COBRA Goes Deep With DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive Clubhead

COBRA has released its most aggressive driver head yet, and it’s not for the faint of heart or the slow of swing.

The new DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive clubhead is what happens when you take an already low-spinning driver and ask Kyle Berkshire what he’d change. The answer, apparently, involves making everything more extreme.

Six degrees and a prayer

Starting with just 6 degrees of loft, the DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive head isn’t exactly what you’d call beginner-friendly. But here’s where COBRA’s FUTUREFIT33 hosel system earns its keep. You can dial it up to 8 degrees, which, I suppose, puts it in the realm of playable for high-speed golfers who generate too much spin with traditional lofts.

The revised shape is where things get interesting from an engineering perspective. COBRA made the face 2mm deeper and shortened the profile by 3mm front to back. It’s subtle stuff, but these changes make the head more aerodynamic and even lower spinning. While that’s irrelevant for most of us right now, it’s the kind of thing that could trickle down into the next mainstream COBRA LS model.

For golfers swinging in the 85 mph range, aerodynamic improvements offer minimal benefit. But as swing speeds climb, the value of aero efficiency increases exponentially. At Kyle Berkshire speeds—we’re talking 145 mph average and over 150 when he’s really feeling it—those benefits become significant.

Shaft-less technology

COBRA is selling the DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive model as a head-only option. It comes without a shaft, which is unusual for a major OEM but it makes sense given its specialized nature.

That said, a $650 price tag for a shaftless driver feels a little steep, but that’s apparently the premium we pay for products this far outside the mainstream.

The good news? It comes with two FutureFit33 hosel adapters, so that’s like $40 right back in your pocket.

#winning.

The bottom line

The DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive is purpose-built equipment for a very specific type of golfer. If you’re swinging north of 115 mph and looking to extract every possible yard from your driver, this could be exactly what you’ve been waiting for.

For everyone else? Well, there’s always the standards—DS-ADAPT LS, X, MAX-D, and MAX-K. The point is you’ve got plenty of other options.

The COBRA DS-ADAPT LS Long Drive clubhead is available now for $649. For more information, visit cobragolf.com.