Equipment

Spotted: Cobra mini driver/2-wood

Published

1 year ago

Jan 15, 2025

The mini driver craze in professional golf appears to be continuing. TaylorMade (elder statesman of the group), Callaway, Titleist, and PXG all have mini models that have appeared in pros’ bags. In many cases, the diminutive drivers have made it to market as well with consumers keen to add a traditional fairway wood alternative to their setups.

This week, at The American Express, GolfWRX spotted an apparent new addition to the mini market: Cobra’s “The Deuce.” Some like to refer to the mini driver as a 2-wood and we have even seen some 2-wood markings on clubs years ago. Cobra isn’t giving us any details on this new mini driver, so no idea on the size or if it has any chance at making it to retail.

@golfwrx Spotted at The Amex: Cobra Golf mini driver prototype ? #golftok #golftiktok #golfwrx ? The finest Lofi Hip Hop(843801) – Dusty Sky

However, we can speculate on a few things and the first is that we see Cobra’s FutreFit33 hosel adjustment and QR code on the club. This means there has to be at least a chance of it making it to retail or they wouldn’t have bothered putting the code on it for just tour players. The sole looks to be all titanium with two movable weights in the front and back. These should offer the ability to dial in launch and spin by moving a heavy weight forward or back. That system has caught on with most woods and it looks like the heavier 12g weight is forward for lower spin and launch.

A carbon fiber crown is part of the design and looks very similar to the new DS-Adapt woods that Cobra just released. The Duece has a very traditional shape and only a single alignment aid made from the Cobra logo. That crown allows Cobra engineers to take the saved weight and move it elsewhere in the head to optimize the center of gravity location. The face seems to not be super deep and the club overall doesn’t seem to be the largest mini driver out there. The one thing I don’t see on the face, and this could just be a prototype thing, but there isn’t a H.O.T. Face marking like the retail woods. While Cobra doesn’t put the King logo on drivers or fairways currently, this club does have the King marking. Not sure what that means, but just another detail we noticed.

See the rest of the photos from the 2025 The American Express

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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9 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

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.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

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9 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

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

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

9 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

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”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”