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2022 Cobra Golf KING Forged Tec and Forged TEC X Irons

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jdtox said:
For those who asked for a comparison to the last version of Forged Tec I got lucky they had all 3 in the fitting cart, the sole was actually smaller on the 2020 version

2020, FTX, FT
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2020, FTX, FT
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Thanks for snapping these photos! I’m even more torn now between the FT and FTx.

I think my biggest concern is the additional toe weighting in the FTx when combined with a more upright club head. I already fight with overdrawing the ball and I’m worried that these two features would make things even more difficult for me.
 
T-minus 2 hours until I hit these!
 
I should have asked what X head I was hitting today. I remember the other day the first one I grabbed was crazy upright. Looked like a 9i lie angle on a 5i head, even in the - setting. I grabbed a different one that looked way better, and that's what I hit again today. I should have asked what the deal was with that. If they sent them different lie angle heads.
 
OldandStiff said:
I should have asked what X head I was hitting today. I remember the other day the first one I grabbed was crazy upright. Looked like a 9i lie angle on a 5i head, even in the - setting. I grabbed a different one that looked way better, and that's what I hit again today. I should have asked what the deal was with that. If they sent them different lie angle heads.
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They had 2 heads of each and I almost grabbed the ones that were +4 up :oops: luckily i noticed before putting a shaft in
 
jdtox said:
Ok numbers as promised but take these with a grain of salt. Best 5 with each setup, using an old GC2 at GG with maxfli practice balls and a crappy monitor to boot haha....Based on what I see here though the 2 heads perform very similarly and consistent for me. FTX was a little faster and longer. I did get some more spin with a different shaft in the regular FT which makes me happy. I'd love to a real comparision using a real ball and better launch monitor in the future

RED numbers are FTX was using $-taper lite shaft in stiff flex, WHITE was FT was using Modus 3 120 XS - kind of interesting that spin went up with a heavier/stiffer shaft but I still like the numbers

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I saw about the same numbers today on the quad. Hit about 125 ball speed with a 7i, with a random 130 which never duplicated again hahaha.

These are fun
 
OldandStiff said:
I should have asked what X head I was hitting today. I remember the other day the first one I grabbed was crazy upright. Looked like a 9i lie angle on a 5i head, even in the - setting. I grabbed a different one that looked way better, and that's what I hit again today. I should have asked what the deal was with that. If they sent them different lie angle heads.
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That was my issue. The 7 iron was so upright on the one that I was hitting that the toe was sticking up in the air and the club was grounded on the heel. It played with my mind and I don’t think I really released a swing through the ball because of it.
 
MWard said:
I saw about the same numbers today on the quad. Hit about 125 ball speed with a 7i, with a random 130 which never duplicated again hahaha.

These are fun
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How'd it work on the course?
 
Tenputt said:
That was my issue. The 7 iron was so upright on the one that I was hitting that the toe was sticking up in the air and the club was grounded on the heel. It played with my mind and I don’t think I really released a swing through the ball because of it.
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I asked for the one at THP HQ to be bent. I couldn’t hit the 7i more than 160 with as upright as it was. Little bend (lot of bend) and I could swing them. Ball go zoom
 
Muchmore18 said:
How'd it work on the course?
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Never pulled it on turf, just on the mats at the range. It was waving to the 175 flag but I have no idea if that was downhill, downwind, anything. I just kept going wow that’s long, and so is that. And that one. What is this thing?
 
MWard said:
Never pulled it on turf, just on the mats at the range. It was waving to the 175 flag but I have no idea if that was downhill, downwind, anything. I just kept going wow that’s long, and so is that. And that one. What is this thing?
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Dang really?? You should have pulled it on that 190 shot and saw what happened :LOL:
 
What's the consensus of the handicap area for each iron? I play an F9 at an 18 handicap. I want to stay one length, but seems like the Tec X's would be easier to hit.
 
Muchmore18 said:
Dang really?? You should have pulled it on that 190 shot and saw what happened :LOL:
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I mean my 5i did just fine, but yeah I pondered it for a second or two
 
MWard said:
I mean my 5i did just fine, but yeah I pondered it for a second or two
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But...NEW CLUBS! Or maybe you were hurt by the driver misbehaving lol
 
canucks1992 said:
What's the consensus of the handicap area for each iron? I play an F9 at an 18 handicap. I want to stay one length, but seems like the Tec X's would be easier to hit.
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It may be too early to have a consensus. My own feeling is that somebody who is successfully playing the F9 could fit into the FT X.
 
MWard said:
Never pulled it on turf, just on the mats at the range. It was waving to the 175 flag but I have no idea if that was downhill, downwind, anything. I just kept going wow that’s long, and so is that. And that one. What is this thing?
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You never pulled on turf? What is wrong with you man?
 
Beautiful irons and a very nice write up @ddec! There are going to be some good looking MC bags coming into play!
 
jdtox said:
Yeah I believe thats pretty typical. I wasn't expecting to see that much of a difference but it was a different shaft in the FT. I did not bring my clubs in today, felt lucky to even get to hit these but based on those numbers they'd be about a club longer. I might go back and get on trackman, with a real ball haha
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Well, if I were your fitter, I would put you in the regular FTs in a heartbeat.
 
MWard said:
Just kinda forgot honestly, and I didn’t want to really be the first to? It’s been all mat so far. But it is bent 4 flat now, so I might as well keep it right?
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It seems like I’m reading about a lot of people who would bend these irons more flat than stock.
I wonder how/why the stock lie was selected.
 
YukonLiving said:
It seems like I’m reading about a lot of people who would bend these irons more flat than stock.
I wonder how/why the stock lie was selected.
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Hard to hit it right when they’re upright. For a mid to high handicap, these are awesome irons.
 
Tenputt said:
Well, if I were your fitter, I would put you in the regular FTs in a heartbeat.
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Yeah that was a pretty good combo. Funny that was the setup I would have picked though probably 105 X not 120x
 
MWard said:
Hard to hit it right when they’re upright. For a mid to high handicap, these are awesome irons.
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Absolutely sounds like they are!

I’ll be curious to hear what people think of the turf interaction with the slightly thicker sole as well.
 
They felt really nice yesterday. I tried everything but the OL. They had the 5 iron so I will pay it a visit tomorrow. Oddly enough, I only had two really poor iron shots today and both were with a 4 iron. They knew I was up to something
 
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