Golf Today Equipment Special - Spring 2000

Cobra New CXI Iron

After last year's impressive Gravity Back range, Orlando saw the launch of Cobra's latest flagship irons designed to maximise distance for each of the three categories of mens, ladies and seniors.

"The three models of CXI each show an attention to ball flight and performance as well as to feel and overall appearance," explains Dave Aznavorian, Cobra's Senior Manager of Communications."The design executions in clubhead, shafts and overall set-composition vary according to the category of golfer they aim to serve."

As far as the clubhead is concerned, one of the most prominent features is the CXI sole which varies progressively through each set, in terms of width, radius and camber, in order to reduce friction. Meanwhile weight  reinforcement bars in a distinctive 'X' configuration are said to achieve new levels of stability at impact.

As pioneers of lightweight shaft technology Cobra have surpassed themselves by breaking the 50-gramme barrier for the first time in a mass market club (it had already been done in a few Japanese sets for that domestic market). The name 'Airweight' may be stretching a bit, but the shaft in fact weighs less than most conventional grips.

With headweight and swingweight basically unchanged, this design should provide golfers with greater clubhead speed and corresponding distance gains. We await reports from golfers as soon as the clubs hit the European pro shops in the summer.

Prices for the CXI Mens, CXI/SF (seniors) CXI/L (ladies) irons to be announced shortly.

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