Cobra S9's?

[Guest]

I've had them for a season now and I love em. Get sweet spot any the ball always goes straight.

[ERC7.5]

Here is what I've narrowed my options down to from what I've seen and read here and Golf Digest's Hot List. I plan on taking a few swings with each of these:
Super Game Improvement:
King Cobra S9's - have to check them out after all of the positive feedback.
Game Improvement:
King Cobra FP's
Callaway X-20's
Ping G10's
TaylorMade r7's
Cleveland CG Gold's

Any feedback on those listed above would be appreciated!

On the King Cobra FP's, I read ( here )that "The narrow sole might make things tougher for the chopper". What does this mean? What's a chopper?

[Raidermatt]

I *think* that means somebody whose swing plane is too steep, so they are "chopping" down on the ball too much.

[Clubswinger21]

R7's are great, heard good things about the g10's and x20's. Fp's are garbage from what i hear.

[ERC7.5]

I *think* that means somebody whose swing plane is too steep, so they are "chopping" down on the ball too much.

Thanks Raidermatt. That's kinda what I was figuring.

R7's are great, heard good things about the g10's and x20's. Fp's are garbage from what i hear.

Thank you Clubswinger. Hopefully early next week I'll be able to make it to a store where i can check these out. I'm going to start my search with the "game improvement" irons with a Gold rating on the Golf Digest's

Hot List 2008 and work my way from there stopping at what I feel is the best fit. The pics that I've seen on the X-20's from the top view have been really pleasing to me.

[ganjagolfer]

check into getting a set of timiGolf du woods and irons. this technological advancement just buries everyone

http://www.timicom.com/timinews2.asp

[ERC7.5]

check into getting a set of timiGolf du woods and irons. this technological advancement just buries everyone

Nice! Do you know if these clubs come with high powered binoculars and bullhorn for yelling "FORE!!!!"? lol

[Dave]

Well, Cobra makes good equipment. I have a few sets of irons depending on what kind of shape my game is in and right now I have a set of Cobra 3100 I/H's in the bag. Stay a year or two behind the latest / greatest clubs and you'll find clubs pretty inexpensively.

If you're trying to stay away from the "super game improvement" irons ... maybe look at the Wilson Ci6. They're going pretty cheap on the discount sites and they got great reviews when they came out.

As for hitting clubs at Dicks ... unless they have a real range, hitting into a net or simulator isn't going to tell you much.

[Masa]

Here is what I've narrowed my options down to from what I've seen and read here and Golf Digest's Hot List. I plan on taking a few swings with each of these:

Well, I've definitely hit all of these clubs. I'll try to give a quick run down of what I think of all of them.

Cobra S9: Current irons. Super easy to hit, high launching (a bit too high for me with the stock Nippon shaft so I switched those out for Dynamic Golds). Urethane insert on top hides the thickness by only having a small line of metal directly on the top (if a thick topline bothers you). Urethane insert in the cavity reduces shock quite a bit, really soft feel, especially for a cast club of that size. Ping G10: Another super easy to hit club. Great service from Ping of course. The standard AWT shaft feels pretty good and a nice concept. A ton of people have been buying these and absolutely love them. Seem to be very similar mold to the Raptures without the titanium face insert. Again launches high and straight with a bit of a muted feel, especially with the Cushin insert in the shaft. Callaway X-20: Oddly enough my least favorite club of the group. A very nice club in its own right, but not for me. The look of the topline and the club head in general doesn't suit me at all. The Uniflex steel shaft gets some mixed reviews as well. I don't know much difference in shafts for irons personally (I play R300 but hit S300 and Project X 6.0 just as well) so the uniflex shaft doesn't mean much to me. Feel is a bit "clunky" to me but also easy to hit. Taylormade R7: Another great club, but not a particular favorite of mine. Nice technology, good distance, good launch, but the feel is a little strange to me. I absolutely love the feel of the R7 TP, but the regular R7s don't seem to have the same soft feel. Shaft is a good choice and fits the club well. Plenty of people love this one as well. The look and topline of this one sets up very nicely. Cobra FP: Smaller version of the S9. Less offset than the S9, slightly smaller head, thinner sole. Topline is a bit thick for me. The heavier Nippon shaft (compared to the shaft in the S9) is a nice addition as well. Same urethane insert in the cavity as the S9 giving a nice soft feel. Slightly harsher feel than the S9, but still easy to hit. Available for a great price right now until the new version is released. Cleveland CG Gold: One of the guys I work with had these for a few months. It took him a little to get used to them from his old irons but he started hitting them very well before getting the club bug and selling them to make room for some new Pings. The polymer insert dampens the harshness and the topline is relatively thick, but they are nice clubs as well. Shafts in these say they are flighted, which is kind of cool. The shorter irons look a little strange at set up to be honest, but I can't really explain why. That's about all I can think of at the moment for these 6. Definitely try them all and get an idea. Don't rule out anything. Good luck.

[ERC7.5]

Thank you all,

Ping G10's: a muted feel, especially with the Cushin insert in the shaft.

really caught my attention. I really can't stand a clunky feel in an iron.

Well, Cobra makes good equipment. I have a few sets of irons depending on what kind of shape my game is in and right now I have a set of Cobra 3100 I/H's in the bag. Stay a year or two behind the latest / greatest clubs and you'll find clubs pretty inexpensively.

I will add these to the list.

I still haven't made it anywhere to try any clubs out as things keep popping up to prevent this but I am getting a lot of nice feedback on this forum to help me. Thanks a lot.

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

So what did you end up getting? I'm looking at buying a new set of irons in the next couple weeks, and the S9's are at the top of my wishlist. I'm interested to hear the results of your testing and what you think of the ones you ended up with now.

-Andrew

[ERC7.5]

I haven't purchased new irons yet...had a few things come up that made me decide to hold off. I have checked a few out and am leaning toward the Mizuno MX-25's or Cleveland CG Golds. There are some pretty interesting posts in this thread to get some opinions for your search.

EDIT: BTW - Great screen name!

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

I haven't purchased new irons yet...had a few things come up that made me decide to hold off. I have checked a few out and am leaning toward the Mizuno MX-25's or Cleveland CG Golds. There are some pretty interesting posts in this thread to get some opinions for your search.

Did something turn you away from the Cobra's, or did you hear something good about the others you mentioned? Everything I hear about the S9's makes them sound excellent to me, so I'm curious if you found out anything I should know before purchasing.

I take it you're a Simpsons fan too? -Andrew

[ERC7.5]

Did something turn you away from the Cobra's, or did you hear something good about the others you mentioned? Everything I hear about the S9's makes them sound excellent to me, so I'm curious if you found out anything I should know before purchasing.

Nothing wrong with the Cobra's at all. I just came to the conclusion that they weren't for me. I have absolutely no problem getting the ball in the air and want to move past the super game improvement irons to start getting better at the game. At your handicap level....they'd probably be a wonderful club (not a knock).

If you read the rest of this thread (maybe you have) you'll probably get some good info from the others posts when they gave me feedback. You definitely want to make sure that you try the clubs before buying....