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Forum Thread of the Day: “Cobra’s ‘phenomenal’ King F9 Speedback irons”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from collingsom1a, who began the thread to discuss Cobra’s King F9 Speedback irons. After testing the clubs from Cobra, it’s fair to say that collingsom1a was more than a little impressed by what he found out, and detailed his experience in our forums.
“I was all set to get a set of new Ping irons like I do every 2 years. Then, I hit the new Cobra F9 irons. Holy crap, they are phenomenal. Great looks at set up, nice smaller head, not as much offset as the Ping G410’s, nice top line. Then, I hit them, and the universe exploded!!!!!!! “
“The ball literally explodes off that club face. I was getting 3-4 mph more ball speed vs the G410’s, and the trajectory was heavenly. I fight a lower trajectory with my irons, always have fought that, low draws. I was hitting the irons with a 20-degree trajectory, 145-150 carry (that’s usually my total distance with the G410’s), and these rolled out about 8-10 yds total distance. I got more rpm’s, about 5300 with the F9’s and they stopped fairly quickly on the greens.”
Here’s what some of our other members have been saying about Cobra’s F9 Irons, but make sure to check out the entire thread and have your say at the link below.
- Lamb: “These are the best looking irons Cobra have ever made IMO. This is just insane. I am not a fan of a full set of OEM clubs but have a hard time not justifying Driver – PW.”
- dan_mee: “Optics just too strange for mine. It’s like the baffler irons from a few years ago.”
- johnnythunders: “When I did a brief test back in January the distance was impressive but what was really impressive was the dispersion with that tungsten toe and heel weight in the 7. Oh my. At the flag every shot. I will be giving them a full test when my shoulder improves. Also their hybrids and driver, but that new Mizuno is probably going in the bag.”
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.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
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Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
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SharpTack
Mar 1, 2021 at 7:16 pm
I just want to say thank you for this great forum. I found a solution here on golfwrx.com for my issue.
X
Feb 13, 2019 at 2:53 am
Where can I find the nearest Walmart please, so I can find these irons?
Tiger Noods
Feb 12, 2019 at 5:07 pm
“literally explodes”
Ugh.
Well I guess it didn’t go very far. I suggest not using exploding golf balls for testing.
Tom
Feb 12, 2019 at 4:32 pm
Looks like a shiny Ping eye 2, WOW!….Breakthrough!!
Tom
Feb 12, 2019 at 2:50 pm
I tried them and didn’t think they would work for my game. I hit them so much farther and straighter than any other club that I feared it would make the game too easy….Uncle Rico is playing them, he can hit 5 iron over that mountain over there.