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COBRA LAUNCHES AMP IRONS

CARLSBAD, CA (January 1, 2012) – COBRA’s new AMP Irons feature Advanced
Material Placement , a progressive face and cavity design and v-skid sole that provides
customized distance and accuracy. The AMP Irons are available in an iron set and
combo set.

“Our AMP Irons are perfect for any type of golfer looking for improved distance and
accuracy,” said Tom Preece, Vice President of Research and Development at COBRA
PUMA GOLF.

“We studied golfers’ shots to develop our E9 Face Technology and now
we’ve improved upon that with our multi-alloy design. The two features work together
to provide increased distance in long irons, consistent short irons as well as improved
feel and forgiveness.

E9 Face TechnologyTM and a progressive face and cavity design which optimize the
performance of each individual iron to improve distance, feel and forgiveness. The
Advanced Material Placement (AMP) improves the performance of E9 Face Technology.
AMP Irons #3-7 have a 2-piece multi-alloy, 17-4 High Strength Steel face plasma welded
to a 431 stainless steel body for a thinner face and hotter long and mid irons.
The V-Skid sole design in the new AMP Irons drastically relieves heel-toe sections to
reduce turf drag and add to the sole’s versatility. The higher bounce front section
provides forgiving sole interaction, a lower bounce middle section keeps the leading
edge at a proper height and the rear sole relief has the weight benefits of a wider sole
but cleaner turf contact. The sole design is complemented by the ability to bend for
correct lie.

COBRA AMP Irons

Advanced Material Placement- Multi-alloy design strategically positions weight to provide explosive long irons and consistent short irons. Full cavity TPU layer dampens vibration and provides exceptional feel.
E9 Face Technology- A progressive face and cavity design optimizing distance, feel and forgiveness in each individual iron.
V-Skid Sole Design- Promotes consistent distance and accuracy with a versatile mid-width sole that narrows in the toe and heel.

The COBRA AMP Irons are available in 3-LW in a Steel or Graphite shaft and S or R flex.
AMP Steel 8 piece set (MAP $699), AMP Graphite 8 piece set (MAP $799), AMP Steel Combo 8 piece set ($799) and AMP Graphite Combo 8 piece set ($899). Individual AMP Irons with Steel shafts (MAP $88) and individual AMP Irons with graphite shafts (MAP$99). 8 piece sets feature 4-GW and combo sets feature 3/H, 4/H and 5-PW. The graphite irons feature the AMP by Aldila and steel irons feature a True Temper Dynalite 90 Steel shaft. All irons feature the Lamkin® N-DUR 3GEN® grip.

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The AMP Irons will be available in the United States on February 10th, 2012.


COBRA’S AMP DRIVER DELIVERS CUSTOMIZED DISTANCE AND
ACCURACY

COBRA’s AMP Driver packs technology, style and flair into one must-have club

CARLSBAD, CA (January 1, 2012) – COBRA is excited to announce the new AMP
Driver featuring E9 Face Technology with dual roll and AMP Speed Tuning, delivering
customized distance and accuracy to golfers around the world. The AMP Driver also
brings color and attitude to the golf course with black PVD and vibrant orange details on
the shaft, club head and grip.

“The AMP Driver features technology focused on delivering superior distance and
accuracy,” said Tom Preece, Vice President of Research and Development at COBRA
PUMA GOLF. “The titanium 6-4 head with a semi-forged, milled Ti face features E9 Face
Technology with dual roll to provide more distance to shots above and below the
centerline.”

The AMP Driver also features Adjustable Flight Technology (AFT)TM, providing golfers
with the option to set the face angle as Open, Neutral or Closed to optimize ball flight
for better distance and accuracy. The Aldila RIP® Speed Tuned shafts have a
progressive weight design and El flex profiles that customize performance for various
swing speeds. AMP Speed Tuning works in conjunction with the shaft to optimize each
loft differently to deliver the best performance for a given club head speed. The
premium Lamkin® R.E.L. 3Gen® Grip is vibrant orange to match the cub head design,
packing the AMP Driver with style, flair and technology to help improve a golfer’s game.
The AMP Driver is also available in an offset design to reduce the effects of a slice as
well as provide improved distance and accuracy. The AMP Offset Driver squares the
head more quickly through impact to reduce the effects of a slice. The unique crown
alignment feature also helps golfers aim the driver on target.

E9 Face Technology with dual roll

COBRA’s E9 Face Technology with dual roll utilizes an elliptical shape face that gives the
AMP Driver a 30% larger Sweet Zone, resulting in more distance, accuracy and
forgiveness in shots hit from the low heel to high toe. COBRA tested golfers hitting more
than 25,000 shots and discovered that the majority of golfers hit shots across the face in
this canted, elliptical pattern. We redesigned our clubface to use this phenomenon to
the golfers’ advantage. We’ve added a new canted bulge with dual roll to now provide
added distance and accuracy to the shots hit above and below the centerline.

COBRA AMP Driver

E9 Face Technology with dual roll- An elliptical face featuring a new canted bulge with dual roll design providing more distance to shots hit above and below the centerline.
Adjustable Flight Technology (AFT)- Three simple face-angle settings (Open, Neutral and Closed) optimize ball flight for increased distance and improved accuracy.
AMP Speed Tuning- Each loft optimizes the amount of dual roll, head weight, shaft weight and length differently to deliver the best performance for a given club head speed.

The COBRA AMP Driver (MAP $299) is available in lofts of 8.5°, 9.5°,10.5° and 11.5° in men’s right-handed, and 9.5° and 10.5° in men’s left-handed. The 8.5° loft is available in X or S flex, the 9.5° and 10.5° in S or R Flex and the 11.5° in R or Lite Flex. All lofts feature the Aldila RIP® Speed Tuned shaft.

The COBRA AMP Offset Driver (MAP $249) is available in a men’s right handed or lefthanded 10.5° in S or R flex and a men’s right handed 11.5° in a R or Lite flex. The AMP Offset Driver features an Aldila RIP® Speed Tuned shaft.
The AMP Driver and AMP Offset Driver will be available in the United States on February 10th.

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COBRA LAUNCHES AMPTM FAIRWAYS AND HYBRIDS, DELIVERING CUSTOMIZED DISTANCE AND ACCURACY

CARLSBAD, CA (January 1, 2012) – COBRA has launched AMP Fairways and
Hybrids designed for customized distance and accuracy. Similar to the AMP Driver, the
Fairways and Hybrids are packed with technology to improve your game and feature
black PVD and vibrant orange details on the club head, shaft and grip for added style.

“The AMP Fairways and Hybrids were designed with for all golfers seeking distance and
accuracy,” said Tom Preece, Vice President of Research and Development at COBRA
PUMA GOLF. “We’ve improved the construction with a 455 high strength steel face that
has over 1.5 times the yield strength of the 17-4 stainless steel body, resulting in a
lighter, hotter face.

The AMP Fairways were designed with a larger profile for increased MOI to provide
added forgiveness. A new, larger high strength steel face with E9 Face Technology TM
with dual roll provides a 5% thinner face for a larger Sweet Zone and added distance.
The AMP Fairways also feature Adjustable Flight Technology (AFT) , providing golfers
with three simple face angle settings, Open, Neutral or Closed, to optimize ball flight for
increased distance and improved accuracy. The Aldila RIP® Speed Tuned Fairway shaft
features a progressive weight design and El flex profiles for customized performance in
various swing speeds.

AMP Hybrids have a smaller, pear like shape for a more workable hybrid, a 455 high
strength steel face to promote long, penetrating ball flight and Adjustable Flight
Technology that promotes improved distance and accuracy. The premium Aldila RIP®
Hybrid shaft provides tip stability and control.

E9 Face Technology with dual roll

COBRA’s E9 Face Technology with dual roll utilizes an elliptical shape face that gives the
AMP Fairway a 30% larger Sweet Zone, resulting in more distance, accuracy and
forgiveness in shots hit from the low heel to high toe. COBRA tested golfers hitting more
than 25,000 shots and discovered that the majority of golfers hit shots across the face in
this canted, elliptical pattern. We redesigned our clubface to use this phenomenon to
the golfers’ advantage. We’ve added a new canted bulge with dual roll to now provide
added distance and accuracy to the shots hit above and below the centerline.

COBRA AMP Fairway
E9 Face Technology with dual roll- An elliptical face featuring a new canted bulge with dual roll design providing more distance to shots hit above and below the centerline.
Adjustable Flight Technology (AFT)- Three simple face-angle settings (Open, Neutral and Closed) optimize ball flight for increased distance and improved accuracy.

COBRA AMP Hybrid
Adjustable Flight Technology (AFT)- Three simple face-angle settings (Open, Neutral and Closed) optimize ball flight for increased distance and improved accuracy.
Deeper, High Strength Steel Face- The 455 Maraging High Strength Steel face promotes long, penetrating ball flight.

The COBRA AMP Fairway (MAP $199) is available in men’s right-handed and left-handed 3 (15°), 4 (16.5°) or 5 (18°) in X, S, R or Lite flex.
The COBRA AMP Hybrid (MAP $189) is available in men’s right-handed 2/H, 3/H and 4/H in S or R flex, the 3H is also available in men’s left-handed.
The AMP Hybrid will be available in the United States on February 10th, 2012 and the AMP Fairway will be available in the United States on March 16th, 2012.

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3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Carl

    May 13, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Love this baby … I don’t do reviews hate thinking that someone might sell my email, but this driver is worth a look. Spent time on the launch monitor getting the right loft and lie. I’m an 11.7, ended up with a 10.5, Stiff flex. Guys I play with said it felt like a Firm, which is a perfect fit for my swing speed, low 90’s.

    This thing will help you hit fairways, definitely worth trying, but make sure to get on a launch monitor and get fitted, don’t throw your money away, which you’re doing if you don’t get fitted.

  2. michael

    Jan 4, 2012 at 7:24 pm

    I just got a Demo set of AMP Irons 4-PW with a dynalite 90 shaft and its awsome. i hit my 7iron 168yds carry and my 4 iron 190yds carry, got the hybrid in 17° and hit it 245yds, i will get a 3iron in march(hope earlier) and the 3wood 13° next week!
    The are stunning, slightly forgiving, but you can shape the ball.
    Its fun to hit them with no big effort and if the hit the sweetspot you feel nothing but buttery smooth klick! I can recommend them. I took the hybrid out of the thick rough for about 200yds shot onto the green and 7ft away from the flagstick. My flight partners were impressed the same way i was. and if you misshit it slightly you immediately feel and hear it, but then the clubs take out their forgivness! I was trying 2 Months club to club, but i went back to the amp! Everyone i gave a club for a few test shots was suprised about the feel of that club.
    So try them the are worth the money. In my opinion better than an AP2.

  3. g-train

    Jan 2, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    these thinks are making ping and nikes look good,does the orange have anything to do with ricky fowler??, could he be bagging cobra this yr

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Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory

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In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.

McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.

So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?

Driver

2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.

What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)

The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.

Fairway woods

2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.

Irons

2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.

With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.

Wedges

2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.

Putter

2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.

Ball

2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)

As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.

Grips

2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC

Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

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Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

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Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

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