PWR-Cor in LTDx to optimize weight distribution and flexibility in design for maximum power and distance.

Per Cobra, engineers discovered that they could achieve the benefits of low CG and added face and body flexion by creating a separate weight that is untethered, which is called PWR-Bridge.

The PWR-Bridge design comprises a 70g steel weight that is completely separated from the face, body and sole of the iron. The design positions the CG low in a bid to optimize launch and creates room for the body structure to flex freely around the PWR-Bridge, resulting in excellent ball speed and distance.

To further increase face deflection for faster ball speeds, the AeroJet irons feature the brand’s largest PwrShell insert with a new H.O.T. Face variable thickness pattern, featuring a 22% larger thin area (1.9 mm at the thinnest point) than the previous LTDxTM irons.

H.O.T. FACE (which stands for Highly Optimized Topology) was designed using artificial intelligence and features multiple zones with optimized thicknesses and shaping in design to deliver a larger Sweet Zone for more efficient speed and spin across the entire clubface.

Per the brand, the PWR-Bridge and PwrShell, and H.O.T Face designs produce 10% more face deflection than LTDxTM, resulting in up to 1.8 mph faster speed and up to 3.5 more yards of total distance when tested on the robot. In addition, to improve overall feel, a Polymer Feel System is incorporated using an injected polymer filler that encases the hollow area around the PWR-Bridge weight to dampen vibration in a bid to provide a soft, forged-like feel and sound at impact.

Specs & Pricing

The AeroJet Variable Length irons are available in a 5-GW set comp (RH/LH; Steel Stiff and Reg – $999) or 4-PW (RH; Steel Stiff – $999), as well as a graphite combo set in 5H, 6-PW, GW (RH; Graphite Reg and Lite – $1099). An AeroJet Women’s offering comes in a silver and ice blue colorway and is also available in a graphite combo set (RH only; $1099), consisting of 5H, 6H, 7-PW, SW.

Cobra’s AeroJet One Length irons are available in 5-GW in graphite (RH – Stiff, Reg, Lite – $1099) and in steel (RH/LH – Stiff & Reg – $99) and a graphite combo set consisting of a 5H (One Length hybrid), and 6-PW, GW One Length irons (RH; Reg & Lite Flex – $1099).

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Equipment

Adam Scott makes 3 more big changes to his equipment setup at the Memorial

Published

5 hours ago

Jun 1, 2023

Andrew Tursky

If you thought Adam Scott was slowing down on the equipment changes, you’d be wrong.

GolfWRX got the first look at the retail version of Adam Scott’s Miura AS-1 irons back at The 2023 Players Championship, but it wasn’t until this week at the 2023 Memorial Tournament that he actually put the new irons in the bag. He was previously using the original Miura prototype heads that, coincidentially, he first put into play at last year’s 2022 Memorial event. In exactly a year’s time, Scott replaced those prototype heads with the Miura AS-1 irons that were recently made available to the public.

This week, we also got an in-hand look at Scott’s new Srixon ZX Mk II driving iron, which he’s now equipping with a True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shaft.

Additionally, Getty Images spotted Scott with a new TaylorMade BRNR Mini driver in the bag this week.

According to TaylorMade, Scott is using a Stealth 2 Plus driver in combination with a BRNR Mini this week, and he’s currently leading Strokes Gained: Off the Tee after the first round of the Memorial, where he shot a 2-under 70.

Scott’s Stealth 2 Plus and BRNR Mini specs and launch numbers

Head: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees, with 10 degrees of actual loft)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7X
Length: 45 and 1/8 inches CUT (tipped 1 inch)
Weights: 19g back, 15g front
Swingweight: D3.5
Stealth 2 Plus launch conditions: 11.5° degrees launch at 2400 spin, 305 carry, 320+ total, 181 ball speed

Head: TaylorMade BRNR Mini (13.5 degrees, with 13 degrees of actual loft)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7X (tipped 1 inch)
Length: 44 inches
Weights: 13g back 5g front
Swingweight: D3
Launch Conditions: 11 degrees at 2800 spin, 282 carry, 305 total, 173 ball speed

“The BRNR Mini driver went into the bag for Adam this week because of the golf course and the distance gap between his driver and 4-wood,” said Adrian Rietveld, TaylorMade Senior Tour Manager, according to TaylorMade. “At Muirfield, drivers run out and the gapping with his 4-wood left him too far behind. As he told us during testing, with BRNR Mini, he can play the golf course instead of the golf course playing him.”

The Adam Scott equipment-centric weekly reality show continues on, and it’s appointment television at this point. Check out what the GolfWRX Forum members are saying about Scott’s latest switches in our forums.

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