By Leonard Finkel
Cobra Golf unveiled a complement to its KING Oversized Irons, the new KING oversized hybrid. The oversized profile coupled with improved performance technologies deliver an easy to hit long iron replacement built for explosive distance and maximum forgiveness.
The KING OS hybrid utilizes a wider, oversized clubhead shape to improve confidence at address and provide higher launch and maximum MOI for a straighter, forgiving ball-flight. A larger PWRSHELL face increases the Sweet Zone, providing more speed and added distance on off-center hits.
“Last fall we introduced our popular KING Oversized irons and now we have a super game improvement hybrid to perfectly complement that set,” said Tom Olsavsky, VP of R&D for COBRA Golf. “The oversized head will provide golfers with even more speed and distance on off-center contact without sacrificing forgiveness or control.”
This hybrid employs several of COBRA’s cutting-edge innovations, including a PWRSHELLTM face for more flex at impact, providing extreme speed and higher launching ball flights across all points of contact on the clubface. Further enhancing the blend of forgiveness and power, the club blends internal Tungsten weighting to strategically position the CG low and deep with a TeXtreme Carbon fiber crown, saving 8g of weight compared to traditional steel hybrid crowns.
“As is the case in our award-winning KING OS irons, the key to distance is lower CG and less spin, which is a big challenge when you create a larger clubhead,” said Olsavsky. “Our multi-material head construction and strategically-engineered tungsten weighting in our KING OS Hybrids allow us to achieve the lower CG while still providing a head profile that inspires confidence at address.”
The KING OS hybrid features MyFly8 with SmartPad adjustability technologies helping golfers to manage desired trajectory and fine tune launch conditions while keeping the clubface square at address regardless of loft setting.
The KING OS hybrid in RH or LH and available in store and at cobragolf.com. The KING OS hybrid is available in 3-4H, 4-5H and 5-6H models providing loft options ranging from 19-degrees to 28-degrees, depending upon the setting. Each KING OS Hybrid features a black Lamkin Crossline grip and comes stock with a UST Recoil 460 ES graphite shaft (in Xstiff, Stiff, Regular and Lite flexes).
Leonard Finkel is the author of The Secrets to the Game of Golf & Life and former editor in chief of Golf Journeys Magazine. His work has been featured in almost 200 publications including Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Golf Illustrated, Golf Tips and Player Magazine. He has written more than a dozen cover stories for Golf Today Magazine. He has written extensively about golf and travel and has added poker to his writing repertoire. Finkel also works as a marketing and public relations consultant. His specialty niche is writing advertorial copy. Prior to his career in golf, Finkel owned a chain of retail stores and a consulting and import company based in Asia. He attended the University of Utah.