Bossman641
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I got sucked into the hype of this club on WRX. After reading about it for weeks and weeks I finally broke down and got one. I've got a good 10 rounds under my belt with it now, so I can give a good opinion.
Bottom line - Does it live up to the hype? Yes
The setup: Cobra L4V X with BB Solutions XS
I actually stumbled onto this shaft. Guy was selling head only and he said he'd throw this in there for another $30 or so. I know a lot of people here are big fans of it.
My previous driver was a 905R with a V2. The Cobra absolutely kills the R in terms of forgiveness. I honestly feel like I can't miss with this driver. Looking down, you just feel so much confidence. My normal shot is a draw, miss is a smothered hook. This club sets up beautifully, a little bit open. I honestly don't think I've had a drive missed bad left yet (knock on wood). I've pulled a few down the left side, but no big nose-diving hooks. If anything, I have to watch out for the big miss to the right. When I first got it, I was missing everything right. The combination of an open face and a rusty swing led to quite a few lazy fly balls to right field. Now that my swing is rounding into shape, it's not much of a problem anymore. Maybe once a round I'll make a lazy swing, not get through the ball and miss out right. Just have to aim down the middle, make a good move through the ball, and watch it fly.
I hit the ball quite high with this combo, but I'm not sure I'm losing much. The courses I play have quite a few 260 carries over bunkers to cut corners on some par 5's. The ball just gets up in the air and goes and goes. I'm seeing some run out of it at the end as well. The courses are finally dried out, so I can actually get a good judge of distance now.
I'd have to say the Cobra is a good 10-15 yards longer than the R, mishits are probably 15-20 yards longer. The Cobra is just so hard to miss. Even shots off the toe still carry, not quite as forgiving off the heel. Unless I make a terrible swing and block one way out right, my misses are only 10 yards shorter than shots off the sweetspot. With the R, that was more like 15-20 yards. I brought the R with me the first couple times I hit this club, at the time the Cobra was only 5-10 longer than the R, but that was when the course was wet and I still had my winter swing. One of these days I'll throw the R back in the bag, bring em both, and do a side by side showdown.
Cons - This driver is quite loud. At a covered range it is ridiculously loud, obnoxious actually. It's not quite as bad out on the course. A couple people I've played comment on how it sounds like a baseball bat. A few shots later, they're saying how they need to get a baseball bat of their own.
The one other thing is that this driver, at least my combo, wants to be pounded. It doesn't do quite as well on easy swings. You need to attack this thing. I've found myself losing my tempo a few times on iron shots. I get in the mode of trying to kill the ball, and then have to remind myself to tone it down on the other shots.
Bottom line - I'm keeping this driver as it is for now. I have a PM702 sitting around that I was gonna throw in this club, but I don't want to change just for the sake of changing. I haven't been on a monitor so I don't know my numbers, but I don't feel like I'm losing distance due to excessive spin/height. I'm gonna try to get on a monitor sometime in the next month or so. If my spin numbers are too high I'll make a change to the 702, the WRXer's say the club is a monster with this shaft, but I'm happy with what I have right now.
Bottom line - Does it live up to the hype? Yes
The setup: Cobra L4V X with BB Solutions XS
I actually stumbled onto this shaft. Guy was selling head only and he said he'd throw this in there for another $30 or so. I know a lot of people here are big fans of it.
My previous driver was a 905R with a V2. The Cobra absolutely kills the R in terms of forgiveness. I honestly feel like I can't miss with this driver. Looking down, you just feel so much confidence. My normal shot is a draw, miss is a smothered hook. This club sets up beautifully, a little bit open. I honestly don't think I've had a drive missed bad left yet (knock on wood). I've pulled a few down the left side, but no big nose-diving hooks. If anything, I have to watch out for the big miss to the right. When I first got it, I was missing everything right. The combination of an open face and a rusty swing led to quite a few lazy fly balls to right field. Now that my swing is rounding into shape, it's not much of a problem anymore. Maybe once a round I'll make a lazy swing, not get through the ball and miss out right. Just have to aim down the middle, make a good move through the ball, and watch it fly.
I hit the ball quite high with this combo, but I'm not sure I'm losing much. The courses I play have quite a few 260 carries over bunkers to cut corners on some par 5's. The ball just gets up in the air and goes and goes. I'm seeing some run out of it at the end as well. The courses are finally dried out, so I can actually get a good judge of distance now.
I'd have to say the Cobra is a good 10-15 yards longer than the R, mishits are probably 15-20 yards longer. The Cobra is just so hard to miss. Even shots off the toe still carry, not quite as forgiving off the heel. Unless I make a terrible swing and block one way out right, my misses are only 10 yards shorter than shots off the sweetspot. With the R, that was more like 15-20 yards. I brought the R with me the first couple times I hit this club, at the time the Cobra was only 5-10 longer than the R, but that was when the course was wet and I still had my winter swing. One of these days I'll throw the R back in the bag, bring em both, and do a side by side showdown.
Cons - This driver is quite loud. At a covered range it is ridiculously loud, obnoxious actually. It's not quite as bad out on the course. A couple people I've played comment on how it sounds like a baseball bat. A few shots later, they're saying how they need to get a baseball bat of their own.
The one other thing is that this driver, at least my combo, wants to be pounded. It doesn't do quite as well on easy swings. You need to attack this thing. I've found myself losing my tempo a few times on iron shots. I get in the mode of trying to kill the ball, and then have to remind myself to tone it down on the other shots.
Bottom line - I'm keeping this driver as it is for now. I have a PM702 sitting around that I was gonna throw in this club, but I don't want to change just for the sake of changing. I haven't been on a monitor so I don't know my numbers, but I don't feel like I'm losing distance due to excessive spin/height. I'm gonna try to get on a monitor sometime in the next month or so. If my spin numbers are too high I'll make a change to the 702, the WRXer's say the club is a monster with this shaft, but I'm happy with what I have right now.
