Member testers

The testers are:

• @SE Gamer
• @Shanks2424
• @wam78
• @scott406
• @adam10

Member review highlights

@Shanks2424 (Cobra OPTM LS 10.5 degrees):

I just want to start out saying thank you so much to @GolfWRX_Official and @COBRA PUMA GOLF for selecting me to receive this amazing gift and opportunity. Let me introduce myself my name is Brad I am 41 and I have been playing golf since I was 6 or 7 years old. I have been as high as a 25 handicap to as low as an 8 handicap. Over the last 7 years my golf game has not been great due to me being super overweight and I have lost my swing. Now that my son who is 16 and he has been playing golf at the high school level, he has sparked me into getting into shape and losing weight. I apologize for the horrible looking swing videos. I picked out the Cobra OPTM LS 10.5 with the Diamana WB 63x. I picked this set up because I struggle with high spin and launch. I also seem to do better in the Diamana WB profile. I hope I do this review justice.

I received the driver 3-18-26. I have never owned a Cobra driver due to Just not liking the look of the flat black color on the crowns. I have hit and enjoyed the Aerojet driver and woods. But Cobra has never been on my radar due to just looks. Then when I saw this contest and saw how good the OPTM looked with the glossy crown it got me excited. So let’s fast forward to Wednesday night. The only thing I can say after the first few hits was WOW!!!! The feeling of this driver was so solid and hot. It was long and straight. The back net of our range is right around 255-265 carry. I was flying it into the net. I have been struggling with the driver this year. My gamer is a Titleist TSI3 9* With a UST Proforce V2 6s Tipped .5 inches. I have only hit it at the range on two different range sessions. And I can say the Titleist is 100% kicked out of the bag.

My son and I are playing on 3-21-26 at Spencer T Oilin in Alton Il and I feel so confident in this driver that I am not even bringing my gamer. I am 20 yards longer with the cobra and no high spinning balloon shots. I have messed with a few of the setting and I am between 4 of them. I ordered the driver on A1 just so I can mess with all the setting going from a natural setting to something different. I am looking at the following settings. G1 -1 loft +1 lie, F1 -.7 loft +1.7 lie H1 -.7 loft +.3 lie or just A1 STD loft STD lie. I am siding with G1 and H1.A few nit picking things the I am going to talk about. The head cover looks amazing except for one thing I am not a fan of the cobra logo on the cover as a gel type logo. I wish they would have embroidered it like the OPTM logo. The other thing is when changing the hosel be sure you have the screw lined up some people might cross thread it. The few time I changed the setting I had to get the screw just right. If it doesn’t turn easy don’t force it. Here are a few swing videos and some photos I took. I will post some more stuff over the next few weeks. I will try to get into our PGA Tour Superstore to get some numbers.

Played Saturday 3-21-26 I did not play well at all but I did hit the Cobra driver very well. I was using the new Pro V1 X. The driver was on G1 so +1 degree upright and -1 degree in loft at 9.5. This thing is great I did not get any balloon balls with a lot of spin on any of my miss hits and the miss hits were so much less then my TSI. I plan on going to the Sm to get some numbers in the next few weeks. I hope to play again not this weekend but next weekend.

@wam78 (Cobra OPTM X 10.5 degrees):

A little about myself.  I’ve been hovering around a 7 handicap depending on the time of year.  Have not played much over the last year due to my job and the travel, which makes it hard to get back into a rhythm.  However, my goal this year is to get 20 rounds in.  To some that seems like nothing.  For me that’s a lot.

I’ve been a big fan of Cobra for over a decade now.  Have been in and out of their woods for just as long.  My last Cobra driver in the bag was the Ltdx ls.  Man did I love that thing.  When hit on the screws it might have been my favorite.  Just was hard to manage the toe miss.  Since then I’ve been in a tsr3 over the past 2 seasons with a Kuro Kage XD 60x.  Absolutely love it and will be hard to get it out of the bag.  But the Cobra will get a legitimate shot starting this weekend.

Here are my specs on the build:

COBRA OPTM X 10.5

G1 setting (-1* loft and 1* upright)

-1” playing at 44.5”

Diamana BB 63x

Tour Velvet +4 standard +2 wraps of tape

Weights:  14gr & 3gr

Update:

Was able to get out this weekend and get some sim time. I’m not anywhere close to where I need to be swing wise. This is only the third time I’ve been out to hit balls in 3 months. Needless to say, this 48 year old body takes a little more time to get back into golf shape. Although I’m pretty active in the gym and try to keep myself in good shape.

My swing speed is about 5-8 mph down right now with the driver and my timing is taking a minute to get back.

With all of that said, I’m very impressed with the x head and the forgiveness. I’m a fader, so my miss can be a block to the right or I can overcook it and lose it right at times with an open face. I hit about 5 shots that I lost right but the spin never got above 2800. WOW! I was sitting around 23-2400 on spin on shots hit around the middle of the face. That’s right where I want to be. Maybe a touch higher.

Once again, I’m really enjoying the feel off the face. Just has this pleasant feel that’s not really “soft”, but you can feel the ball compress. Addicting. Sound is fantastic as well. Not too thuddy. Has a nice crack to it without being overly loud.

It’s impressing me more and more.

@adam10 (Cobra OPTM MAX-K 10.5 degrees):

Had a chance to sneak out for 9 on Friday afternoon and was able to hit the driver on 4 holes and all 4 drives were super solid. I switched to the B7 setting (my miss is a duck hook) and I was able to aim down the middle and hit it down the middle- seems like a simple goal but driver inconsistency has been a big issue for me for years now. The head (as compared to my PXG 0211) is SUPER stable and it’s already given me a ton more confidence off the tee. I’m playing again this week and I’ll have a more detailed update.

I’ve added a few pics as I did not even realize myself how big of a difference there was in the shapes (cobra on left) at address. I LOVE the look of my PXG at address but I’ve already gotten used to the more modern shape of the OPTM and the performance so far has been awesome.

Quick update for me—I’ve played 4 more 9 hole rounds and I cannot say enough about the total performance of my OPTM Max K. I am hitting the longest, straightest drives I’ve hit for YEARS. I hit a drive last night that was 345 (thanks in part to a tail wind) but had people on the course come up to me after the round to ask me if that was my drive because they had never seen a ball in that spot before. This sort of thing has happened multiple times in the past few weeks. I can definitely say that the technology in this driver, along with the ability to customize it to my misses with the FIT33 system has changed my game. My contact has been primarily towards the high toe and I can literally see the ball flight being corrected mid-air and find the fairway instead of my usual duck hooks or weak fades. (my only criticism is that the tee marks on the sole of the club won’t wipe off but I actually use this a a learning tool to help improve my face contact).