Equipment
Cobra’s King F6 Baffler and King Utility Iron
Cobra King F6 Baffler
Cobra’s King F6 Baffler is one of the most intriguing new fairway woods of the year. It can be adjusted to the loft of either a 4 wood or 5 wood (16-19 degrees), and features rails on its sole that are designed to improve turf interaction, particularly from less-than-ideal lies.
It’s more than just a get-out-of-trouble club, however. Two adjustable weights (15 grams and 3 grams) can give the club either a lower-spinning or higher-spinning ball flight, helping golfers fill a specific yardage gap in their bag.
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The King F6 Baffler ($239) has a stock length of 41.75 inches, making it slightly shorter than most 4-5 woods on the market. It will be available May 1, and off-the-rack models will feature Matrix’s Red Tie Q4 (L, R, S, X).
Cobra King Utility Iron
When Fowler hasn’t had the King F6 Baffler in the bag in 2016, he’s opted for Cobra’s King Utility iron, which we identified as a Show Stopper from the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show. The hot-faced iron is novel in that it allows golfers to adjust its loft and lie through an adjustable hosel, instead of the usual loft-and-lie machine.
The King Utility’s high-tech design includes a hollow head, and wide sole and a 67-gram tungsten weight. All three move weight lower and deeper in the club head to create the high trajectory most golfers want from their longest iron. A thin, L-Cup club face made of 455 stainless steel helps improve ball speed, offering golfers more distance as well.
Depending on a golfer’s needs, the King Utility can be adjusted from 18 degrees to 21 degrees, and also features three draw settings that make the iron more upright.
“This club is perfect for the golfer whose last iron stops at 4 and needs a 3 iron, or the golfer whose longest iron stops at a 3 iron and needs 2-iron distance somewhere throughout the round,” said Tom Olsavsky, Vice President of R&D, COBRA Golf.
The King Utility ($199 steel, $219 graphite) will be available May 1 with either KBS’ C-Taper Lite (S, X) or Aldila’s Rogue Black 85 (R, S, X)
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Jay
Apr 1, 2016 at 8:18 am
Love the LTD driver – cant wait to try these
Bryan
Mar 31, 2016 at 11:30 am
You can ‘t change the loft mid round of an iron. That probably goes without saying, but according to the quote, “somewhere throughout the round” Am I wrong here?
David Labbe
Mar 31, 2016 at 8:52 pm
He was not saying that “somewhere throughout the round” you can change the loft, he is saying that “somewhere throughout the round” you may need that extra club outside your longest iron.
Al
Mar 29, 2016 at 7:26 pm
love that f6 baffler. Have played previous baffler models and all were very easy to hit, almost SGI type category.
Golfrnut
Mar 29, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Bravo to them for chasing usefulness over distance(club length) with the baffler. Give the average golfer a club they at least have a chance of hitting…consistently.