Cobra '19 News?

[dan_smee]

Ugh - waiting sucks! Announce the F9s already!

[dcmidnight]

Can the irons be pre ordered online anywhere?

 

I believe fairwaygolfusa has them for preorder.

 

I bought my F7s and F8s from Discount Dans, they were always great to work with. I think both times I placed the order in early December.

[uscgolfguy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dan_smee]

Looks a lot better ‘in real life’ - have no idea how that colour scheme made it past the concept stage though

[dan_smee]

Looking forward to pictures of the F9 irons surfacing

[andrieddle]

Liking the look for sure

[SvenS3]

Lets see the fairways F9 and F9+ :superman2: :superman:

[islesmb]

Lets see the fairways F9 and F9+ :superman2: :superman:

 

https://twitter.com/golfnation_/status/1057242295739789313

[wkndhack]

Interesting that this new photos have standard adapters in them as opposed to the new increment labels.

[getair23]

Interesting that this new photos have standard adapters in them as opposed to the new increment labels.

Most likely they were testing with previous generation adapter.

[Z1ggy16]

I feel like the speedback would be distracting looking, even as subtle as it is. Do love Cobra stuff so I hope they are on to something.

 

The yellow is hideous, though. Those are going to be selling for <50% of the retail price by the end of next year just like the wacky looking Fly Z's did. I bought one for $90 brand new about one year after it came out.

[SvenS3]

I must say that I really like the yellow with the carbon crown.

 

It seems like the F9 Tour (plus) Fairway Woods have other Turbolators than the standard Version. Looks funny, seems like there is something missing on the crown. Don't like the look of the crown.

 

The normal one looks way better in the shiny version with the yellow, than the white with the matt and shiny crown.

 

Hope to geht some Infos on the Shafts for the Fairways (Europe Specs, not US availability)

[Longballjock]

Just read a full review on this, I can't see me changing from my F8 , I prefer the look of the F8 also.

 

I know it was Rickie who gave the Ok on the yellow even over orange. But for the more subtle player there is a colour called avalanche which is between white and a light grey.

 

Also no f9+ the 9* head will act as the plus.

 

Will give it a try but going by looks the now I will be gaming the F8 for another season atleast.

[wkndhack]

This is a funky looking iron.

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/cobra-king-f9-speedback-irons-sport-distinctive-shape-aimed-at-both-forgiveness-and-distance/amp?__twitter_impression=true

[elwhippy]

That iron is errr different.

[TheMoneyShot]

 

 

 

 

 

That thing looks mean!!!

[MooJersey]

Interesting F9 line of products are not on the Cobra Golf website yet ?

[TheMoneyShot]

Interesting F9 line of products are not on the Cobra Golf website yet ?

 

They just updated their FB Page with the new line.

[datkison]

Interesting F9 line of products are not on the Cobra Golf website yet ?

 

They are now

[uscgolfguy]

Interesting F9 line of products are not on the Cobra Golf website yet ?

 

They are now

 

 

Making us wait until January 18, 2019 for a new driver??? Santa is not going to be happy!!!!

 

 

 

 

[Noke]

This is a funky looking iron.

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/cobra-king-f9-speedback-irons-sport-distinctive-shape-aimed-at-both-forgiveness-and-distance/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

Looks like they’re doing progressive shaft weights on the F9 One Length irons? First they changed the lie angles from uniform to variable, and now shaft weights. The length is basically the only constant with their SL irons now. Swing weight too I guess.

 

Interesting ideas. I’ll be curious to see whether people notice more/less consistency vs Cobra’s previous One Length sets.

[datkison]

This is a funky looking iron.

 

https://www.golfdige...impression=true

 

Looks like they're doing progressive shaft weights on the F9 One Length irons?

 

I'm pretty sure that they've been doing progressive weights on the shafts. The stock shaft AMT stands for "Ascending Mass Technology".

[Noke]

This is a funky looking iron.

 

https://www.golfdige...impression=true

 

Looks like they're doing progressive shaft weights on the F9 One Length irons?

 

I'm pretty sure that they've been doing progressive weights on the shafts. The stock shaft AMT stands for "Ascending Mass Technology".

 

On the One Lengths, tho? I am unaware that they have been doing that in the past on those sets. Progressive shaft tipping, maybe, but not varying shaft weights by 25-30g through the set.

[datkison]

This is a funky looking iron.

 

https://www.golfdige...impression=true

 

Looks like they're doing progressive shaft weights on the F9 One Length irons?

 

I'm pretty sure that they've been doing progressive weights on the shafts. The stock shaft AMT stands for "Ascending Mass Technology".

 

On the One Lengths, tho? I am unaware that they have been doing that in the past on those sets. Progressive shaft tipping, maybe, but not varying shaft weights by 25-30g through the set.

 

Looks like it may be only in the FTB not the F8's. This is from the page for FTBs Steel shafts feature progressive weighting (increase in 3g increments through the set) to deliver higher launching long irons, and lower, more controlled trajectories in the short irons.

[Belmont148]

Progressive weighting in the AMT shafts for FTB variable length only. For one length, they use all 7i shafts.

 

This is a pretty big change for the F9 one length. This whole one length thing is so confusing. One minute I hear you are supposed to swing the exact same swing through the set. Now they say you need to swing stronger lofted clubs faster to get the right performance and wedges easier, so they are using different weighted shafts. Who the heck knows anymore. I think they are just throwing crap on the wall with one length at this point.

[Noke]

Progressive weighting in the AMT shafts for FTB variable length only. For one length, they use all 7i shafts.

 

This is a pretty big change for the F9 one length. This whole one length thing is so confusing. One minute I hear you are supposed to swing the exact same swing through the set. Now they say you need to swing stronger lofted clubs faster to get the right performance and wedges easier, so they are using different weighted shafts. Who the heck knows anymore. I think they are just throwing crap on the wall with one length at this point.

 

That's what I thought as well. As a single-length player (Sterling), I value having my specs the same from 4h-LW and I feel that it's helped me play some really good golf. I could get behind the F8 OL having variable lie angles, but not sure about the variable shaft weighting.

 

All that said, Cobra generally makes good stuff and their R&D seems solid. Olsavsky has been in charge of some seriously good products over the years. I'm curious how they will implement the different shaft weights.

[datkison]

Progressive weighting in the AMT shafts for FTB variable length only. For one length, they use all 7i shafts.

 

This is a pretty big change for the F9 one length. This whole one length thing is so confusing. One minute I hear you are supposed to swing the exact same swing through the set. Now they say you need to swing stronger lofted clubs faster to get the right performance and wedges easier, so they are using different weighted shafts. Who the heck knows anymore. I think they are just throwing crap on the wall with one length at this point.

 

The info I quoted about AMT was directly from the COBRA site on the FTB ONE length page.

[ALaB13]

Progressive weighting in the AMT shafts for FTB variable length only. For one length, they use all 7i shafts.

 

This is a pretty big change for the F9 one length. This whole one length thing is so confusing. One minute I hear you are supposed to swing the exact same swing through the set. Now they say you need to swing stronger lofted clubs faster to get the right performance and wedges easier, so they are using different weighted shafts. Who the heck knows anymore. I think they are just throwing crap on the wall with one length at this point.

 

That's what I thought as well. As a single-length player (Sterling), I value having my specs the same from 4h-LW and I feel that it's helped me play some really good golf. I could get behind the F8 OL having variable lie angles, but not sure about the variable shaft weighting.

 

All that said, Cobra generally makes good stuff and their R&D seems solid. Olsavsky has been in charge of some seriously good products over the years. I'm curious how they will implement the different shaft weights.

 

The name is One LENGTH not one spec.The idea is to allow the same* setup with virtually every iron. *setup being more so overall posture than to exact ball position.

 

The concept is not foreign. Simply look to the number of players on tour who will use different shafts in their driving irons or use a combo set of irons with a more CB or *forgiving* head design, they are typically seeking easier launch while maintaining the same control.

 

The biggest issue i see with the average golfer who doesn't generate any where close to tour speeds is that with heavier shafts in the long irons the average joe tends to shorter up and swing harder rather than let the length of their swing dictate overall speed. Much if this could easily be attributed to the weight of the shaft in conjuncture with a full/long swing being difficult to control.

 

By moving to a light weight shaft in the long irons, it simply allows golfers to flight the ball higher. The biggest issue I've seen reported is that the shorter long irons simply don't get high enough despite contact/strike reported being much improved. The shorter shaft = lower launch is also a well known aspect of the golf swing. They even discuss it in the TS Driver fitting video from a while back.

 

With all that being said, it must be kept in mind that the "stock" offerings have a very specific portion of the bell curve that it is tailoring to. Player's who have no issue generating speed or can strike/elevate long irons with ease need not concern themselves with the stock specs as they likely would be moving in to a fitted set anyways.

 

As a builder/fitter/tinkerer the choice to move to different weight of shaft makes a lot of sense.

[Belmont148]

Progressive weighting in the AMT shafts for FTB variable length only. For one length, they use all 7i shafts.

 

This is a pretty big change for the F9 one length. This whole one length thing is so confusing. One minute I hear you are supposed to swing the exact same swing through the set. Now they say you need to swing stronger lofted clubs faster to get the right performance and wedges easier, so they are using different weighted shafts. Who the heck knows anymore. I think they are just throwing crap on the wall with one length at this point.

 

The info I quoted about AMT was directly from the COBRA site on the FTB ONE length page.

 

My bad.

[provx]

Was hoping the one length hybrid would also be offered in 17 degrees or even a one length 15 degree fairway, always wanted to try a 7 iron length club off the tee that would go 4 woodish distance