Cobra King Speedzone hybrid review

Cobra King Speedzone hybrid: The Technology

The hybrid features a refined shape, making it slightly larger than a traditional hybrid. This helps create high MOI for increased forgiveness on off-centre hits. The back weighting creates a higher launch and increased spin for towering trajectories which land softly on the greens.

The hybrid is also available with the one-length 7-iron shaft so you can channel your inner Bryson DeChambeau.

Cobra King Speedzone hybrid: The Results

The first thing I liked about the Speedzone hybrid is the curved pear shaping on the back of the club. Lots of modern hybrids are squarer and more iron-like, which isn’t my favourite aesthetic, so I really like the more curved shape we see in the Speedzone model. I found it really easy to launch, but it also wasn’t ballooning up in the air, the ball flight was really controlled. The strikes were also consistently solid and I was generating high smash factors with every shot.

The hybrid is also available in a one length option. This was the first time I had tried out a one length club and the results were really interesting. Obviously at set-up the club felt very short compared to a normal hybrid but I actually found that it was a really comfortable length. I saw this in the consistency of strikes I got. I would say that, personally, I prefer the yellow detailing on the standard Speedzone hybrid rather than the white colouring used on the one length club.

I was averaging 168 yards carry and 185.2 yards total with the one length compared to 180.5 yards average carry and 196.6 yards total with the standard Speedzone hybrid. Obviously I haven’t been custom fit into these clubs so perhaps having that would help me increase my yardage with this club. I would use this model if I was looking for extra consistency rather than distance and I could always use a stronger lofted head if I needed extra yardage.

Cobra King Speedzone hybrid: NCG Verdict

I really enjoyed testing these hybrids. You could tell they share a lot of technology with the fairway woods, which also performed really well. The Speedzone model performed best for me generating the distance I would want to see in my hybrids, but I was most impressed with the consistency of strike and ball flight. I would also be interested to see how a custom fitting would affect the performance of the one length hybrid as the smash factor and shot consistency with this club was seriously impressive.

Details

Available: January 24, 2020

RRP: £189

Stock shaft: UST Recoil 480 ESX (Reg, S, LF)

Lofts: 17º, 19º, 21º, 24º (& 28º, 31º in women’s only)

More information: Cobra website

We used the GC2 launch monitor by Foresight Sports at Grooves Golf in our testing. Yorkshire’s most advanced golf academy was founded by PGA professionals and uses state-of-the-art technology to help golfers practise, have lessons and use their golf simulators all year round.

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