Cobra One Length Irons - Perfect match for SnT

Thanks for the input , don't think I have really reached my potential with my swing, I.e consistency and form , but seems promising as long as I'm not having smoke blown up my arse

Sorry, one more thing to add. It would be best to use a launch monitor on course with your ball, instead of measuring total distance.

Why? Total distance includes rollout. That is going to change every time you tee it up. Carry distance will always come down to quality of the strike and it's repeatable. Including rollout will be dramatically different if it's wet vs if it's hard and fast. If you know your carry distance, that's the number you Can club off when you need to carry a hazard.

Total distance will end up causing a lot of short shots that end up in the beach, or in the water.

Post a video. We will be able to tell how much is left.

That's interesting always thought we paid pounds to dollars comparatively

That’s price from cobra website. I could probably find them cheaper or more expensive if I wanted to

$159. I have two snakebite wedges in my primary set (black). I have 1 in my backup set and still have my old f9 SW in there. Today, I play 50-54-58 Wedges. I am thinking about going two degrees stronger and adding a 60 degree.

I have always had two sets of clubs. I leave one set at the golf club where I am a member and I have another set I leave at home and take with me in the car just in case.

I go through experimentation with my secondary set and if something performs well enough it may make it into the primary bag depending…basically, my bag from LW-5i never change. However, 4i-3w I make changes.

Here are the clubs that get switched depending on a number of variables (wind, length of course, dry vs wet, heavy rough vs thin rough).

3-4 utility one length - adjustable from 18 to 21 degree. Courses without penal rough

4i - turned down to 15 degrees of loft (only for windy hard fairways).

19 degree one length hybrid - courses with thick rough

15 degree oversized hybrid - replaces 5 wood

12 degree oversized hybrid - replaces 3 wood

21 degree oversized hybrid - experiment never made into bag

21 degree 4 hybrid standard variable length - experiment made into bag if one length hybrid is not available (in primary bag).

4-5w - removed because too inconsistent. Planned on working on them, never have.

@Well best bet is to get fitted bec it can be the 6 or 7 or 8. I do the 6 iron but I’m also 6’3” like saguto said cobra is the only main company but there is so many brands that make them

@JFM Cobra is the biggest name in One Length irons. Wishon and Edel are two others known for the custom one length, Bryson Dechambeau plays Cobra now, but he used Edel clubs through college. Orlimar also makes 1-length clubs.

After those brands you are going to knockoff club territory.

Cobra clubs are based on the standard 7i. Wishon bases their clubs on the 8i. Meaning the length of all of your clubs would be YOUR 8-7i which could obviously be longer or shorter than standard (just as your 8-7i’s in a variable length set would be custom to you).

Funny story. I did an experiment with my daughter. I spoke to Mike Schy, Bryson Dechambeau’s golf coach. He said that they have done a ton of testing and they see kids hit their longer one length clubs closer in proximity to the hole than the shorter standard scoring clubs. Over a one month period, I had my daughter hitting a regular sand wedge and a one length wedge. By the end of the first month, it was no comparison. The one length wedge was significantly closer to target. That made me a believer and I switched both my son and daughter. One of my good friends is 5’2. About same height as my son was in 8th grade. This past week, I gave him my son’s old clubs. They were a knockoff set of PGX clubs. He switched and he has never hit us irons better. It is shocking. Now, for my son I had them 1” shorter than standard and I had ladies flex. My buddy is 50. The softer shaft has him hitting the ball a club longer throughout the set and from his own words, he has so much confidence hitting his 5 and 6 irons now and he has never been able to do that in the past. For my son, I just bought him the Orlimar set of 1 length irons in stiff. He played on the HS team this year and he’s growing so I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on clubs until he is a little closer to done growing. He did say my daughter’s cobra one length irons feel much better than the PGX’s. He hasn’t started playing the Orlimar clubs yet, but the do look really nice. I expect that he’s really going to like them. I game the Cobra Forged Tec irons, 4-LW. Best irons I have ever had by miles.

Not sure about handicap. I probably shoot around in the low 90’s. My drives are big problem side(slice). Right now I have axgolf one length iron. Not a fan of the shafts I have in them though. Feel to whippy and like I’m going to break them. I already have one length driving iron from cobra. I also have the snakebite one length wedges. ping g 9° driver and a ping g 3 wood and a cobra ltdx 5 wood.

Only issue you are going to have with one length clubs is, your scores will go down and you will be in 80’s in no time.

@ehudpower the forgedtec are pretty much same loft. That's what I play. However, advantage of forged clubs is that you can adjust and customize loft for your swing.

Last year I went through and adjusted lofts to get proper gapping through set.

The biggest issue for single length is for lower lofted clubs, but the problem is completely dictated by your individual swing speed. If you don't swing fast, you actually might be better off with more loft throughout the set.

The objective is to make sure you have correct gapping throughout set; however, based on your swing speed, you will have a max loft on the low lofted clubs where, you can't create enough backspin to get ideal carry. That's the point where you have to consider moving to a single length hybrid or extending clubs to add club speed.

Where the max out point will be different for everyone. It will be based on club speed AND impact conditions. In other words, based on your speed, you will reach a point where less loft results in shorter carry distance NOT longer. Why? Backspin is a requirement to keep ball airborn. The faster the ball speed the less spin is required because the ball goes further for time in air. Ultimately, it's just math/physics.

My point is, you shouldn't worry about loft until after you get an analysis of your launch/flight characteristics.

I actually thought about 1 length when I started down the SnT Yellow Brick Road! Thanks for the extremely informative post @Russell Hogue, PhD .

@Jeff Keener I left this out but mentioned it in another post. Another huge advantage of one length is that hitting different shots, full, 3/4, half swings becomes much easier when your setup is always the same. I reached out to the Cobra rep and haven’t heard back. He might have been out for vacation heading into holiday. Will try to call him tomorrow. It would be cool if we could get a discount code for you guys. If anyone here does want to try and switch, be happy to help get through transition.

@Jeff Keener You should do it. The benefit of having the same setup and ball position through the bag is amazing. It takes a little getting used to, but for 90% of the regular guys out there, you will hit The 3-5i better and more consistently. Your G-9I benefit from the more upright posture and distance from the ball.

practice 100 shots with any club in the bag and you just practiced every club in the bag. Learn to hit 1/2, 3/4, full swings and you can do it with every club. Benefits are big if you want to simplify the game.

You will also find that the short game gets better faster again because of the posture and consistent distance…not being so bent over, etc.

I don’t believe a 10 handicap or worse benefits from having a different swing for every club. The only time I believe a person can reasonably argue for variable length clubs is when they are already a legit single digit handicap so they already have good ball control and swing mechanics.

As I see it, if a person has variable length clubs, I have an advantage and I will take every advantage someone wants to give me.

@Russell Hogue, PhD - Just a little more detail on this for the curious and perhaps less informed here, if you don't mind. Are certain heads specifically designed for one-length shafting, or can an existing set of standard-shafted (name-your-brand) heads be re-shafted to one-length as well?

Thanks!

Heads are specifically designed for one length to get proper distances. You can’t change regular clubs without taking weight out of short clubs and adding weight to long clubs.

@Russell Hogue, PhD Thanks for the added detail!