Cobra Long Tom Driver(Staff & Golfers)
During our hybrid test, we had golfers try the new Long Tom driver from Cobra. This club is longer, 48 inches, and lighter, 269g, than most clubs on the market today. Along with other innovations, Cobra kept the overall feel comfortable for golfers that liked this club.
The Long Tom driver lived up to it's name. After the initial shock of feeling the weight of the driver which elicited many surprised looks, most wanted to try the club. We also found that telling them that the club was 48 inches long was very intimidating so we stopped mentioning that until after they tested the driver. The golfers who tried and liked the driver all said they got a lot more distance. Additionally, it was one of the most consistently ranked club we have ever tested. For golfers that liked the club, we had no marks lower than four (five being the best) for all ranking categories - looks, sound, feel, consistency and distance.
Long drive contestants know the benefits of a long club. I participated in the Pinnacle Long Drive series for a couple years and used 50 inch drivers. After getting over the initial shock of looking at a driver whose shaft seemed to go on forever, I found that I could indeed hit the club and hit it longer. The length of these drivers did make it harder for me to control but in this series, one good ball in the grid is all you need. Shortening the Long Tom down to 48 inches seemed to help keep the ball in the short grass. However, the prevailing thought on shaft length is the shorter the shaft, the better the control. It appeared to our observers that the weight had a lot to do with keeping the driver more consistant while using a longer club.
The Long Tom is not for everyone though. Some testers just did not like the feel of such a light club and after hitting a few balls, handed it back. We even had a couple of testers that did not even want to hit the club after feeling the weight.
What's the bottom line. If you like the feel of the club, specifically the weight, you are probably going to hit the ball longer, and as we saw with a number of golfers, much longer. If you don't like the weight, you are not going to like this driver at all.
Go out and give it a try, you just might find an extra 25 yards.
The Long Tom driver lived up to it's name. After the initial shock of feeling the weight of the driver which elicited many surprised looks, most wanted to try the club. We also found that telling them that the club was 48 inches long was very intimidating so we stopped mentioning that until after they tested the driver. The golfers who tried and liked the driver all said they got a lot more distance. Additionally, it was one of the most consistently ranked club we have ever tested. For golfers that liked the club, we had no marks lower than four (five being the best) for all ranking categories - looks, sound, feel, consistency and distance.
Long drive contestants know the benefits of a long club. I participated in the Pinnacle Long Drive series for a couple years and used 50 inch drivers. After getting over the initial shock of looking at a driver whose shaft seemed to go on forever, I found that I could indeed hit the club and hit it longer. The length of these drivers did make it harder for me to control but in this series, one good ball in the grid is all you need. Shortening the Long Tom down to 48 inches seemed to help keep the ball in the short grass. However, the prevailing thought on shaft length is the shorter the shaft, the better the control. It appeared to our observers that the weight had a lot to do with keeping the driver more consistant while using a longer club.
The Long Tom is not for everyone though. Some testers just did not like the feel of such a light club and after hitting a few balls, handed it back. We even had a couple of testers that did not even want to hit the club after feeling the weight.
What's the bottom line. If you like the feel of the club, specifically the weight, you are probably going to hit the ball longer, and as we saw with a number of golfers, much longer. If you don't like the weight, you are not going to like this driver at all.
Go out and give it a try, you just might find an extra 25 yards.