Cobra Golf Adds Another Dimension To Its Iron Range In 2024
Cobra Golf is introducing the first ever 3D-printed steel irons. Say hello to the Limit3D 3D Printed Irons…
Cobra Golf is bringing to market the world’s first set of commercially available 3D-printed steel irons. In 2020 Cobra became the first major OEM to introduce a 3D printed steel putter and then followed that release up with a full line of KING® 3D printed multi-material putters in 2021.
It seems that the Cobra engineers have now become the first to apply the new technology to iron design. Partnering with nTop®, the target was to create a compact player’s blade profile that offers a similar level of forgiveness as an oversized, game-improvement iron with the feel of a forged iron. A tall order you might think, but in the Limit3D iron Cobra feels it has done it and as such created some of the best irons in the game.
“Cobra is always looking for meaningful ways to use new technology to create superior products and performance,” said Mike Yagley, Vice President of Innovation & AI, Cobra Golf.“ nTop’s computational design tools integrated with 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, allowed us to create an incredible new design that looks and feels like a forged blade but performs like a larger, game-improvement iron. No one has done this before, and we’re excited to introduce these unique irons to the world.”
Ordinarily, a golf engineer's first port of call when looking to increase forgiveness is to add size which can compromise the look of an iron, particularly one aimed at the lower handicapper. Designed using nTop’s software and manufactured with 3D printing technology, the Limit3D 3D printed irons feature a compact shape (slightly smaller in size than the Cobra KING Tour iron for reference) and the fully 3D printed 316L stainless steel body features an innovative internal lattice structure that allows 33% of the overall clubhead weight to be repositioned without sacrificing strength.
This unique design facilitates 100g of tungsten to be placed in the heel and toe areas of the clubhead, creating a low CG and an exceptionally high moment of inertia (MOI) relative to the shape and size of the club. The result Cobra claims is a compact blade shape with a low CG location, high forgiveness, and distance comparable to that of a player’s distance or game improvement iron.
“Our new Limited-Edition 3D Printed irons represent Cobra’s dedication to pushing performance and technology to the limits,” said Jose Miraflor, Vice President of Product Architecture, at Cobra Golf. “These incredible new irons are the most significant technological advancement to happen to the category in the past 20 years and offer a look into the future of golf club design and performance.”
There are only 500 sets available worldwide of the new Limit3D 3D printed irons. Each of the first run 500 sets are marked with 1/500 which truly make them the “first” of their kind. Beginning on June 7th, these ultra-premium limited-edition irons will be available for custom order only in the UK.
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RRP will be £2,499.00 for 4-PW set configurations with a wide selection of aftermarket steel and graphite shafts, and grips.
These sets are so limited and exclusive that we haven’t had hands on them as of yet, but with samples on the way, we will follow up with a full review very shortly.
Joe has worked in the golf industry for nearly 20 years in a variety of roles. After a successful amateur career being involved in England squads at every age group, Joe completed his PGA degree qualification in 2014 as one of the top ten graduates in his training year and subsequently went on to become Head PGA Professional at Ryder Cup venue The Celtic Manor Resort. Equipment has always been a huge passion of Joe’s, and during his time at Celtic Manor, he headed up the National Fitting Centres for both Titleist and Taylormade. He’s excited to bring his knowledge of hardware to Golf Monthly in the form of equipment reviews and buying advice.
Joe lives in North Devon and still plays sporadically on the PGA West region circuit. His best round in recent years came earlier in 2023 where he managed a 9 under par 63 at Trevose GC in a Devon & Cornwall PGA Tournament.
Joe's current What's In The Bag?
Driver: Switch between Ping G430 Max 10K & TaylorMade Qi10 - both with Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X
Fairway wood 1: TaylorMade BRNR Copper Mini Driver - Fujikura Ventus Black 7-X
Fairway wood 2: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke TD 5 Wood - Fujikura Ventus Black 8-X
Irons: TaylorMade P7CB 3-PW with Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
Wedges: Callaway Opus 50, 54, and 60 degrees - Project X LS 6.0 shafts
Putter: Odyssey Toe Up #9
Ball: TaylorMade 2024 TP5x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet 60R
Bag: Vessel Player IV Pro DXR Stand
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