Cobra's new King F9 Speedback Driver, Woods, Hybrids and Irons (NO BUY SELL TRADE POSTS)

[Krt22]

 

TXG F9 Driver fitting video Jan 31st. Should be interesting

TLDR, fastest ball speeds Matt has ever had... This might have convinced me to get one lol.

 

I called DD's though and they don't offer my shaft of choice, so that's... sort of good. Means I'm still not 100% tempted to buy one lol.

 

I really want to see an F9 Tour comparison to LTD fairway and LTD pro vs F9.

I did a LTD Pro/F9 driver comparison a few pages back. TLDR same shaft ltd gave me highest ball speed but averages were almost identical. Ltd spun less, f9 more forgiving. Ltd felt a little softer off the face for me. More testing needed.

 

I won't be buying one because I just bought the ltd but it was excellent.

Ah I must have missed it/forgotten. This thread is moving fast.

 

Yeah I think honestly the LTD is a unicorn...center strikes are probably keeping right up with F9 but I would imagine F9 maybe marginally higher on forgiveness. Honestly, that's all I really expect/need from a driver anyway. I was getting really good speeds out of this club already, nearly perfect efficiency... can't expect much more. Only way might be if I swung F9 faster which... with a lighter head and "aerodynamics" maybe that's possible. My weakness in my game isn't driving really, it's short game, especially putting. I've had a many rounds in the 80's last year with 38 and 39 putts. Granted I could blame that on bad iron shots...

 

Anyway, I'm trying my very very best to hold off lol. As you can see... it's not easy.

 

I watched the TXG review...also watched plenty of others. TXG guy was the only one to see such dramatic ball speed increases, which were largely from swinging the club faster. With many of the slower swinging players it was marginal...maybe 1-2mph max in terms of ball speed. So I wonder if it really is the Aero. Aerodynamic drag increases with the square of velocity, so I wonder if faster swingers will benefit from it most. I top at 113-115 max so I may not see the same gains as someone consistently swinging 120+

[Z1ggy16]

True...that's a very solid point. I think I remember another user on here (quiggley something or other...) saying how he tested and thought higher CHS players would see the most benefit. I'm in your CHS range, too, but I have aspirations of 170+ ball speed this year, so 120 isn't out of the question.

 

More than anything, I could not believe how much speed he retained on a few of those poor strikes. On my old M2 I would literally lose 10mph ball speed on anything remotely heel struck.

[Krt22]

That is true, very high avg speed, not just a few nutted ones

[stk123]

 

TXG F9 Driver fitting video Jan 31st. Should be interesting

TLDR, fastest ball speeds Matt has ever had... This might have convinced me to get one lol.

 

I called DD's though and they don't offer my shaft of choice, so that's... sort of good. Means I'm still not 100% tempted to buy one lol.

 

I really want to see an F9 Tour comparison to LTD fairway and LTD pro vs F9.

I did a LTD Pro/F9 driver comparison a few pages back. TLDR same shaft ltd gave me highest ball speed but averages were almost identical. Ltd spun less, f9 more forgiving. Ltd felt a little softer off the face for me. More testing needed.

 

I won't be buying one because I just bought the ltd but it was excellent.

Ah I must have missed it/forgotten. This thread is moving fast.

 

Yeah I think honestly the LTD is a unicorn...center strikes are probably keeping right up with F9 but I would imagine F9 maybe marginally higher on forgiveness. Honestly, that's all I really expect/need from a driver anyway. I was getting really good speeds out of this club already, nearly perfect efficiency... can't expect much more. Only way might be if I swung F9 faster which... with a lighter head and "aerodynamics" maybe that's possible. My weakness in my game isn't driving really, it's short game, especially putting. I've had a many rounds in the 80's last year with 38 and 39 putts. Granted I could blame that on bad iron shots...

 

Anyway, I'm trying my very very best to hold off lol. As you can see... it's not easy.

 

I watched the TXG review...also watched plenty of others. TXG guy was the only one to see such dramatic ball speed increases, which were largely from swinging the club faster. With many of the slower swinging players it was marginal...maybe 1-2mph max in terms of ball speed. So I wonder if it really is the Aero. Aerodynamic drag increases with the square of velocity, so I wonder if faster swingers will benefit from it most. I top at 113-115 max so I may not see the same gains as someone consistently swinging 120+

 

I really struggled to get swing speed up with F9. I swung around 107mph on two separate occasions. Other clubs averaged 109mph first time and 110-111 second time.

 

Best to go get fit and not buy simply based on reviews. The smash factor was highest with Cobra, which kind of leads me to believe trackman wasn't capturing CHS properly. That said, I still got higher ball speeds with other clubs.

 

I may still buy an F9 to test in real world on course. It was consistently long on the LM, but all over the place.

[300_Straight]

FYI, you can still get the LTD Pro adapter and they will work for the F9. This will allow you to set the driver to Fade setting which is flatter. Something to think about if folks are missing left.

Excellent point. I forgot to mention that the fade setting on the LTD Pro adapter WORKS. Turned my left miss into a soft draw with both drivers in my comparison. A couple I swore would be a 50 yard hook turned out to be just slightly left. Again, shaft plays a big part too.

[Cruisin1966]

I really want to see an F9 Tour comparison to LTD fairway and LTD pro vs F9.

 

Give me some time and I can do just that.

 

LTD Pro && F9 w/ Tensei Tour AV proto

LTD 3/4 && F9 Tour 3/4 w/ ProjectX HZRDUS Smoke 6.5

[rsh0308]

FYI, you can still get the LTD Pro adapter and they will work for the F9. This will allow you to set the driver to Fade setting which is flatter. Something to think about if folks are missing left.

Excellent point. I forgot to mention that the fade setting on the LTD Pro adapter WORKS. Turned my left miss into a soft draw with both drivers in my comparison. A couple I swore would be a 50 yard hook turned out to be just slightly left. Again, shaft plays a big part too.

Works on the LTD Pro but I’m not sure putting an Pro adapter into the “fade” setting makes the F9 fade biased. I’m under the impression the adapters are actually the same with different markings.

I have 4 different Cobra shafts for my LTD Pro and F7+ after some issues with stock (long story but I bought an F7+ and the shaft was broken and somehow with Cobras awesome customer service I ended up with 3 different shafts at no cost after months of back and forth).

4 shafts have 3 different adjustment settings: 7-10 deg with fade, 8-11 and 9-12 with draw. They’re all the same adapter with different label as told to me by the rep. It’s the head shape that determines the actual draw or fade bias.

 

Aka

LTD Pro adapter “fade” = F7/8/9 “neutral”

LTD Pro adapter “neutral” = F7/8/9 “draw”

 

 

[Landy]

Hello was wondering if anyone in the 90mph SS range try this driver as I don’t think we will see as much increase in the ball speed. Thank you

[casey_0507]

FYI, you can still get the LTD Pro adapter and they will work for the F9. This will allow you to set the driver to Fade setting which is flatter. Something to think about if folks are missing left.

Excellent point. I forgot to mention that the fade setting on the LTD Pro adapter WORKS. Turned my left miss into a soft draw with both drivers in my comparison. A couple I swore would be a 50 yard hook turned out to be just slightly left. Again, shaft plays a big part too.

Works on the LTD Pro but Im not sure putting an Pro adapter into the fade setting makes the F9 fade biased. Im under the impression the adapters are actually the same with different markings.

I have 4 different Cobra shafts for my LTD Pro and F7+ after some issues with stock (long story but I bought an F7+ and the shaft was broken and somehow with Cobras awesome customer service I ended up with 3 different shafts at no cost after months of back and forth).

4 shafts have 3 different adjustment settings: 7-10 deg with fade, 8-11 and 9-12 with draw. Theyre all the same adapter with different label as told to me by the rep. Its the head shape that determines the actual draw or fade bias.

 

Aka

LTD Pro adapter fade = F7/8/9 neutral

LTD Pro adapter neutral = F7/8/9 draw

 

This is correct.

[rsh0308]

Not to mention now they use Std, -1, +1 so there are at least 4 MyFLY adapters that are interchangeable.

[300_Straight]

FYI, you can still get the LTD Pro adapter and they will work for the F9. This will allow you to set the driver to Fade setting which is flatter. Something to think about if folks are missing left.

Excellent point. I forgot to mention that the fade setting on the LTD Pro adapter WORKS. Turned my left miss into a soft draw with both drivers in my comparison. A couple I swore would be a 50 yard hook turned out to be just slightly left. Again, shaft plays a big part too.

Works on the LTD Pro but I’m not sure putting an Pro adapter into the “fade” setting makes the F9 fade biased. I’m under the impression the adapters are actually the same with different markings.

I have 4 different Cobra shafts for my LTD Pro and F7+ after some issues with stock (long story but I bought an F7+ and the shaft was broken and somehow with Cobras awesome customer service I ended up with 3 different shafts at no cost after months of back and forth).

4 shafts have 3 different adjustment settings: 7-10 deg with fade, 8-11 and 9-12 with draw. They’re all the same adapter with different label as told to me by the rep. It’s the head shape that determines the actual draw or fade bias.

 

Aka

LTD Pro adapter “fade” = F7/8/9 “neutral”

LTD Pro adapter “neutral” = F7/8/9 “draw”

I think you're right. It definitely seemed to work on the F9, though. Placebo maybe?

[awtryau89]

FYI, you can still get the LTD Pro adapter and they will work for the F9. This will allow you to set the driver to Fade setting which is flatter. Something to think about if folks are missing left.

Excellent point. I forgot to mention that the fade setting on the LTD Pro adapter WORKS. Turned my left miss into a soft draw with both drivers in my comparison. A couple I swore would be a 50 yard hook turned out to be just slightly left. Again, shaft plays a big part too.

Works on the LTD Pro but I’m not sure putting an Pro adapter into the “fade” setting makes the F9 fade biased. I’m under the impression the adapters are actually the same with different markings.

I have 4 different Cobra shafts for my LTD Pro and F7+ after some issues with stock (long story but I bought an F7+ and the shaft was broken and somehow with Cobras awesome customer service I ended up with 3 different shafts at no cost after months of back and forth).

4 shafts have 3 different adjustment settings: 7-10 deg with fade, 8-11 and 9-12 with draw. They’re all the same adapter with different label as told to me by the rep. It’s the head shape that determines the actual draw or fade bias.

 

Aka

LTD Pro adapter “fade” = F7/8/9 “neutral”

LTD Pro adapter “neutral” = F7/8/9 “draw”

I think you're right. It definitely seemed to work on the F9, though. Placebo maybe?

 

My bad. I thought the Pro adapter acted like Ping’s new adapter or PXGs adapter. Those have true flat settings which do the opposite of draw and flatten the lie angle. I was almost sure there are adapters used by the Cobra tour staff that will flatten the lie as well. Maybe I am not remembering correctly.

[davo32683]

If anyone on this site orders directly from the Cobra site or calls them to order directly, YOU ARE THROWING AWAY A LOT OF MONEY.

 

Order from an independent small shop that can play with the price a bit.... You will NOT have to pay $449 for one.

Does DD's carry VA Composite shafts?

 

I might be able to get one. Pm me

[Big Ben]

It’s just one mans opinion here but I think we play launch monitor on WRX more than we play golf. The real test for me is ALWAYS on the green grass.

[IL2AZ]

It’s just one mans opinion here but I think we play launch monitor on WRX more than we play golf. The real test for me is ALWAYS on the green grass.

 

Completely agree. I have been guilty of this multiple times. This is the main reason I am sticking with the G400 LST for this upcoming season. It is not as low spin as other "low spin" offerings, but on the course it is the most accurate driver I have ever hit. I am willing to give up the occasional bomb for slighlty more spin on a toe miss to keep it in play.

[3woodvt]

2 hours away from watching Matty get fit w the F9 after recording 5 mph more ball speeds than any other driver avg speeds. Going to be interesting to see his distance and dispersion numbers once completed. TWX reviews are so much better than others out there for those of us that look at numbers. Like others in here I find myself looking at buying another one....maybe the Avalanche white w matte top just to switch it up some. I need an intervention .

[BostonWRX]

2 hours away from watching Matty get fit w the F9 after recording 5 mph more ball speeds than any other driver avg speeds. Going to be interesting to see his distance and dispersion numbers once completed. TWX reviews are so much better than others out there for those of us that look at numbers. Like others in here I find myself looking at buying another one....maybe the Avalanche white w matte top just to switch it up some. I need an intervention .

I got my reminder set. Looking forward to it.

[Z1ggy16]

2 hours away from watching Matty get fit w the F9 after recording 5 mph more ball speeds than any other driver avg speeds. Going to be interesting to see his distance and dispersion numbers once completed. TWX reviews are so much better than others out there for those of us that look at numbers. Like others in here I find myself looking at buying another one....maybe the Avalanche white w matte top just to switch it up some. I need an intervention .

We're here for you buddy... just remember, every time you think of buying a driver, do you breathing. Maybe we should set up weekly meetings??

[adam2883]

2 hours away from watching Matty get fit w the F9 after recording 5 mph more ball speeds than any other driver avg speeds. Going to be interesting to see his distance and dispersion numbers once completed. TWX reviews are so much better than others out there for those of us that look at numbers. Like others in here I find myself looking at buying another one....maybe the Avalanche white w matte top just to switch it up some. I need an intervention .

 

The white with the matte top is money, looks so good in person and setting up to the ball

[jabwind51]

Haha. I mean if this is the best driver EVER why not have 2???! I personally got two different shafts and did different weights to experiment.

[Jagpilotohio]

It’s just one mans opinion here but I think we play launch monitor on WRX more than we play golf. The real test for me is ALWAYS on the green grass.

 

Hummm. Funny you say that.

 

I was a professional instructor and fitter in the 90’s and I have Used a launch monitor exactly ONCE for fitting myself in the last 20 years, and that was 4 years ago at an outdoor demo day. If I can’t see the actual ball flight outside I don’t want to bother with it. I’ve been playing long enough to know what my ideal ball flight should look like.

 

I will probably go down to Miles of golf this spring when it warms up a little and hit on their monitors onto the range at their “cluboratory”. Do my own shaft testing. I’ll just bring a few of the shafts that I know have worked well for me over the last few years and see which one actually gives me the best numbers. I’ll have an LTD head and an F9 head with the weight adjusted up to where I need it to play them at 43.5” and perhaps 4 or 5 different shafts with Cobra tips.

 

Simple test. If the F9 beats the LTD it goes in the bag, if not, it goes on BST.

[Jagpilotohio]

 

It’s up

[300_Straight]

This is where I stop reading this thread until I watch the video. Then come back to discuss.

[Captain Morgan]

Wish my push would go 360.

[Kmac]

Geeeeesus his #'s are crazy.

[Kmac]

Dude is DJ long!

[BostonWRX]

184 BS

[Captain Morgan]

I’m normally not at lose for words but with this all I can do is shake my head.

[BostonWRX]

Happy I already ordered mine....

[bnb9433]

184 BS

 

Wow