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Cobra Vintage putters (2024)

Cobra Vintage putters have a softer feel and classic looks.

Gear: Cobra Vintage putters
Price: $249 each with KBS CT Tour 120 shaft and SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 1.0 grip
Specs: 304 stainless steel heads with variable-loft, Pebax insert and adjustable sole weights.
Available: February 23, but available NOW via pre-sale

Who it’s For: Golfers who want help creating a consistent roll from a traditional putter with a soft feel.

The Skinny: Cobra’s second-generation Vintage putters retain their classic shapes, but a new insert helps them deliver a softer feel at impact.

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The Deep Dive: The just-released Cobra 3D Printed family of putters is about as space-age putters get, but Cobra has new offerings in 2024 for players who want a classic-looking flat stick, the Vintage line.

Cobra’s Vintage line first appeared in 2021, and from a shaping standpoint, the 2024 offerings are very similar. The Sport-40 and Sport-60 are traditional heel-to-weighted blades that would look right at home in the bag of a PGA Tour player, while the Nova, with its wing-style extensions in the heel and toe, Stingray mallet and the semi-circular Cuba mallet will look familiar to most golfers too.

The most significant upgrade Cobra gave the Vintage putters is a new variable-loft Pebax insert. The hitting area is divided into four regions, with the top having 4 degrees of loft. Each segment of the face goes down in loft by 1 degree until you reach the bottom of the face, which has just 1 degree of loft. The design is meant to present the same loft to the ball on every stroke, even if your hands press forward slightly at impact or you swing up into the ball.

The technology comes from Cobra’s partner, L.A. Golf, and Cobra designers have used it in the past, but the addition of a lightweight thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) in the insert helps impact feel softer, especially compared to the firmer-feeling face of the 3-D Printed putters.

The body of each Vintage putter is metal injection molded (MIM) using 305 stainless steel, and each head has an adjustable weight in the heel and toe areas. Golfers will not be able to remove the weights, but fitters can swap the weights – which range from 5 grams to 25 grams – to change the swing weight of the putter based on its length and a golfer’s preferences.

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Below are several looks at the Cobra Vintage putters.

Cobra 3D Printed putters (2024)

Learn how Cobra’s 3-D Printed putters shift weight to help golfers putt better.

Gear: Cobra 3D Printed putters (2024)
Price: $349 each with KBS CT Tour 120 shaft and SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 1.0 grip
Specs: Carbon fiber crown with 304 stainless steel body, milled 6061 aerospace grade aluminum face insert and 3D-printed features.
Available: February 23, but NOW via pre-sale

Who it’s For: Golfers who want extra stability and modern design with enhanced alignment features.

The Skinny: By 3D printing a significant portion of the body, Cobra designers can radically shift weight to enhance performance while the variable-loft face encourages a more consistent roll.

The Deep Dive: When you make a new golf club, whether it’s a driver, a wedge or even a putter, one of the biggest challenges is to manipulate weight and remove it from places where it doesn’t do anything to areas when it can improve performance. As much as any brand in the industry, Cobra has aggressively used exotic materials, not just because they are cool, but because things like carbon fiber, tungsten and other things aside from stainless steel can make clubs perform better.

In 2021, Cobra released its first 3D Printed putters, taking the concept of exotic materials to a whole new level. Now, Cobra is releasing an updated family of 3D Printed putters.

Like the first generation of 3D Printed putters, the new offerings are aggressively shaped and made to be ultra-stable on mis-hits to keep putts you hit outside the sweet spot rolling on your intended line.

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At first glance, you will see a carbon fiber crown and a four-level face that is made from 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum, an exceptionally light material. Made in partnership with L.A. Golf, the top portion of the hitting area has 4 degrees of loft, but each section drops in loft by 1 degree as the hitting area lowers, leaving the bottom with just 1 degree of loft. The idea is to create a consistent amount of loft on every putt, so if your hands are forward on one stroke, which would naturally de-loft the face, the 4 degrees of loft on the top can help to counteract it. If you swing up into a putt, which would add loft, the lower-lofted bottom of the face accommodates that type of stroke.

That’s what you see, but looking closer at the body of the 3D Printed putters reveals what makes them unique. Each head has a dark nylon area in the center that is made using 3D-printed nylon that is shaped into a lattice. This technique allows designers to make shapes and structures that could not be produced by forging or milling, while saving weight. The nylon also absorbs vibrations to improve sound and feel.

The rest of the body of the 3D Printed putters is made using metal-injection molded (MIM) 304 stainless steel.

The result of opting for all these high-tech materials is Cobra removed weight from the top, middle and face of the 3D Printed putters and shifted more of it to the back in the heel and toe areas, which boosts the moment of inertia (MOI) and helps the putters resist twisting on off-center strikes.

On the bottom of each club are weight ports that can hold weight screws ranging from 5 grams up to 25 grams. Custom fitters will be able to use these weights to adjust the swing weight of each putter based on the length that is ideal for specific players.

The 3D Printed putters are available in three different head styles, including the high-MOI Agera, the smaller Agera RS, the fang-style SuperNova and the blade-style GrandSport 35.

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Take a closer look at Rickie Fowler’s new prototype putter, the Cobra Sport 45

During two events in Las Vegas Fowler used a new Cobra putter that is very different from the 3D Printed putters released in May.

When Rickie Fowler was at the peak of his powers, he was one of the best putters in golf. In fact, in 2017, when he won the Honda Classic, earned 10 top-10 finishes and over $6 million in prize money. He also led the PGA Tour in strokes gained, with an average of 0.852.

To give that seemingly small number some context, it means that over the course of a 72-hole tournament, Fowler gained a 3.4-shot advantage over the average player in the field based solely on the quality of his putting.

Last season, however, Fowler dropped to No. 126 in strokes gained putting, with an average of -0.091, which means that the average player on the PGA Tour was getting an edge over Fowler.

Last week at the CJ Cup in Las Vegas, Fowler earned tied for third with Keith Mitchell, three shots behind the winner, Rory McIlroy. His 66-66-63 start gave him the lead with only 18 holes to go, but he was undone by a Sunday 71 on a course that yielded several lower scores (like Collin Morikawa’s 62).

While battling to escape his slump, Fowler has tinkered with his gear. He used different drivers (he used a Cobra King F9 last week) and different irons (he’s gone back to Cobra King Forged MB irons with a dark finish), switched to old steel shafts in his irons and now into Mitsubishi’s MMT graphite iron shots and tried a few different putters.

During his two events in Las Vegas, Fowler used a new Cobra putter that is very different from the latest 3D Printed putters that the company released in May. While those putters are made using stainless steel, forged aluminum, 3D printed nylon and tungsten weights, Fowler’s heel-toe weighted blade is made by 3D printing stainless steel.

In most cases, the advantage of 3D printing is that it allows designers to create shapes that could not be manufactured by milling, forging or casting. Fowler’s putter does not require exotic shaping, but 3D printing also produces equipment to exact tolerances. What engineers program into the computer is precisely created.

After the 3D printing process was completed, Fowler’s putter was milled to give it a look like putters he has used in the past.

The prototype is called a Cobra Sport 45, and it has a tri-sole design with 15-gram weights in the heel and toe areas of the sole. The head is made from 316 stainless steel. It has a grooved face pattern with four distinct panels that run from heel to toe. Designed by SIK Golf, the face has Descending Loft Technology that gives the top panel 4 degrees of loft and each panel below it 1 degree less. The lowest panel has just 1 degree of loft. The idea is that regardless of whether a golfer strikes a putt with a forward press or swings up into the ball, the putter presents the ideal “effective loft” to the ball to encourage a better roll.

Fowler’s putter is 35 inches long, has a 70-degree lie angle and is fitted with a steel True Temper putter shaft and Golf Pride Tour Tradition grip.

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Cobra King 3D Printed putters

Cobra enters the putter category with three new options that feature 3D-printed pieces and a variable-loft face to improve roll.

Gear: Cobra King 3D Printed putters
Price: $349 each
Specs: Stainless steel heads with forged aluminum crown, tungsten weights and 3D-printed nylon
Available: June 4

Last November, Cobra released a limited-edition putter, the King LE Supersport-35, which featured one of the most unique designs to come along in years. While the company is known for making technologically advanced woods and irons, such as the Radspeed driver and the Radspeed irons, the limited-edition Supersport-35 was the first putter made by Cobra since it developed prototypes for Ian Poulter in 2011 that were never released.

Now the company is coming out with a complete line of putters, the King 3D Printed putters, which utilizes the same unique manufacturing technique found in the heel-toe-weighted blade.

Cobra King Supersport-35 putter

Instead of casting or milling, Cobra teamed with HP to 3D print, in metal, a blade putter that delivers maximum stability and MOI.

Gear: Cobra King Supersport-35 putter
Price: $399
Specs: Printed 316 stainless steel. 34″ and right-hand only
Available: November 20

Making an iron involves using one of two manufacturing techniques, either pouring liquid metal into molds and casting your design or superheating a bar of metal and forging it under high pressure into the shape you want. Putters are either cast like an iron or milled, a different process that involves a computer controlling a fast-spinning bit that passes back and forth over the metal. The bit shaves off thin ribbons of material, one after the other, until the desired shape is finally achieved.

With the release of the limited-edition King Supersport-35 putter, Cobra has teamed with HP to make a putter using a new method, 3D metal printing.

The process of 3D printing involves a computer being given detailed instructions about a structure before the system adds layer upon layer of material to recreate the object. In schools, students often make simple things like tiny statues of the Eiffel Tower or simple figures. Using HP’s Metal Jet 3D printing technology, Cobra designers could create shapes and structures that could not be made using either casting or forging.

The lattice of steel in the back of the Cobra King Supersport-35 putter can only be produced by 3D printing. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The King Supersport-35 is printed in 315 stainless steel, including the dark lattice area in the back of the head. The lattice structure is very strong but utilizes significantly less steel, so the middle of the putter is lighter. The saved weight was redistributed to the heel and toe areas of the head, giving the King Supersport-35 extreme perimeter weighting and more stability.

After the head is printed, it is sintered, which means heating it to bond the printing more solidly, but it is not heated to the point of melting the metal. Closely examining the chrome-toned steel reveals tiny lines that were created by a final milling process that gives the King Supersport-35 a more traditional look. Even though the milling machines are controlled by a computer, they can not get into the tight spaces of the lattice structure, so it feels rougher and has a darker color.

To help golfers achieve a better roll, Cobra gave the King Supersport-35 a four-segment face insert designed by SIK Golf (Study in Kinetics), the company that makes putters for Bryson DeChambeau. The hitting area has been divided into four flat surfaces that have different lofts. The top portion has 4 degrees of loft and each portion below it goes down in loft by 1 degree, with the lowest area having just 1 degree of loft. SIK calls it Descending Loft Technology and it is designed to normalize roll and nullify the effects of an excessive forward press at impact or a thinly-struck putt.

The Cobra King Supersport-35 has 35-degrees of toe hang, so it should be ideal for a golfer who has a slightly-arced putting stroke. If comes standard with an Arcoss-enabled Lamkin Sinkfit Smart grip. The putter will only be available at cobragolf.com.