Equipment

Cobra to release new Bio Cell Pro driver

Published

12 years ago

May 13, 2014

Cobra has announced the release of its new Bio Cell Pro, a 440cc driver that the company says has the lowest center of gravity of any of its 2014 drivers.

The Bio Cell Pro is the driver of choice for Rickie Fowler, who has been playing the new driver since late 2013. Unlike the company’s Bio Cell+ driver, a 440cc model that uses an alloy called Venollum to lower the driver’s center of gravity, the Bio Cell Pro is made entirely of titanium. That will give it a look and feel that’s more similar the company’s all-titanium Bio Cell driver, with the exception of its 20cc smaller size.

“This Pro Driver was designed for golfers with a strong swing that yields high launch and high spin,” said Jose Miraflor, Cobra’s director of product marketing. “To help these golfers play at their best, we created the Bio Cell Pro driver, our lowest CG ever to deliver unmatched distance and performance.”

The smaller size should make the Bio Cell Pro more workable than the Bio Cell, with a lower CG that Cobra says will raise the driver’s launch angle and lower its spin rate compared to the company’s other models. It also has a MyFly8 adjustable hosel that lends itself to better players, with lower lofts and flatter lie angle settings. The hosel adjusts to lofts of 7, 7.5, 8.5 9.5 and 10 degrees, with additional 7.5 Fade, 8.5 Fade and 9.5 Fade settings that make the driver’s lie angle flatter. The company’s Smart Pad, 1.5-cm strip on the sole of the driver, adapts to each hosel setting to keep the face angle relatively square regardless of loft or face angle.

At Address: The Bio Cell Pro in black

Like the Bio Cell and Bio Cell+ drivers, the Bio Cell Pro uses the company’s Forged E9 Bio Cell Face technology, which removes weight from the face to increase the size the driver’s sweetspot.

Click here to read our review of the Bio Cell+ and Bio Cell driver, which we ranked as one of the top-5 drivers in our 2014 Gear Trials Driver Test in the categories of Forgiveness-First and Balanced-Performance.

The Bio Cell Pro driver is currently on Cobra’s website for pre-order, and will be in stores on May 1 for $399. It will be available in orange, black and blue, and comes stock with Matrix’s 6Q3 “Red Tie” shaft in R, S and X Flexes. For no upcharge, golfers can also opt for Mitsubishi Rayon’s D+ 72 shaft (S and X Flexes) or True Temper’s Project X PXv 52 shaft in 5.5 (R), 6.0 (S) and 6.5 (X) flexes.

The stock length of the driver is 45 inches, and swing weight hovers between D3 and D5 depending and shaft model and flex.

Click here to see what GolfWRX Members are saying about the Bio Cell Pro in our forum.

Click here to see what GolfWRX Members are saying about the Bio Cell Pro in our forum.

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24 Comments

Sheffield

Jul 13, 2014 at 12:14 am

Another nice review! Can you provide launch #’s for the Regular vs Pro. Any thoughts on how a lower spin shaft; e.g., the Graf “new” Blue would play in the regular vs pro in terms of spin rate, launch angle and distance?
thx

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perisho

Jul 10, 2014 at 10:36 am

I live in a town with 2 PGA Superstores, 3 Golfsmiths, and 2 Golf Galaxy stores. Not to mention the other misc smaller shops. There isn’t a single BioCell Pro in our city. Most shops have never even heard of it.

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matthew moxon

Jun 27, 2014 at 9:09 am

I just bought this a few days ago and it is an awesome driver but i would just like to say to anyone thinking of trying it, you need a fairly fast swing speed to get the performance it offers. I swing at 115-120 mph and was getting good number (average 2100 spin, 10.3 launch) but a friend of mine hit the bio cell pro and found that it performed poorly for him because his swing speed was to low (around 100-105) and he couldn’t get a high enough launch or spin rate and was losing distance. just so you know.

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- ParHunter
  
  Jun 28, 2014 at 8:44 am
  
  I just got fitted for the BioCell pro and I have a clubhead speed of low 90. It all depends on whether you normally hit it high with lots of spin, then this driver is right for you. No matter what speed. If you need help getting it airborn then it probably isn’t a driver for you.
  
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phil thompson

Jun 18, 2014 at 6:07 pm

I have this driver with the red tie shaft. It is incredible. Moved from rocketballz tour and I have gained more from this driver than any other change. Very stable. Longer than i25 and sldr during fitting and even better, no one else has one at my club!

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Scott Shields

Jun 4, 2014 at 10:38 am

Just ordered one of these babies yesterday. I prefer the open club face, to hit better draws with. This face is hot, my misses (smash factor around 1.40-1.45) still flew. The ones I hit well, were awesome. I had spin around 1750 and launch around 13-14.

The misses (high negative aoa), OTT move, was were i was shocked, those were essentially heel hits and the spin was only in the mid 2500 or so … it was stupid almost lol. Ordered it in the AD-DI 7x.

I’m replacing my existing driver, RBZ Stage 2 tour, with Ad-di 6x. Good club, but time to get a better one.

Plus, black head, with a black shaft … straight beast mode.

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evenStephen

May 15, 2014 at 3:51 pm

Has anyone hit this yet? How does it perform? What do the numbers look like?

I was debating about the SLDR 460 and the Cell + last week. I think I want to hit this Cell Pro now.

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pdgoblue25

May 14, 2014 at 12:23 pm

Love the way this club looks.

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Clemson Sucks

Apr 29, 2014 at 12:43 pm

Why not offer the grey color head too?

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Matt

Apr 29, 2014 at 10:03 am

I am a little discouraged. When Golf WRX had the Q&A with Cobra back on March 23rd, I specifically asked if Rickie Fowler was playing a “Tour” version of the Bio Cell. They basically said he was playing the stock head because his launch conditions were better, along with Jonas Blixt, as you can see here
http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/989869-recap-live-qa-with-cobra-golf/page__st__150#entry8956137.
I understand Cobra may have been keeping quiet about it until its official release announcement, but I just wanted to know if Rickie was using a different head and they steered around my question. Feel kinda betrayed…

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- Dave
  
  Apr 29, 2014 at 12:05 pm
  
  I’m pissed as well. Just bought the plus last week, and now this comes out? I’m a high launch, high spin guy in need of exactly what the Pro is offering. Very, very frustrating to know that if I had just waited a week, I’d be in much better shape.
  
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  - chris
    
    May 14, 2014 at 11:07 pm
    
    I don’t think you’ll see a huge difference in launch and spin between the Pro and the Bio Cell+. The biggest difference is the Pro is 7-10 deg. and the Bio Cell + is 8-11. Also the Pro comes with fade options and the Plus has the draw. I have a Pro and the feel is very similar with the same shaft as the Plus and I have set both the Pro and Plus at 9.5 deg. Hope this helps. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with the Plus.
    
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- Hate Cobra
  
  May 13, 2014 at 1:11 pm
  
  Yeah you have to hate on Cobra for not wanting to cannibalize their sales of the BioCell+ driver with the upcoming Pro version. That was very sneaky of them, and not very nice.
  
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nikkyd

Apr 28, 2014 at 9:59 pm

Ha! I just posted last night ” why have they not done a review on the bio cell pro yet”? Ask and you shall receive 🙂

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- RadioActive
  
  May 13, 2014 at 10:45 am
  
  Not sure I would call this a “review”
  
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Joel Domen

Apr 28, 2014 at 9:14 pm

“Myfy8” myfly8
“Lofter lofts” lower lofts

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Eric

Apr 28, 2014 at 2:22 pm

I hope it’s an improvement over the Amp Cell Pro, as I just went back to my S3 to regain the 20 yards I lost…

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Max

Apr 28, 2014 at 1:19 pm

Awesome! Love the look of the Bio Cell, hopefully will perform like the + or higher launch lower spin than the +….. can’t wait for some reviews. Will have an itchy trigger finger for this one.

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RAT

Apr 28, 2014 at 10:33 am

Really excited. I want to give it a try asap. I play the ZL model and nothing beats it so far that I’ve tried..

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Roberto

Apr 28, 2014 at 10:31 am

Highly confused how’s this any different than bio cell plus? Aldo comes w same shaft as bio cell plus correct?
I play bio cell plus, I am a high launch high spin player, and think its a great club and one of the most under rated clubs of 2014. It tops for me all new drivers, up there with sldr (must have proper shaft) and alpha closely after those two. This is all relative as clubs are all personal opinion and how they perform for our own swings.
Any clarification on this pro vs cell plus would be greatly appreciated

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- Joe
  
  Apr 28, 2014 at 1:21 pm
  
  I think that part of this comes from the tour players, who for the most part, liked the look and feel of the regular Bio Cell over that of the Plus. To me, it seems they are now producing a tour driver that has the look and sound of the regular, with the workability of the Plus.
  
  I have hit the red tie shaft with the reg driver, and it may be the best of both worlds. This pro driver may be along the same line.
  
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- RadioActive
  
  May 13, 2014 at 10:54 am
  
  Pretty sure the chart sums up the differences pretty well…
  
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- Chris
  
  May 14, 2014 at 11:45 pm
  
  The biggest difference is the static loft 7-10 (Pro) vs 8-11 (Plus) and the paint jobs due to the multi material on the Plus.
  
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RobN

Apr 28, 2014 at 10:21 am

This should be a win for Cobra for those that are intrigued by the Bio Cell +, but not the two-tone color scheme.

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Equipment

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

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

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.

Equipment

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

Published

4 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

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.

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