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Come on guys, this is just ridiculous!! All of the intros are fantastic so how is any uneducated oaf like me supposed to pick a winner? Do I go for quality or should I be shallow? Do I pick the man who started with hickory like me, do I go for the lefty or do I go for the expat Aussie (ANZAC spirit and all that)?

 

ANZAC, ANZAC, ANZAC!

In the bag:
Driver: :titelist-small: TSR2 Project X HZRDUS Black 5.5
Fairway: :callaway-small: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5

Irons: :mizuno-small: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Wedges: :mizuno-small: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Putter :Sub70: Sycamore 005 Wide Blade
Bag: 
:Ogio: Alpha Convoy 514
Balls: :callaway-small: Chrome Soft X

Cart: :CaddyTek: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8


God Bless America🇺🇸, God save the King🇬🇧, God defend New Zealand🇳🇿 and thank Christ for Australia🇦🇺!

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Here's some pics of the Cobra F8's.....

 

My wife bringing me the first delivery....Woods & Hybrids

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next came the irons and wedges

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Last came the bag...

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Cobra Connect Bag: Cobra F8 Driver(10.5*) 3-4W(14.5*) & 5-6W(18.5*)w/Mitsubishi Tensei ck Blue Regular; Cobra F8 3 Hybrid, 5 Hybrid & 6-PW, Gw(49*) SW(54*) LW(58*) all w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 ES regular shafts. Lamkin Cobra Connect grips with Arccoss tracking sensors. Putter: Evnroll ER6 33”. Bag: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag(Peacoat/Silver).

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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He Foz watch the aspect ratio when your resizing pics. Make sure you keep the 4:3 ratio and not make it 1:1 because you're distorting your pics

Thanks, I adjusted the pics with peeps.

 

 

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Cobra Connect Bag: Cobra F8 Driver(10.5*) 3-4W(14.5*) & 5-6W(18.5*)w/Mitsubishi Tensei ck Blue Regular; Cobra F8 3 Hybrid, 5 Hybrid & 6-PW, Gw(49*) SW(54*) LW(58*) all w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 ES regular shafts. Lamkin Cobra Connect grips with Arccoss tracking sensors. Putter: Evnroll ER6 33”. Bag: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag(Peacoat/Silver).

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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Bardle,

I'm one of two Android Arccos testers. There have been some serious issues which will be covered in my stage one review. Also, Arccos has admitted they initially designed Arccos for the IOS ecosystem and then to the Android platform. As a result, there is some functionality missing on the Android app versus the iphone app.

 

MDGolfHacker

 

This is absolutely bizarre.... Android has 85 pct market share of the mobile operating system yet Arccos develops their app for the 15 percent of people who use iOS ????

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/

 

Why would they take the smallest market share and develop their core app around that ?

DriverCobra  Aerojet LS
Woods-
Cobra  LTD 3w 15*, 5W 19*,  F9 24* 
Irons- XXIO X (6-A)

Wedges- Callaway Jaws Raw (54/58)

Putter- Bettinardi BB56
Ball- Maxfli Tour X/Wilson Triad
Buggy- Clicgear 4.0
Bag- Callaway Org 14/Fairway C

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This is absolutely bizarre.... Android has 85 pct market share of the mobile operating system yet Arccos develops their app for the 15 percent of people who use iOS ????

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/

 

Why would they take the smallest market share and develop their core app around that ?

 

As a web developer / IT nerd, It makes even less sense when you consider the fact that most companies of their size use a framework to build and distribute apps via both platforms to ensure stability and features are nearly the same. It makes me pretty angry when I see things like this come up because I know it was just poor project management / lack of industry knowledge from the outset, and now they're in a hole they cant get out of due to new feature roll outs and SDLC issues. If they know whats good for them, they'll invest some dough into the android market. I likely wont ever get arccos until they get the feature set up to snuff. BUT maybe its not as bad I think it is, I will be glued to this thread to find out though. 

RH:

Driver: :cobra-small: F9 9.0º - 14g Low - Evenflow White T1100 75G X

Woods: :cobra-small: F9 3W - Evenflow White T1100 75G X

Hybrids: :cobra-small:  F9 3H - Aldila Green X

Irons: :cobra-small: F9 One Length 4-PW - Modus3 Tour 105 S

Wedges: :cobra-small: King Wedges 50º/54º/58º Versatile

Putter: :ping-small:  Sigma G Tyne 35"

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV

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As a web developer / IT nerd, It makes even less sense when you consider the fact that most companies of their size use a framework to build and distribute apps via both platforms to ensure stability and features are nearly the same. It makes me pretty angry when I see things like this come up because I know it was just poor project management / lack of industry knowledge from the outset, and now they're in a hole they cant get out of due to new feature roll outs and SDLC issues. If they know whats good for them, they'll invest some dough into the android market. I likely wont ever get arccos until they get the feature set up to snuff. BUT maybe its not as bad I think it is, I will be glued to this thread to find out though. 

I've only used it with Android so I can't comment on any features, but battery life is AWFUL on my Samsung Galaxy S7 Active. It's an awesome system and I love digging into the numbers, but they really need to sort these issues out.

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That is good info to have though. Is there a category to keep those? Knowing those off yardage shots is as,if not more important than s full shot, for me anyways.

 

 

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away....

no. but it would be a great additional feature. Always tough to make par after a punch out so it would be handy to have a stat to correlate punch out to scoring average.  

What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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ANZAC, ANZAC, ANZAC!

This guy knows whats up! 

What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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Come on guys, this is just ridiculous!! All of the intros are fantastic so how is any uneducated oaf like me supposed to pick a winner? Do I go for quality or should I be shallow? Do I pick the man who started with hickory like me, do I go for the lefty or do I go for the expat Aussie (ANZAC spirit and all that)?

 

well, if it helps at all.... I despise Trevor Chappell!! 

What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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Joyzee,

You.... you..... Damn you...... that video is funny Sh!t...   Now lets go whoop their east coast butts... 

 

PNW rules... 

Dave-

Follow me on twitter @GolfCrazyWA and on Instagram @GolfcrazyWA

 

 WITB:

Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag 

Titleist TSR3 Hzrdus Black 65g shaft

Cobra F8+ 3wd Hzrdus Red 65g shaft

Cobra 3 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft

Cobra 4 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft

Cobra F8 irons 5-GW KBS tour 90 stiff shafts

Cobra King Black Wedge 54* 

Cleveland RTX Zipcore Wedge 58*

Snake Eyes Viper Putter.

Ball: Taylormade TP-5X

 

 

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Joyzee - really interested to see what you think of the f8+ fairway wood.  We have nearly identical driver setups (I have the 65g shaft) and the same 3W Shaft, but you are gaming the + head in the 3 wood.  Curious to see how you feel the F8+ performs off the deck

 

I have the hzrds Red F8+ 3 wood, and ripped one 253 off the deck last week, which is great except it was left of the green and a crappy lie.. But very stable and long.. 

Dave-

Follow me on twitter @GolfCrazyWA and on Instagram @GolfcrazyWA

 

 WITB:

Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag 

Titleist TSR3 Hzrdus Black 65g shaft

Cobra F8+ 3wd Hzrdus Red 65g shaft

Cobra 3 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft

Cobra 4 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft

Cobra F8 irons 5-GW KBS tour 90 stiff shafts

Cobra King Black Wedge 54* 

Cleveland RTX Zipcore Wedge 58*

Snake Eyes Viper Putter.

Ball: Taylormade TP-5X

 

 

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I have read and re-read the intros. They're all damn good. It's going to be difficult to pick one I like best....

Driver:  :callaway-small:Epic Speed 9* (set -1) MMT 70X
3W:bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR Recoil 760ES
3H, 4H: :bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR 19*, 23* Recoil 780ES
4-AW:bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105
SW: :cleveland-small: RTX Zipcore Black Satin 54*
LW:Sub70: TAIII Black 58*
Putter:ping-small: Scottsdale TR Senita
Bag: BigMax Dri Active Lite
Ball:taylormade-small: TP5x or :titleist-small: AVX (yellow)
Pushcart: BigMax iQ+

Testing Complete, Final Review PostedSub70 TAIII Forged Wedges

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Awesome introductions gents, appreciate you guys for sharing a little about your personal sides and letting us in to get to know you better

 

#PowerToThePlayer

WITB:

 

Driver:   :taylormade-small: Sim2 Max w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 shaft

FW Wood:   :cobra-small:  F9 wood 14.5* 

Hybrids:  :taylormade-small: Sim2 Max 3 Hybrid & :nike-small: Vapor Flex 4 hybrid  

Irons:  :srixon-small: Z565 - 7 thru PW & ZU85 - 5 thru 6 with Recoil ZT9 F4 shafts                                            

Wedges:   :cleveland-small: RTX4 52*, 56*, 60* 

Putter:  Scotty Cameron M2 Newport

Ball:  :Snell: Black & :titelist-small: Pro V1

Bag: 2018 MyGolfSpy stand Bag & 2021 Greenside Golf stand bag

 

 

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Joyzee - really interested to see what you think of the f8+ fairway wood. We have nearly identical driver setups (I have the 65g shaft) and the same 3W Shaft, but you are gaming the + head in the 3 wood. Curious to see how you feel the F8+ performs off the deck

I have had a couple of good rounds with it lately and starting to find a grove.

 

The hard thing is I had the rocketballz tour stage 2 and that thing was an ABSOLUTE WEAPON! It's going to be tough to replace but so far so good. I'll reveal more soon

 

 

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What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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Joyzee,

You.... you..... Damn you...... that video is funny Sh!t... Now lets go whoop their east coast butts...

 

PNW rules...

Done!

 

 

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What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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I'm going to vote for Joyzee10 on this one. The subtitles to Mein Kampf were brilliant. The other intros were fantastic, but the trash talk will need to step it up a notch or seven.

 

However...Joyzee10 just about lost out because he put some teenage girl's Instagram account at the bottom of his post. I suspect she is going to be a bit freaked out when a bunch of middle aged men randomly start following her.

:ping-small: G400 LST 8.5 Ping Tour 65 Stiff

:adams-small: Adams XTD Ti 18 deg 3Hy

:benhogan-small: Ben Hogan PTx 22-46 

:benhogan-small: Ben Hogan TK15 50, 54, 58 deg wedges

:cameron-small: Futura 5.5

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OK after much consideration of all the Week 1 introductions, I've got to go with MDGolfHacker. It's a combination of the great pics, sweet gifs, and going all-out with the One Lengths that won my vote. 

In my  :wilson_staff_small:  carry bag:
:mizuno-small: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex
:cleveland-small: Launcher 5h
:cleveland-small: Launcher CBX 6i-PW
:cleveland-small: CBX 54* & 58*
:cleveland-small: Huntington Beach #10
:bridgestone-small: e12 Contact
CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game

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I'm going to vote for Joyzee10 on this one. The subtitles to Mein Kampf were brilliant. The other intros were fantastic, but the trash talk will need to step it up a notch or seven.

 

However...Joyzee10 just about lost out because he put some teenage girl's Instagram account at the bottom of his post. I suspect she is going to be a bit freaked out when a bunch of middle aged men randomly start following her.

Ha s*** a brick!! Lol.

 

Too many accounts nowadays haha

 

Thanks for picking that up!!

 

 

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What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

Instagram - @joyzee1010

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Now that the rest of the intros are in, my vote goes to Joyzee10. Not only because I think he did the best job, and was the most entertaining, but I think it's the only week he's going to win  B)

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max LS Tensei AV Blue S

3w/5w: :titelist-small: TSi2 Tensei AV Raw Blue S

4h: :mizuno-small: CLK 22* Hybrid Tensei CK Pro Blue 80HY S

Irons 5-PW: :mizuno-small: 223 Steelfiber PR 95 S

Wedges: :cleveland-small: RTX Zipcore Tour Rack 50, 54, 58 Steelfiber PR 105

Putter: LAB Link.1

Ball: :srixon-small: Z-Star Diamond

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Right here's a question for you all. Are there any features of the Arccos system that you love/hate?

Features I love:

It's basically no-touch. But I would recommend that you keep your score, the number of putts you took and the length of your first putt manually. It doesn't really miss shots (unless you play in the dark - sensors are activated by UV light, who knew?), but it will miss putts and you need a fairly accurate length of first putt to ensure your approach, short game, sand and putting stats are somewhat accurate.

 

Smart distance. I like not needing to manually select shots to omit, like you do with GolfPad GPS.

 

Handicaps and trending for portions of your game. It makes it easy to know what you need to work on (if you can find time to practice).

 

Personal bests. They're not really necessary, but they're fun.

 

Features I hate:

Smart Distance. It includes some shots I just can't fathom. I need to get more info on how it selects its shots. I'd love the ability to exclude any shot I feel like.

 

The Android app. It just doesn't have the polish that the iPhone app has. And I hate iPhones. It also lacks social features, and it only has Caddy 1.0. I am glad that it exists to some extent, because I can gather stats if I forget my iPhone at home. If I only had the Android app, I'd probably still love the system, but once you've used the iPhone, it's a much better experience.

 

Inability to mark a shot as a recovery shot. If you hit the ball into the trees and punch out, you cannot mark the punch as a recovery. Arccos tries to use satellite imagery and machine learning to determine if the shot was a recovery shot, and I applaud them for it. But their algorithms are not very good yet. If it guesses incorrectly, it thinks you're in the rough, and it penalizes your recovery shot as though it were a very poorly hit approach. It should penalize your drive. I've recommended that they give users the ability to mark shots as recoveries, and crowd-source the information on where trouble is on the golf course. It's on the feature list, but I don't know when (if) they'll get to it.

What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
Instagram - @hardcorelooper
Twitter - @meovino
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Now that the rest of the intros are in, my vote goes to Joyzee10. Not only because I think he did the best job, and was the most entertaining, but I think it's the only week he's going to win  B)

OH. SNAP!!!! yungkory from the TOPPPPPPPPPPPP RRRRRRRRRRRRRRROPPPPPPPPPPPE!!!!!!!!! 

 

Amazing  :lol:

What's In The Bag? Cobra Connect Challenge II - Instagram @joyzee1010

 

Driver:  RH   :cobra-small: F8+ 8*-11* Set at 9.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Wood: R:cobra-small: F8+ 13*-15* Set at 14.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76g 6.0 Shaft

3 Hybrid: RH   :cobra-small: F8 19* Rogue Pro 75 X-Stiff Shaft

Irons: RH   :cobra-small: F8  4 - GW with Dynamic Gold X100 Shaft 

Wedges: :cobra-small: King 54* 58* Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex 

Putter: RH  :taylormade-small: Rossa Mallet - Mid size Super Stroke Grip

Bag:    :cobra-small: Ultralight Stand Bag Black 

Ball: Various

Range Finder: TecTecTec VPRO DLXS

Shot Tracking Tour Analytics: Arccos

 

Previous WITB:

 

:taylormade-small: Driver R11s 9*

:taylormade-small: 3 Wood Rocketballz Stage 2 TP 15*

:adams-small: 3 Hybrid 19*

:taylormade-small: Irons 4-PW R11

:taylormade-small: Wedges TP 52*, 56*, 60*

:taylormade-small: Putter Rossa Mallet

 

 

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As a web developer / IT nerd, It makes even less sense when you consider the fact that most companies of their size use a framework to build and distribute apps via both platforms to ensure stability and features are nearly the same. It makes me pretty angry when I see things like this come up because I know it was just poor project management / lack of industry knowledge from the outset, and now they're in a hole they cant get out of due to new feature roll outs and SDLC issues. If they know whats good for them, they'll invest some dough into the android market. I likely wont ever get arccos until they get the feature set up to snuff. BUT maybe its not as bad I think it is, I will be glued to this thread to find out though.

Bardle - I was client manager for a team that did a year long hybrid mobile app project for a client. We used a framework for that (Ionic), and it was the right tool for the job. The Arccos app does not look like it's using a framework. I get the feeling that it's native mobile, and that they started with iOS because although the market share is smaller, it's much less work trying to develop for a smaller universe of phones.

 

Some things to note about the Android app:

I use a cheap Samsung Galaxy J7 (I'm done with flagship phones). My battery life in general is fairly good, and Arccos does not really tax it too badly. The Galaxy S7 has known battery issues, and Arccos makes them 10x worse.

 

For the nuts-and-bolts of tracking your shots, it's fine. It's no worse (and no better) than an iPhone.

 

It's OK as a GPS, but not as responsive as the iPhone app. Calculating a layup yardage takes a significantly long press to switch to that mode. So long that I thought the feature was missing from Android.

 

You only get Caddy 1.0.

 

It does not have social features.

 

The fit and finish isn't nearly as nice. This shouldn't matter, but it kinda does. The iPhone app just looks a little better.

 

Shot editing is basically the same. No better or worse.

 

You cannot share an entire round. Just one hole at a time. GolfPad GPS lets you share the entire round.

 

You must have a phone with a gyroscope to use it. The app senses when you swing (which is why it must be in your front pocket, not strapped to your bag or anything like that). Funny story - I gave Arccos my phone information, and they told me it wouldn't work. So I bought a refurbished iPhone SE from Total Wireless for $100 to use as a dedicate Arccos device (no service, just wifi). Then I downloaded the Arccos app onto my Android phone for grins, and it worked. It turns out that the Verizon version of the J7 has a gyroscope.

 

The SE is actually a very good device for Arccos. It's smaller than my phone, it's very fast, and fits much better into my front pocket. But I don't know that it's worth $100 to me.

What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
Instagram - @hardcorelooper
Twitter - @meovino
Facebook - mike.eovino

 

 

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Great stuff looper.

 

Definitely confirmed my suspicions that arccos is basically developing for iPhone and then essentially trying too port over to android.

 

It's a a shame they don't just start fresh so the can co-develop. It's not like the app is doing the heavy lifting. I'd have to guess most of the heavy lifting issues done server side

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Been waiting for this one. Really good group of guys and I'm particularly interested in the arccos sensors and how accurate the testers find things.

 

Also interested to see what ends up being the testers favorite cobra club. I have a hunch it's going to be the fairway wood

@jlukes - So far, my favorite club is the 3 wood. Hands down. Pictures are worth a thousand words:

 

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3 wood is dialed in. Driver is problematic.

 

My oldest, however, loves my driver. It spends some quality time in her bag.

What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
Instagram - @hardcorelooper
Twitter - @meovino
Facebook - mike.eovino

 

 

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Great stuff looper.

 

Definitely confirmed my suspicions that arccos is basically developing for iPhone and then essentially trying too port over to android.

 

Otsego a shame they don't just start fresh so the can co-develop. It's not like the app is doing the heavy lifting. I'd have to guess most of the heavy lifting issues done server side

I have heard that they're making a larger investment in Android development. You just can't successfully ignore that much of the market. But you're right, the back-end should be doing all of the brain work. The app is nothing more than data gathering and data display. Plus displaying some Google/Apple maps imagery and some pretty basic GPS work. They cracked the code with the gen2 sensors and using the mic on the phone instead of Bluetooth. That's probably the toughest part.

What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
Instagram - @hardcorelooper
Twitter - @meovino
Facebook - mike.eovino

 

 

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@jlukes - So far, my favorite club is the 3 wood. Hands down. Pictures are worth a thousand words:

 

attachicon.gifdriver-3wood-yardage.png

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3 wood is dialed in. Driver is problematic.

 

My oldest, however, loves my driver. It spends some quality time in her bag.

No surprise here that the 3 wood is your favorite thus far. Cobra really has something special with the F8 fairway wood
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My vote goes out to the FOZ, love that rich history talk. I think health is above all, never thought I'd catch myself saying that when I was in my twenties, but fast forward twenty more years and you start to feel the pain

 

#PowerToThePlayer

WITB:

 

Driver:   :taylormade-small: Sim2 Max w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 shaft

FW Wood:   :cobra-small:  F9 wood 14.5* 

Hybrids:  :taylormade-small: Sim2 Max 3 Hybrid & :nike-small: Vapor Flex 4 hybrid  

Irons:  :srixon-small: Z565 - 7 thru PW & ZU85 - 5 thru 6 with Recoil ZT9 F4 shafts                                            

Wedges:   :cleveland-small: RTX4 52*, 56*, 60* 

Putter:  Scotty Cameron M2 Newport

Ball:  :Snell: Black & :titelist-small: Pro V1

Bag: 2018 MyGolfSpy stand Bag & 2021 Greenside Golf stand bag

 

 

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