COBRA Golf Forgot to Mention This Club Was Coming in 2025
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COBRA Golf Forgot to Mention This Club Was Coming in 2025

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COBRA Golf Forgot to Mention This Club Was Coming in 2025

In the midst of the new release chaos that is December through January in the golf equipment, COBRA nearly snuck one past us.

Recently Added to the USGA’s conforming driver list is COBRA KING Mini Driver. To be clear, we assume it’s a mini. It sure as hell looks like one.

The USGA photo shows a 13.5-degree driver head with a pair of front-to-back flip weights (12g, 2g). Also visible in the image are references to COBRA’s PWRSHELL technology and the new FutureFit33 hosel.

It’s a little early to tell when or even if COBRA’s Mini is coming to retail, but given that TaylorMade, Callaway and PXG have Minis on the market and Titleist has one coming, it stands to reason that COBRA would want to add its spin to the category.

Unfortunately, nothing suggests the relative size of the COBRA KING, so we don’t yet know how COBRA will seek to balance off-the-tee performance with some measure of usability from the fairway. Without evidence, I’m going to suggest that smaller might be better.

When will the COBRA KING Mini be available?

If I were a betting man, I’d wager you’ll be able to find one at the PGA Show next week (even if it’s not on display, it’s definitely a you need to know who to ask situation). I’ll parlay that part of my wager with an April release date.

But again, I’m just speculating here as the Mini wasn’t mentioned when we visited COBRA late last year.

Should COBRA release the Mini (and I’m 99.84% positive it will), that would leave only PING among major brands without a Mini either on the market or publicly in the pipeline.

What are you waiting for, guys?

Who Has Your Attention?

As I said, we’ve gone Mins on the market, and more on the way. Based on where the category is today, which brand has most captured your attention?

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      HikingMike

      3 weeks ago

      Off topic a bit –
      Cobra has an odd situation with its brand names. First of all, Cobra is a pretty kick ass brand name. And their old King Cobra irons are legendary now, at least that’s how they made a name for themselves in my head way back. “King Cobra” sounds cool, named after the snake. However if they used that, then it would be like the company name was King and the golf club line(s) were Cobra. King is not a great brand name. Hah, and I just reminded myself of the King Snake knockoff irons. What kind of driver do you have? “It’s a Cobra” vs. “It’s a King” – obvious which is better. But anyway, it makes total sense their company name and top-level branding should be Cobra, while King is the club line. But it’s just odd due to the previous King Cobra name and of course the snake.

      I’d be interested to hear any more history on that.

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      Jason S

      3 weeks ago

      This one confuses me a little. It doesn’t really look like the Adapt or any previous driver. It does however look a bit like the King Tec hybrid. I’d have thought they’d want to have it look like the current drivers in the line-up, just smaller. I guess they wanted it to look like nothing else in the lineup. I’ll be interested to see if/when it comes to market, how big it will be, and at what price.
      I play the Taylormade BRNR Mini (2023) and the Callaway Ti340 Mini and have enjoyed them. The PXG is intriguing, with all it’s adjustability. This one is a wait and see for me.

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      Joeg V.

      3 weeks ago

      That did it! I’ve been looking into Cobra for a couple years. Loved the 2 Forged Tec model irons I’ve hit & the Snakebite Wedges. The mini Driver did it. Goodbye Callaway & Mizuno, Hello Cobra!

      Reply

      Steve Barrett

      3 weeks ago

      Why not cut the shaft down 2 inches, adjust loft +1.5, on my previous driver, BINGO.

      Reply

      Bryan Reynolds

      3 weeks ago

      Sounds like there might be enough entries into this niche market now for MGS to do some testing. As someone who has toyed with replacing my 3W for a while, I’d love to see some data on these.

      Reply

      willie

      3 weeks ago

      I wish they would bring back the rails. I still have a the rickie fowler 4 wood, it feels virtually impossible to chunk a shot and you can get in the ground and hit it higher up the face.

      Reply

      Joeg V.

      3 weeks ago

      What model is that 4 Wood? Year?

      Reply

      Stu

      3 weeks ago

      Looks like a deep faced entry…looks good. I’ve come to think of the mini as a higher speed player option, as they might use it off the deck enough to make such a thing useful? Otherwise maybe we need to get on a trend of testing 460 drivers with sub 44″ inch shafts? That may suit a ton more players than a specialist mini. Maybe even test those off the deck against a mini and see the difference? Then again personally I’m always looking for a way to decrease number of clubs in the bag, not increase. I think the ‘average’ golfer and swing speed are probably best suited with a shorter shafted driver, possibly with higher loft, and lofted 5 or 7 wood as strongest wood for best versatility and consistency. Ping hasn’t made a mini yet, but theoretically, with their usual design of shallower face heights, might be the best for potential fairway use…we’ll see if they jump on the bandwagon. All that said, these minis are cool looking and I love the adjustability to try and make it work. But for me it just screams money burning a hole in your pocket for a scramble club. :)

      Reply

      Hopefully_OEMs_Are_Listening

      3 weeks ago

      I wish someone would make a high loft option (16 degree native head loft?) version of these clubs with a more upright lie angle and weights ports allowing for shorter builds.

      Mere mortals would have much better luck getting a build that could work. Additional loft and a shorter shaft would also give them a better chance of pulling double duty.

      TMs SLDR Mini was the only 16 degree that I know of, but that one was bonded, didn’t have a weight port, etc..

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