Cobra Carbon CB Iron set Golf Club

First off, my handicap runs between a 7 and 9 (depending on whether I play my home course a lot or not) and the Cobras represent my third switch this year. I started with the Titleist 755s, which were pretty good, then went to the Mizuno MP60s, which I loved, and am now working with the Cobra CBs. So far, so good.

As a frame of reference for my comments on the CBs, the 755s are a solid club, but I had trouble getting the high ball flight I need to make the ball stop on the greens (better players who put more spin on the ball than I can love the 755s and I understand completely). The MP60s are absolutely great -- VERY soft feel, VERY high trajectory, and VERY workable. But I wanted to try something else because I lost about 8-12 yards per club with the MP60s, which created a gap between my 4-iron (165-170 at best) and my 4-Hybrid (190). If I hadn't lost the distance, I would still be with the MP60s and playing my best golf of the year.

These Cobras are not as soft-feeling as the Mizunos -- there is a little more harshness/vibration in the ballstrike and the sound (which experts say translates into feel) is duller, but the ball flight is excellent. They are (as advertised) longer than the MP60s from everywhere, a little longer than the 755s off the tee and from the rough, and are as workable as the others, despite the fact that they are not a true forged club -- in fact, because of the cavity back I suspect, fades and draws are much more controllable with the Cobras than was true of the 755s or the MP60s. I can turn the ball in both directions without adjusting my grip, but by just opening or closing my stance slightly, with the result that I get about 5 to 10 yards of drift, which is all I usually want. The high ball flight from these clubs provides me all the bite I need (in my first round with these, I got an uphill 6-iron from 162 yards to grip two-feet from the pitch mark!), pretty amazing for a forged club. I've hit each club about 200 times in the past week on the range, and taken them out for only one round, but on this small evidence would recommend these for midrange players looking for control, forgiveness (I am losing almost no distance and getting a tight dispersion from mishits, which for me tend to be hitting a little chubby occasionally, towards the toe on short irons and towards the heel on long irons), and the ability to work the ball in both directions without having to change your swing radically (which for me can sometimes promote some weird strikes). If I get used to the vibration and dull sound of these things, the Cobras will be my A set for a couple of years, otherwise it's back to the MP60s and some changes in the hybrid I use to gap the spread between my 4-iron and 5-wood. Hope this helps if you are considering these -- by the way, both Golf and Golf Digest rate all three of the irons mentioned as best or near best in class for Players Irons, and I would agree...it comes down to preferences.