Cobra 50th Anniversary Member Special PreChatter

[Blaine Dye]

1 hour ago, hartrick11 said:

It's a good thing Cobra specified which bags are eligible for testers because the first thing I would've done if selected would've been to pick the Vessel bag from the Players lol. Thing is a stunner.

I would go through a fitting at Cobra's Tour Truck that happens to be located in my hometown course, which would be a pretty awesome experience in and of itself (and think of the #content!), but this is the bag that I have already built for myself on their website 3 or 10 times.

Aerojet LS Driver 9*, AD IZ 6x

Aerojet LS 3w, AD IZ 7x

King Tec Hybrid 19*, AD IZ 95x

King Tour 4-9, 1* weak, MMT 105tx

King CB PW & GW, MMT 105tx

Snakebite 54v, 58v, $ Taper 130

Vintage Sport 60 putter

 

defiantly would have went with the vessel I would have went with the A Gust O' Wind but both bags are beautiful 

[ZMendle10]

1 hour ago, Josh Ross said:

For the Snakebite Wedges, only the 56, 58, and 60 degree options are full face grooves. The Snakebite-X however are full face across all lofts which is interesting. Should help for the player that sometimes misses out toward the toe.

Good call on the 56, 58, and 60. Never would have noticed that.

[ZMendle10]

2 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

Question for the group, what part of the bag excites you the most if you are lucky enough to be chosen? Is it the bag itself? The driver? Or something else?

I am really curious on the turf interaction of the LS fairway wood since they have abandoned their trademark rails system that has worked so well in the past for so long. I like the LS model in a fairway because I mentally can't hit a fairway wood off the tee so off the deck every time is the play and the LS models tend to keep that spin down in a nice window off the deck. This is the same reason I can never seem to get the OG SIM TI out of my bag since nothing sits in the same window off the deck quite like it. 

[ACalling]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

I really hope that as exciting as this test is those who are not selected continue to follow along and that we continue to have similar levels of excitement for other tests this season. 

We are only getting started!

Just let us be sore losers!! At least until the weekly challenges start up then we'll come back around. Excited for the full testing season ahead. 

 

 

[ACalling]

3 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

Question for the group, what part of the bag excites you the most if you are lucky enough to be chosen? Is it the bag itself? The driver? Or something else?

I'd say its a close call for me between the Driver/3Wood and the Wedges. I recently posted a thread about how much I enjoy my Cobra Irons since I got them a few years ago, and most of the responses were from people gaming Cobra drivers and fairway woods and it was all super positive. I've never personally even hit a ball with one of their drivers but now I am super curious. 

I've also never had a full set of new wedges before, let alone 3 from the same manufacturer at the same time. I would love the opportunity to see what kind of consistency it would bring to my game with flight, forgiveness and spin and how it can help my scoring. 

[sirchunksalot]

3 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

Question for the group, what part of the bag excites you the most if you are lucky enough to be chosen? Is it the bag itself? The driver? Or something else?

I have to agree with what you answered, I would be really interested in seeing how the wedges perform. I haven't seen too many video reviews of them and the thought of a full faced wedge to help when opening the face excites me. I would also like to see if the Widelow grind performs out of the sand. The courses I play really don't feature sand, thus I'm horrible when faced with a bunker shot.

The fairway woods. For the last several years Cobra has had the baffler rails and I currently play Cobra F9 fairways and love them...when I can make good contact. I want to know how they perform without the rails.

The 3D printed putters. I haven't seen much on them, either. The tech behind the SIK face intrigues me. 

[GolfSpy_KFT]

6 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I have to agree with what you answered, I would be really interested in seeing how the wedges perform. I haven't seen too many video reviews of them and the thought of a full faced wedge to help when opening the face excites me. I would also like to see if the Widelow grind performs out of the sand. The courses I play really don't feature sand, thus I'm horrible when faced with a bunker shot.

The fairway woods. For the last several years Cobra has had the baffler rails and I currently play Cobra F9 fairways and love them...when I can make good contact. I want to know how they perform without the rails.

The 3D printed putters. I haven't seen much on them, either. The tech behind the SIK face intrigues me. 

Definitely agree on the putters. I had never heard of the SIK face until this challenge was announced and I started looking at their putters. I also think the 3D printing is really cool. TXG did a review of the supernova and it looked insanely forgiving 

[RayOstroskiLD]

These drivers are to nice!! Cant wait to see who gets to test these things!

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Has anyone noticed how slow the countdown clock is moving. Give it some Red Bull or something.

[Hobert]

3 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Has anyone noticed how slow the countdown clock is moving. Give it some Red Bull or something.

I think it is going backwards…

[sirchunksalot]

1 hour ago, Hobert said:

I think it is going backwards…

Makes me want to do this. 

[TSauer]

The countdown has everyone wishing for a quick weekend  

[Navart]

8 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

Question for the group, what part of the bag excites you the most if you are lucky enough to be chosen? Is it the bag itself? The driver? Or something else?

Personally, I'm really excited about the Forged Tec irons and the 3D Printed, SIK Face putters. After demoing the irons and seeing those insane numbers, it's hard not to be excited about that. But those putters are just so cool and feel amazing coming off the face. I've always loved the idea of the descending loft technology that SIK created and I'm amazed at what we're capable of with 3D printing so those putters are right up my alley.

One thing I'm super interested in trying is all of the new Aerojet fairways and hybrids with no signature Cobra Baffler rails. I will admit that the rails are what drew me to Cobra a few years ago but they have slowly been doing away with them and on my Big Tour 3 wood I don't seem to care that they're gone.

I definitely share your excitement for the putter! My bud loooooves the aerojet 5w and Ive hit it a couple times and it is very smooth. Ball just pops off the face.

[tdroma98]

9 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

Question for the group, what part of the bag excites you the most if you are lucky enough to be chosen? Is it the bag itself? The driver? Or something else?

Personally, I'm really excited about the Forged Tec irons and the 3D Printed, SIK Face putters. After demoing the irons and seeing those insane numbers, it's hard not to be excited about that. But those putters are just so cool and feel amazing coming off the face. I've always loved the idea of the descending loft technology that SIK created and I'm amazed at what we're capable of with 3D printing so those putters are right up my alley.

One thing I'm super interested in trying is all of the new Aerojet fairways and hybrids with no signature Cobra Baffler rails. I will admit that the rails are what drew me to Cobra a few years ago but they have slowly been doing away with them and on my Big Tour 3 wood I don't seem to care that they're gone.

Good question Josh!  I'm excited about the Staff Bag, the AeroJet Driver, which according to MyGolfSpy testing was great & Cobra's King CB & Forged Tec Irons look really hot.  I've never played Cobra wedges, so would be curious how the wedges feel & perform. 

I just sold my Callaway Maverick Pro Irons.  Didn't like the shafts, so I put my old set of Bridgestone Tour Premium Forged Irons back in the bag. 

[GolfSpy_KFT]

3 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Makes me want to do this. 

@sirchunksalot I’ll cause a distraction with the mods, you get to the clock!!

[NickBostromWasRight]

My ideal cobra bag for a left-handed newbie:

 

Driver

Custom AEROJET 50th Anniversary Driver - Limited Edition 10.5

Graphite X-Stiff

Winn Dri-tac 2.0 Black Oversize

Project X HZRDUS Black Gen 4 70 Graphite X-Stiff

 

Irons (7)

Custom AEROJET ONE Length Irons

Graphite Stiff

4-PW

UST Recoil 95 Graphite Stiff

Standard Length

Winn Dritac 2.0 Black Oversize

 

Wedges (2)

Custom SNAKEBITE ONE Length Wedges: 52° and 56°

UST Recoil 95 Graphite Regular

Winn Dritac 2.0 Black Oversize
 

Hybrids (3)

Custom AEROJET ONE Length Hybrid: 3; 4; 5

Graphite Stiff

UST Recoil 480 ESX Graphite Stiff

Winn Dritac 2.0 Black Oversize

 

Putter

KING 3D Printed Agera-30 Black Putter

Short-slant

35 Inches

 

Bag

Ultradry Pro Cart Golf Bag: Black and white

 

My iron and wedge swings are inconsistent. One-length irons and wedges would likely help me considerably.

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by NickBostromWasRight

[chisag]

... Oh boy this is getting silly now. My MG3 wedges over heard my MIM 4 iron talking to my MIM 5 iron and saying he thinks I am a liar about being my favorite club and is pretty sure I am planning on replacing him. My 50* accused me point blank and said as proof "you didn't even clean me after several shots yesterday!"   I had to remind him I cleaned his grooves just like always and don't clean the paint fill on the toe until I get home and make sure all my clubs are cleaned before my next round. I tried saying I was just looking up the original COBRA MIM specs but they weren't buying it and I had to put my towel over my clubs when my 50* asked to see my Browser History. 

[Ben_Howell34]

I would have to go

 

aerojet driver 9* x stiff shaft

3 wood and 4 hybrid

5-9 King Tour Chrome

48* PW 

52* 56* gap and sand matte black medium bounce

Putter: king vintage widesport

 

[GolfSpy_KFT]

We are less than three days away from the tester announcement and I feel like at this point the countdown is actually going backwards. Enjoy today’s gif to express my current state of mind

[Josh Ross]

17 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:

We are less than three days away from the tester announcement and I feel like at this point the countdown is actually going backwards. Enjoy today’s gif to express my current state of mind

The good news is that the weekend should help things move along quicker!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

11 minutes ago, Josh Ross said:

The good news is that the weekend should help things move along quicker!

Let’s hope so!

[BKervin]

2 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

The good news is that the weekend should help things move along quicker!

Unless you are retired!  I feel it going backwards as well.  First thing every morning I look at the date. Then get a little depressed when it's still not time to know!

[JerryB]

2 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

The good news is that the weekend should help things move along quicker!

Yeah, except instead of being somewhat distracted by work, I'm sitting at the house like this!

2 hours ago, Josh Ross said:

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by JerryB

[sirchunksalot]

23 minutes ago, JerryB said:

Yeah, except instead of being somewhat distracted by work, I'm sitting at the house like this!

I'm fortunate that I'm at work today and the supervisor in charge of us is strict about phones, so I'm not taking any chances looking. It's lunchtime now and I'm realizing we still have a long way to go until we find out. 

[richk9holes]

If I get picked, I'll be screaming for days, until I lose my voice and sound like this guy

 

[Bad Golfer]

This would be my build. My fingers are crossed!

[BKervin]

Lexi Thompson congratulating and welcoming me to team Cobra!!  Can't wait to swing those beauties!

 

[Josh Ross]

Speaking of Lexi, when I went to the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show, the first booth I stopped in to start the day was Cobra. Met Lexi and Jesper Parnevik. Just wish I'd gotten a picture with them instead of snapping one before meeting them. I'm Team Cobra and ready to participate in the #Cobra50thMemberSpecial 

[cjeffs12]

Dream setup 

Aerojet LS 10.5 Tour Length 
Aerojet LS 5 Wood minus 1 loft

Aerojet 7 Wood 

KING MB/CB

Snakebite Wedges 52/56/60

3D Grandsport 35 

[TR1PTIK]

Me since the announcement...

but at the same time I'm energized like this guy!