Equipment
Cobra’s new King wedges, with 3 different sole grinds
Cobra’s new King wedges join the company’s King family — including drivers, woods, hybrids, utilities and irons — which will be offered in three different grinds.
The company collaborated with Rickie Fowler, Jonas Blixt and Lexi Thompson to deliver wedges with a softer feel, more spin consistency and greater versatility. The result is Cobra’s line of King wedges (made from Satin Nickel Chrome with stock True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shafts), which will be available on April 1 for $149.
The King wedges use “progressive milled grooves,” according to Cobra, meaning the grooves are wider and have wider gaps in the higher lofts (56-60 degrees) to grab the ball more, but have “traditional groove spacing” on the lower lofts. Also, the faces (as shown above) use a milling process the company calls “variable face roughness,” bringing the faces to the USGA’s legal limits on roughness and depth.
For a softer feel, Cobra says its engineers used “modal analysis” to tune its vibrational frequencies, resulting in the “softest feeling wedge to date.” And, Cobra’s new King wedges have the company’s familiar notch in their soles.
The King wedges come available in three different grinds: “Versatile” (8-10 degrees of bounce, Rickie Fowler’s grind), “Classic” (11-12 degrees of bounce) and “WideLow” (4-7 degrees of bounce), thus allowing golfers to find a wedge that suits their swing characteristics and the usual turf conditions they play on.
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Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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Jason Purk
Mar 20, 2016 at 3:43 am
$149 geewizzz
gunmetal
Feb 19, 2016 at 5:37 pm
Anyone know the lofts that will be offered?
Tad
Feb 17, 2016 at 10:35 pm
Excited to see these in person. Especially like the look at address (at least from the pictures). Wish Cobra would get these on their website with more photos, specs, etc. Also surprised to see them with an SRP of $150 per club (would think they’d try to come in beneath SM6s). Also, the Golf Digest Hot List 2016 has them at $120 per club…
josh
Feb 17, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Surprised to see Cobras claim that increasing the groove spacing will increase spin on the higher lofted wedges. I almost bought a Wishon wedge to kick around. TW’s research claimed that decreasing groove spacing to get 5 grooves in contact with the ball at impact led to increased spin. What happens when the surface roughness goes away after hitting a thousand balls?
M-Herd4
Feb 17, 2016 at 4:55 pm
Love Cobra Gold products. Great looking wedges. I have a Tour Trusty wedge and couldn’t be happier.
Jon
Feb 17, 2016 at 3:25 pm
S200 shafts? I guess I shouldn’t knock it until I try them, but the S300 shafts feel too light in most other wedges.
nick
Feb 16, 2016 at 4:33 pm
In the King line-up, these wedges are dead last. Aesthetically anyways in my opinion. These things are being introduced at $150 too…? My guess is they come up short in the numbers (sales) department.