Long Tom Driver

I went from hitting 280 to 315. Enough said!!! Cobra is going to prove doubters wrong season after season. Rock on!!!

I have now taken my club out to a Real Course- Pine Knot dorchester Ontario Canada, on a balmy 2deg C or 36F. Before going to the course I had played three rounds on the computer simulator, which during warm up time does the whole launch monitor thing, so I’m familiar with my specs. My previous driver was a R11 9deg stiff. A good round came up with an average drive distance around 260yds at 104mph average. During practice sessions with the Long Tom suddenly things starting changing. Now when warmed up 110mph is NOT unusual. Distance averages indoors for three rounds have been 280, 285, and 287 yards, on the simulator its been a mild draw. I’m now having to re-think were all my targets are when we’re playing PEBBLE (indoors) as I have been running out of fairway. . . a nice problem to have. ON THE REAL COURSE under above conditions, the club for me is a shockingly consistant fade of about 1/3 of a fairway, which took me two holes to figure out. After this the FUN BEGAN. After the brief learning curve I missed only 3 fairways, however hadn’t gone into the next fairway over. Distance was shocking also, I got too places on those (my own) fairways that I hadn’t been to in July, excepting one fairway. The biggest surprise came when I hit two very distinct toe hits, I thought-  here we go, chiquita right, both drives were blind over the hills, and when I came up, the first was still 3 feet inside the right edge of the fairway, the second, three feet into the first cut of rough and both DEEP, FORGIVENESS TAKEN TO A NEW PLACE R-11 will never know about. Lots of friends have tried Long Tom, some love, some can absolutely not swing, it is an acquired taste, my 10 Deg stiff, took some practice to get use to the long shaft, but the rewards have been significant, It has put FUN back into the game, the biggest pleasure, is sometimes after the round is over when we swing for the fences on the launch monitor until exhausted, I didn’t think this 54 year old body had 114, or 115mph swings in it, but Long Tom has proven otherwise, the shaft, club head, and grip combo are superb, and are just waiting for that grip it and rip-it swing… GOOD WORK COBRA JOB WELL DONE < have a nice life R11- in the used bin… ROB… Canada

I’m basing this review on first impressions and have not taken the club out on the course yet. I’m going out tomorrow to play. If anything dramatically changes I’ll update this review. But, I hit a handful of shots at the golf shop and the feedback from the monitor and personal feedback was good. It only took a handful of shots before I felt comfortable. I went to the driving range and from the first swing was hitting solid shots with a much narrower range from left to right. A good sign. With my current driver I feel like I have to be very careful to avoid hitting wild shots, but I felt I could let it rip and still hit good shots. I did hit a few shots that I could tell weren’t square hits, but still got pretty good results. I did hit the ball about 15 yards longer than usual. I’ll see tomorrow how it translates to the course. I hope Cobra comes out with fairway woods that match with the Long Tom driver.

Love the club and pre-ordered it but the club isn’t available contrary to what Cobra has posted below.  I ordered the club from Golfclubs.com and they now tell me it will be mid to late November before they will get it.  What’s the hold up on the release of the club.  No one in SC has it yet either, and it doesn’t even show up yet on sites like Dicks or Edwin Watts Golf.  What gives?  What is the true release date of the club.  Just anxious to get it!  Thanks.

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Sorry for the confusion. The in-store date for Long Tom is 11-11. Until that date, you can pre-order the driver (as it sounds like you did) but delivery will not be until 11-11 at the earliest. Although several major retailers are currently advertising it on their websites, some are still playing catch-up and will have it posted shortly.

-COBRA Golf

When and where can I get it? I finally got my swing in line and need to upgrade now. I love all Cobra everything! I know this is going to be smash.

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Long Tom should be available everywhere now! To find an authorized COBRA dealer near you, check out http://www.cobragolf.com/dealer-locator

-COBRA Golf

I tryed one today and will take off work tomorrow to test it all day at the golf corse we have two tee times I toke it to a driving range today and..It was not good AT FRIST..Then I got to know the club and what it wanted WOW I picked up 25 yds on the fly..I have cash can i get one now..please

I tried out this club at a demo day in Charleston, SC and WOW,what a club.  This is the lighest golf club I’ve ever personally had in my hands to use.  The feel was great, and I got far greater distance out of this driver than with any driver I’ve hit with over the past 20 years.  I wish this driver had been available for sale yesterday. I would have purchased it on the spot and certainly plan on doing so as soon as I am able to purchase it locally!  I live in Columbia, SC and cannot wait to buy this club so I can start wowing my friends with drives off the tee!!!