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2021 Cobra RadSpeed fairway woods

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Golf club technology radiates from drivers into fairways woods. With the new 2021 Cobra RadSpeed fairway woods, the same design tweaks used to gain performance from the previous SpeedZone line are on full display with the new Radial Weighted—where RadSpeed came from—RadSpeed fairway woods.

The line features four distinct models: RadSpeed, RadSpeed Big Tour, RadSpeed Tour, and RadSpeed Draw.

2021 Cobra RadSpeed fairway woods: RadSpeed Technology

Weight savings means more weight optimization, and much like the RadSpeed driver, the fairway woods capitalize on discretionary weight saved from around the head and offers more forgiveness and ball speed. Fairway wood optimization is crucial for golfers of all skill levels looking to get the most out of their long games—whether it be approach shots into longer par 4s, going after par 5s in two, or just trying to hit more fairways off the tee.

The new carbon crown is stronger and thinner to save six grams of weight to be positioned around the head. Additional weight was saved from low-stress areas around the head to be repositioned. The repositioned mass is used in different ways depending on the RadSpeed model, to offer the best fitting opportunity for the intended golfer.

More photos and discussion in the forums. 

The other key feature of the new RadSpeed fairway woods is Cobra’s signature Baffler rails. Designers continue to refine and improve these hollow split rails, and by once again saving weight and thinning the walls around the leading edge, they have been able to increase the flexion on the leading edge by 70 percent according to Cobra.

Last but not least is the milled Infinity Face. It’s not a new technology at this point, but it’s new to the Cobra fairway woods. Infinity face is five times more precise than traditional hand-polishing and offers higher measured CT around the face and more consistent ball speeds. The other tweak compared to the previous SpeedZone is the final face milling pattern has been adjusted to better frame the ball at address.

RadSpeed models and specs

Cobra RadSpeed

The standard RadSpeed offers a traditional shape with the most all-around and balanced performance for golfers of all abilities. There is a total of 23 grams of radial weighting in the head (16g front and 7g in the back) which is close to 11 percent of the club head’s total mass.

The most interesting design element of the standard RadSpeed model is this has the largest footprint from address while not actually being the biggest head in the line from a CC (cubic centimeter) perspective. This is possible because the largest model (as you can probably guess), the Big Tour, has a face height of 31mm compared to the standard model, which has a measured face height of 27.5mm. This makes the standard model both extremely forgiving and easy to launch.

Specs

The premium stock shafts are the Fujikura Motore X F3 in stiff and regular and Project X Even Flow Riptide in lite flex.

RadSpeed Big Tour & Tour

Both the RadSpeed Big Tour and Tour fairway woods have the same 23g radial weighting as the standard RadSpeed fairway woods, but the models configured to be more forward-biased to make them the lowest spinning options in the line.

The Big Tour is only available as a 3-wood and comes in at 173cc, making it the largest and deepest of the fairway woods. It is a great option for golfers looking for another club to be used off the tee and for faster players off the fairway.

The Tour fairway on the other hand is only available in a 5-wood and is the deepest—and by far most compact-looking—club in the line. It has been built to offer maximum workability for those seeking shotmaking control.

More photos and discussion in the forums. 

Big Tour specs

Tour 5-wood specs

The premium stock shaft for the Tour and Big Tour fairway woods is the Fujikura Motore X F1.

RadSpeed Draw

Utilizing the same 23 grams of discretionary mass, the RadSpeed Draw has 16 of those grams placed internally low and close to the heel of the club to create a draw bias. The other little draw helper built into the club is its specs. The RadSpeed Draw fairways woods are stock one-degree more upright compared to the standard model, and when you combine that with the ability to make them even more upright with the MyFly adjustable hosel, you have the recipe to help eliminate the right side of the course.

Specs

The premium stock shaft for the RadSpeed Draw fairway is the Project X Even Flow Riptide.

RadSpeed: Women’s options

It’s important to note Cobra offers the ability to custom order any of its fairway wood offerings with lighter women’s specific shafts, but from a stock perspective, Cobra is offering an exclusive elderberry color option in the standard and draw models in the 3, 5, and 7-wood with the stock shaft offering of a 40-gram Project X Evenflow Riptide.

Cobra RadSpeed price and availability

The new 2021 Cobra RadSpeed fairway woods are priced at $279 each in both color options and stock shafts and will be available at retail and online starting January 29.

Cobra RadSpeed fairway woods, along with the entire RadSpeed line, will continue to employ Cobra Connect powered by Arccos. Every club comes with an embedded electronic sensor in the grip to automatically record the distance and accuracy of every shot so golfers can track improvements round-to-round.

For more information, visit www.cobragolf.com.

More photos and discussion in the forums. 

Ryan Barath is a club-fitter & master club builder with more than 17 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. He is the former Build Shop Manager & Social Media Coordinator for Modern Golf. He now works independently from his home shop and is a member of advisory panels to a select number of golf equipment manufacturers. You can find Ryan on Twitter and Instagram where he's always willing to chat golf, and share his passion for club building, course architecture and wedge grinding.

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Rolla Primrose

    Dec 24, 2020 at 3:49 am

    Why does the Big Tour head have 14.5 stamped on it? Are the specs correct or the pic? I’m demo-ing one at end of Jan

  2. Brandon

    Dec 8, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    They dropped the ball by getting rid of the regular tour 3 and only offering the big tour.

  3. Stephen

    Dec 8, 2020 at 11:39 am

    Great looking clubs, Cobra always does

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Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.

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TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available

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TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.

The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.

One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.

See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:

MySpider Tour

MySpider Tour X

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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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