#COBRACONNECT Challenge 4

[golfish! 628]

5 hours ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

That will be the main challenge, I know if I was in Cali, Cobra has their tour fitting experience.

https://www.cobragolf.com/tour-fitting-experience

The dealer locator seems to allow to select to have a one length iron set to try, https://www.cobragolf.com/dealer-locator

I need to do more research on exactly what it entails, but it seems that they might have some less than a hour away from me.

I guess you need to come over to Cali then and hit a round with me after you buy them straight from Cobra?

[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

2 minutes ago, golfish! said:

I guess you need to come over to Cali then and hit a round with me after you buy them straight from Cobra?

That is something we can definitely plan on it, we are hoping that if Covid is at bay and my brother is able to bring his kids over during the summer, to take them to Disney, to them it makes not difference, so I rather go to take them to Disneyland, not Disney World. So hell yeah, if I am that way, we most get at least one round together.

[golfish! 628]

1 minute ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

That is something we can definitely plan on it, we are hoping that if Covid is at bay and my brother is able to bring his kids over during the summer, to take them to Disney, to them it makes not difference, so I rather go to take them to Disneyland, not Disney World. So hell yeah, if I am that way, we most get at least one round together.

sure just reach out to me via PM and maybe we can even arrange with any other local SoCal MGS forum guys.

[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

1 minute ago, golfish! said:

sure just reach out to me via PM and maybe we can even arrange with any other local SoCal MGS forum guys.

I will most definitely reach out once we figure out what is happening to that vacation.

[mikeanthony 944]

3 hours ago, daviddvm said:

With our new US Open Champion playing ONE length clubs maybe more stores and fitters will open there eyes to the benefit of one length clubs and start carrying them!

Completely agree and how I’m hoping for the same thing from other OEMs as well. 
 

I really like Bryson and appreciate what he’s adding to game via ONE length, getting stronger, analytics, personality ... but between the OB/fence situation and the ant pile the following week, he lost me after that. IMO, feels like the most underwhelming US Open Champion in a long time. Even amongst my golf buddies, there hasn’t even been a word or mention in our text threads about his win. 

[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

3 hours ago, mikeanthony said:

Completely agree and how I’m hoping for the same thing from other OEMs as well. 
 

I really like Bryson and appreciate what he’s adding to game via ONE length, getting stronger, analytics, personality ... but between the OB/fence situation and the ant pile the following week, he lost me after that. IMO, feels like the most underwhelming US Open Champion in a long time. Even amongst my golf buddies, there hasn’t even been a word or mention in our text threads about his win. 

I would think that the biggest benefit of the one length mentality is trying to simplify the game of golf, if the equipment can help diminish the learning curve, so new players can have more fun and have more people gravitate towards golf. 

I know cobra had their own challenges to get these clubs developed, but I believe it is worth for other OEMs to get into the one length game. 

[Rickp 19,170]

Career First Alert!

My daughter, Raegan, recorder gets first ever Hole-in-one today! #futureLPGAstar

She looks like a natural


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[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

Look what ups just dropped off. 

Again, thank you @GolfSpy STUDqueand the whole MGS team for the awesome prize. 

[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

@B.Boston Did you get the Arccos link?

If you have tried, how has it worked so far?

[B.Boston 7,784]

[mention=85402]B.Boston[/mention] Did you get the Arccos link?
If you have tried, how has it worked so far?

I hadn’t pre-ordered it... I think that was [mention]daviddvm [/mention] that was getting one.


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[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

7 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

I hadn’t pre-ordered it... I think that was [mention]daviddvm [/mention] that was getting one.


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@daviddvm So how is the Arccos link? how has it worked so far?

I am thinking about getting one so I don't have to have my phone on my pocket at all times when I am playing.

I also know if I order now, I wont get it until later on the year, but it is all good, because it is 30 off before October 5th.

[daviddvm 2,608]

24 minutes ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

@daviddvm So how is the Arccos link? how has it worked so far?

I am thinking about getting one so I don't have to have my phone on my pocket at all times when I am playing.

I also know if I order now, I wont get it until later on the year, but it is all good, because it is 30 off before October 5th.

I've played one round with it so far. It missed three shots, two with my sand wedge and one putt. I think I may have been too far from my phone on those shots...I'm not sure. I looked for anything saying how far from phone you can be and still record shot but I cannot find an answer. But I do consult my phone for yardage on shots so I still use my phone quite a bit.

[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

57 minutes ago, daviddvm said:

I've played one round with it so far. It missed three shots, two with my sand wedge and one putt. I think I may have been too far from my phone on those shots...I'm not sure. I looked for anything saying how far from phone you can be and still record shot but I cannot find an answer. But I do consult my phone for yardage on shots so I still use my phone quite a bit.

I got to research on that too, I thought that the main feature for the link was that you did not need to have your phone with you after the round has started. 

[daviddvm 2,608]

3 hours ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

I got to research on that too, I thought that the main feature for the link was that you did not need to have your phone with you after the round has started. 

You may be right. I may have read that using the Apple watch for detection you have to be within 20 feet of the phone.

[edingc 6,726]

I've played nine holes of golf in the past 7 days. Weird feeling after playing so much during this...

The course where I practice at punched and sanded their greens on Monday, practice green yesterday. Leaves are starting to turn, also. Hopefully get some good fall golf weather yet.

Couple updates to my initial reviews:

Woods and Hybrids

I stated in my original review (way back on July 27) that I wasn't sure if the 2 hybrid would find a spot in my bag. Well, after its performance during the irons only and woods/wedges weeks, where it double-dipped as an eligible club, it firmly locked down a spot as a fairway finder. 

I've actually been hitting it a lot as of late, especially when I followed the recommendations of Arccos during the final challenge. It's slotting in nicely in the 225-235 spot off the tee.

Irons

After a pretty rough transition period, I'm starting to really like the feel of the SpeedZone irons. I'm guessing it was the competition mixed with the move to x-stiff shafts that just had me overswinging really badly. The last few weeks I've been working on getting back to solid iron fundamentals and am striking the ball much better. And I'm beginning to appreciate the solid but smooth feel of the x-stiffs as well. They are a different animal than the regular stiff C-Taper Lites, but that's not a bad thing. And they still crank out the ball speed (from a 6 iron during today's range session):

I did make one change to my iron setup. I dropped the SpeedZone 4 iron in favor of my Tour Edge Exotics CB Pro Tungsten driving iron. They are both 19 degrees, but the Tour Edge has a graphite shaft. Off a tee, I was seeing significantly better results from the Tour Edge.

This change is hopefully shortlived! I have a brand new 75g X-Caliber rapid taper shaft coming from @Popeye64 that will be going into the SpeedZone 4 iron head. My hope is that I can exceed the performance and forgiveness of the Tour Edge.

Wedges

The wedges are fantastic! I said I might look into bending the 54 a degree strong, but I don't see the necessity of that anymore as I have gotten pretty good at hitting less full gap wedges. 

(On the wedge note, I played in a work scramble last Tuesday. On the first hole I had a long fringe chip that I used my 54 degree for. I hit it pretty hard purposely, letting it bump into the ridge of the green and it bumped and checked hard, stopping about four feet from the pin. We made the putt. My group couldn't believe how it stopped - they said they thought it was going off the green - I just smiled because I had full confidence the wedges just work for me.)

Bag

I immediately switched back to my personalized Sun Mountain Sync cart bag, which has a putter well, insulated cooler pocket and 14 full-length dividers. The SpeedZone bag has made a wonderful practice bag, having plenty of room to store everything I need for a range session. As a major bonus, the five way top is large enough to hold my Amazon Basics tripod. Because I no longer need to carry a bunch of things separately, I have videoed almost every range session in the past two weeks after not doing so almost all summer. This has been a huge help to my game because watching video led me to fix a few things I noticed had gone awry.

Thanks again to all of my fellow competitors, to commenters, MyGolfSpy, Arccos and Cobra/Puma Golf. I still have a hard time believing I was chosen for this opportunity, even after living it for the past three-and-a-half months.

[daviddvm 2,608]

Thanks Puma and Cobra and MyGolfSpy
#COBRACONNECT4 #TeamCobraONE
#Teamonelength



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[xOldBenKenobiX 3,234]

13 hours ago, daviddvm said:

Thanks Puma and Cobra and MyGolfSpy
#COBRACONNECT4 #TeamCobraONE
#Teamonelength



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Very nice kicks

[JohnSmalls 5,516]

Love how the thread is still going after the comp like it did last year.  Carry on gents.

[jddaigneault 948]

14 hours ago, JohnSmalls said:

Love how the thread is still going after the comp like it did last year.  Carry on gents.

Can’t let the fun stop!

I hereby pledge, if chosen for next year’s #CCC5, I will get my fitting done here...

The tour truck fitting must be experienced!

[Headhammer 1,757]

Thanks Cobra & Puma Golf! I will wear my 3rd place prize with honor!