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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Looks like Cobra's new driver will hit the market early next year,

http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/11/cobras-fly-z-line-pushes-weigh.html

The Fly-Z+ has an adjustable weight to move the CG more forward or back on the driver. Still has their adjustable hosel for loft and fade/draw bias.

Taking a page out of Callaways. They Fly-Z+ will be made with a composite material crown to lower the CG even further.

Probably the biggest feature is the "Speed Channel".

This small channel is around the entire face of the driver. This supposedly increases the sweet spot of the driver further.

May only concern is if you hit that area with the golf ball on a bit mishit. Will it shoot the ball off in a strange direction or damage the club?

The last two driver models from Cobra have had solid reviews. I will be interested to see how this driver performs.

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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May only concern is if you hit that area with the golf ball on a bit mishit. Will it shoot the ball off in a strange direction or damage the club?

I doubt it. A dimple on a golf ball is probably a bigger issue than that "channel."

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jamo Incredible Member

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Looks very nifty. As a happy Bio Cell+ user, I'm very interested. [quote name="saevel25" url="/t/77962/cobra-fly-z-drivers/0_30#post_1071939"] May only concern is if you hit that area with the golf ball on a bit mishit. Will it shoot the ball off in a strange direction or damage the club?  [/quote] You're not going to get great results when you hit that area of the face on a normal driver anyway.

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Driver: Titleist TSi3 | 15º 3-Wood: Ping G410 | 17º 2-Hybrid: Ping G410 | 19º 3-Iron: TaylorMade GAPR Lo |4-PW Irons: Nike VR Pro Combo | 54º SW, 60º LW: Titleist Vokey SM8 | Putter: Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas H7

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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Looks very nifty. As a happy Bio Cell+ user, I'm very interested.

You're not going to get great results when you hit that area of the face on a normal driver anyway.

True

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: :titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
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joekelly Great Member

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Composite material crown? If weight the big concern the crown may be painted plastic ribbed with titanium threads. Or styrofoam but can't advise cleaning with gasoline.

I like the black and orange motif.

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MotoGolfer250 Member

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May only concern is if you hit that area with the golf ball on a bit mishit. Will it shoot the ball off in a strange direction or damage the club?

I know it has already been addressed but if you hit the ball out that far first of all you are doing something very wrong, and second its going to have terrible results, but so is every other driver on the market if struck way the hell out there

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gregsandiego Great Member

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Weird!  I'm a cheap golfer that buys good quality stuff used. But I tried this out in my local Golf Smith today and boy did it seem easier to him than my TaylorMade R5 XL. Of course I didn't have them side by side but still it seemed a lot harder to mishit.

I saw another review somewhere where the golfer said the same thing - hard to mishit. Could the design be that much better?

I use old Taylor Made clubs from eBay and golf shops.

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Dave2512 Super Member

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On my list to demo this weekend. I used the AMP Cell most of last year and haven't driven the ball as well since selling it. Every review I've read says the Fly-Z is head of the 2015 class for forgiveness.

Dave :-)

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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Since I just bought my Bio Cell+ I doubt I'll be getting this. I need to get out of the habit of getting new drivers so often and just flesh out the rest of my clubs with fitted clubs. If I hadn't just gotten my driver at the end of last year I'd probably really be interested in this.

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randyfitz Established Member

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i have been gaming the fly z for a month or so.  love the sound and forgiveness but i am still blocking a lot of my drives to the right.

any suggestions?

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