From talking to the R&D guys during the MC cup it doesn't sound like they have much/any say at what goes into the bags. They develop a ton of custom stuff for those guys/girls but don't force anything into the bag. They said its isn't unusual for a player to keep a club an year or two old if they really like it or while they are still testing the latest products. Sometimes things like sight lines or other stuffy just doesn't click with them right way so they play an older club.
How could they not be?? I mean especially for a smaller organization. They put countless refinement hours into that equipment only to have their flagship guy burn their efforts to the ground and shun the responsibility. It was definitely an awkward position.
This has been mentioned in many product launch articles and discussed at every Morgan Cup, it's consistently been around that number over time. That's not exactly the confirmation you are looking for, but that number has been bounced around quite a lot.
Well that really answers some other questions then. Thanks.
Personally, I think there’s a good chance that this is exactly what all this is about... they wanted him in the RadSpeed using a 5 year old driver is bad for business, but they’ve not made it work for him yet and he’s throwing his toys out of the pram...
If he said he wasn’t moving from the LTD, they’d have been fine with it. Just like Lexi using super old (by gear standards) irons.
Is Cobra still #1 over in Asia?? @LittleRat said they were in 2018 at the MC and I wonder if that still holds?
Not sure how they could work any harder or bend over backwards any more than they already have.For the diehard golfer - they know everything about every PGA player. For the occasional, recreational golfer they probably only know a hand full of Pro players. Tiger, everyone knows, Bryson and a few others. - is who these folks know. A month from now ask the rec player who won the Open and I imagine you wouldn't get a lot of accurate responses.
Bryson - good comments or bad - is an attention getter. Honestly, who knows why Bryson blew his gasket - it could have been that Cobra was slow making his changes/frustrated from hitting last year's model (where he had success), just frustrated and took it out on his clubs. who knows.
But this one thing I can almost guarantee. Cobra will work their asses off to make Bryson happy with his driver, and when Bryson next wins, he will thank Cobra and the awesome Driver that they made for him - and Cobra driver sales will spike.
Quick test - what Driver did Morikawa use? Its doubtful that the rec players are running out to pick up his driver this week since they probably don't know what it is. (No need to look it up, its a TaylorMade Sim)
I agree with your statement about not understanding people buying clubs based on what tour players are playing. In fact I can give an example of the exact opposite. I never even considered looking at the Callaway PM Grind until I read your posts about it. I have struggled for years out of bunkers particularly because around here we don't have that nice fluffy sand you find in other areas. My initial thought was Phil Mickelson is one of the best wedge/bunker players in the World so that's probably not the wedge for me. Read your review, gave it a shot and as I've posted many times before I absolutely love that Club. I didn't get it because Phil Mickelson played it I got it based on your review and relating to what you posted. I think as a whole that is true of THP in general reading about what a variety of golfers with a variety of handicaps think about what is available on the market. That means more to me than what a Tour Pro is playing although I am always interested in seeing what they are playing.
