(5) Testers ANNOUNCED: Cobra Connect Challenge II - The Full Bag Edition

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Aw, what the heck, maybe lightning will strike

 

1. Your first name and home state or province

 

Between Ontario and Ohio

 

2. Your current set makeup

 

TaylorMade R15 12* Aldila Rogue Silver 60 S cut to 44.5"

Titleist 906F4 15.5* GD YS-6+ S 43" (std)

Titleist 910H 21* Bassara Red R 40" (std)

Titleist 716 AP2 4-P TT AMT-S300 +1" 2-up

Vokeys bent to 51* and 63* +1" 2-up

Cougar 56* +1" 2-up

Odyssey Black Series 3 37" (+2")

A little white ball that says Titleist with a bunch of dimples

 

3. Your current handicap

 

14-15 range

 

4. Your goals for the 2018 golf season

 

- work on swing faults thereby improving consistency with irons

- improve wedge play

- lower hdcp by 1-2 points

 

Thanks and good luck to all!

 

 

[Soccertoad 0]

Gary from Virginia

 

Taylormade M2 driver

Taylormade RBZ 3wood

Callaway XR hybrid

Mizuno JPX 800Pro irons 4-PW

Cleveland wedges 52,54,60

Titleist putter

 

15.0 index

 

Goals are to consistently get into the 80's; develop a consistent ball strike; developed a better short game; find more fairways

[smdykas 0]

1. Sebastian, Mi

 

2. Bag set up

• Irons – Wilson V4 5-pw, DGS300
• Wedges – Vokey SM5 52, 56, 60
• Driver – Wilson Triton 9 degree Stiff shaft
• 3 metal – Titleist 915 15 degree stiff shaft
• Hybrids – Titleist 915 18 degree and 21 degree stiff shaft
• Putter – Bettinardi Queen B9, 33.25” with P2 grip

 

 

3. Your current handicap - 10

 

4. Your goals for the 2018 golf season

• Get back to consistent single digit handicap
• Play at least 9 holes a day 4 days M-F, and 18 every weekend
• Improve my wedge game from 100 and in for proximity to hole

 

I have hit the cobra products before and was amazed at how great they are! The cb/mb combos are as good as anything out there! Cobra is definitely a top tier golf equipment company.

[Celtics72 0]

1. Your first name and home state or province

Monty (New York)

 

2. Your current set makeup

Cobra offset Driver

Adams Tight Lies Fairway Woods/Hybrids

Nicklaus Irons

Cleveland Wedges

 

3. Your current handicap

7.7

4. Your goals for the 2018 golf season

Find 10-15 yards off the tee, 1/2 club with my irons, which would get my Handicap under 6 for the 1st time since I had kids 15 years ago

[cazac 5]

Zac..Minnesota

 

Driver:Callaway Razr fit Xtreme 9.5"

 

3w:Sonortech 13*

 

Hybrid: Adams mini pro 20*

 

Irons:Adams XTD 4-pw

 

Wedges Adams Puglielli 50",54*,58*

 

Handicap:3.4

 

Goals:Lower my handicap to scratch through meaningful practice, not just beating balls, concentrating more on my swing mechanics, and doing it while having fun! Play more tournaments, and be competitive! Play more rounds with friends.

[Sidelgato68 0]

Patrick-Rhode Island

 

14 handicap

 

Nike Vapor Fly Irons & Driver

 

Nike Endgage Wedges

 

Odyssey putter

 

Been looking at Cobra as my next set. Reviews have been great on them. Goals for 2018 are continuing to work on consistency and improvement to get to a 10 this season. Hit a 78 one round last season so it can be done!

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Tim From Massachusetts

 

Driver, 3 Wood, 3H: Callaway GBB Epic

Irons: Callaway Steelhead XR 17 4-P 

Wedges: Callaway MD3 50, 56, 60 Degree 

 

Current Handicap: 20

 

Goals: Get down do 12 or better, play 60 or more rounds between April and August

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Bob from Virginia

Driver: Cobra F7+

3wood : cobra fly Z Pro

Hybrid : taylormade RBZ3

Irons : Wilson V4. 4-PW

Wedges : Vokey 54 & 58

Putter : odyssey tank 1

 

Goals: gain 5 yards, consistently hit the fairways, tighten dispersion

Handicap 8.9

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1. Sean from Maryland

 

2. Current set:

Ping G30 Driver, 3 Wood, 3&4 Hybrid, 5-PI Irons

Callaway 52, 56, 60 degree wedges

Ping Cadence TR Putter

Arccos 360 on all clubs

 

3. Current Hadicap: 17

 

4. My goals for this season include:

-Breaking 80

-Having fun

 

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Gene from New Mexico

Driver:Taylormade M3

3 Wood:Ping G30

5,7,and 9 Woods:Ping G400

5 and 6 hybrids: Ping400

7,8,9 irons: Ping G400

Wedges 50,54,and58 degrees: Ping Glide

Putter:Taylormade Spider Tour Red

Handicap 10

Goal hcp 6

[m9163569 2]

1). Mark Quebec,Canada

 

2) current set

driver: cobra king f6. Matrix red tie stiff shaft, set at 9 degree.

Fairway wood: taylormade m2 highlaunch 16.5 degree, stiff

Hybrids: taylormade rocketballz 4h, 5h

Irons: titleist AP2. 5i - PW

Wedges: titleist vokey SM6 - 52 degree, 56 degree, 60 degree

Putter: Scotty Cameron kombi

 

3) current handicap: 7

 

4) 2018 goals

- improve handicap to 5.5

- average 9 GIR per round

- average 2 birdies per round

- improve driving accuracy (hit fairway 40-50% of time)

- improve iron play (distance from pin on approach shots)

- improve chipping and pitching (distance to pin)

- improve sand play (up and down % to >30%)

- improve putting (2 putts or less - 90% of the time

- qualify for class A inter club team

- finish top 10 A class in club championship

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Dan from Michigan

 

Cobra Fly+ driver, 3 wood and hybrid

Mizuno JPX-800 irons and wedges

Taylormade daddylonglegs putter

 

6 handicap

 

Keep getting better!

I play 3 - 4 times a week.

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Michael, NY

Taylormade m2 driver and fairway

Callaway X-ray irons

Vokey sm4 wedges

Odyssey oworks 2 ball

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2018 plans are to get back to shooting in the 80s for 18 holes after having a slump of a year last season.

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^Name:

^{Bryan in Texas}

 

^{Current set:} 

• Cobra FlyZ+ driver
  
• Adams hybrids 17/22


• Wilson FG Tour V2 irons 4-pw


• Titleist Vokey sm6 F-56


• Ping Zing2 putter

 

^{Current hdcp} 

^11.4

 

^{Goals for 2018:}

• Get my hdcp back down to around 6
  
• Top 3 in at least 5 individual amateur events


• Coincidentally one plan/goal is to transition to across the board Cobra (was already shopping to do just that)

Thank you !

 

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Zach Gillean, Fort Worth Texas

Cleveland Launcher driver and woods

Taylor made Burner hybrid

Nike slingshot irons

Cleveland wedges

Nike mallet putter

Handicap:20+

 

Goals:

 

1. Lower my handicap

2. Play consistent bogey golf

3. Not be intimidated on the course by my poor play

[Budyzr1 1]

Bud, Ohio

2. Driver: Taylormade 2017 M1 with Hzard yellow 63g stiff

3. 3 wood: Taylermade M2 Stiff

4: Hybrid: Taylormade rbz2 4 stiff

5: Irons: Mizuno JPX EZ 4 thu gap wedge

6: SandWedge: Wilson Fatshaft graphite stiff

7: Wedges: Cleveland RTX 2 58, RTX2 60

Putter: Taylormade Spyder Tour

3. 18 handicap

4. Continue to lower my handicap, improve consistency.

 

Good luck to all

[PharmD Pete 0]

1. Pete, Colorado

2. 4.5 index

 

2. D TM R7 430 TP, Hybrid TM rescue 17 degree, 3i Mizuno MP-52, 4-W Titleist CB 716, Wedges Vokey 52, 54 SM5, 60 SM3 

 

Goal for the season is to place in the city amateur and win club championship.

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Matt -  New Jersey : Born to Run!

Handicap - 15

If selected I would choose to demo King F8 ONE Length.

 

Whats in the bag.

Self assembled, (third full set)

Woods: 

Lynx Black Cat Tour Carbon Crown (Goldsmith version)

Driver, 3, 5, 7

Driver 44”

Aldila VS Proto - Swing Weight D1 (all)

Lamkin R.E.L. 3Gen

 

Irons:

Lynx Black Cat Tour DC (Goldsmith version)

5 - PW

Aldila VS Proto - Swing Weight D1 (all)

Lamkin R.E.L. 3Gen

PW 36”. Set built with 3/8” gapping.

 

Wedges:

Cobra Big Trusty Rusty

50, 55, 60

Paderson KINETIXX TS-W

Lamkin R.E.L. 3Gen

50 Swing Weight D2

55 & 60 Swing Weight D3

 

Putter:

Odyssey White Hot  2-Ball

SuperStroke - The Claw

34” Swing Weight C7

 

Goals:

Break 80!  Two seasons with this setup took me from breaking 100 to the 80's.  Lowest score so far is 82.

Play well in Princeton University weekly league. Will be my first season.

Win lowest net total for 4 rounds, in yearly buddies trip, 24 players. (November)

 

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1. Brad.  Michigan.

 

2. Cobra LTD driver.  F7 Fairway.  F6 Baffler.  Adams XTD irons, Project X LZ 5.5.  Callaway MD3 50, 54, 58, Ping Anser 2.

 

3. Handicap is 7.7

 

4. This years goal is to practice more, play even more golf, and drop a point or two off of the handicap. Break 70.  

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Greetings!

 

Name is Mark from Phoenix, AZ

 

Equipment:

Nike SQ driver

Srixon Z355 3 wood

Titleist hybrid

Nike pro combo irons

Wilson staff wedges

Currie Putter

 

Handicap: 7

 

Goals:

• Take advantage of advancements in distance and consistency of new clubs (tired of hitting 2 clubs longer than my playing partners with 20 year old equipment)
• Use technology to better understand swing and areas I need to focus to imporove (never had lesson and just "wing it" up to now)
• Share love of golf, equipment and journey with as many people as possible
• Start up Boys and Girls Golf Program at local high school
• Play 100+ rounds (30 rounds with weekly game of 36 players, 30 rounds to work on game, 20 rounds with another weekly group of 24 players, play in 10 amateur tournaments, 10 rounds in charity events and 25 rounds at courses never played)
• Have fun!