Does Cobra’s FF33 hosel want 33 settings? What a designer says

Cobra gave gear nerds an early Christmas when the OEM dropped its 2025 line of merchandise early with the December launch of DS-ADAPT.

By far probably the most groundbreaking of the improvements within the DS-ADAPT fairway woods and hybrids was the FutureFit33 hosel (FF33) which options 33 totally different settings for adjusting the lie and loft of the clubhead to suit no matter a golfer wants. DS-ADAPT golf equipment could be adjusted plus or minus two levels with each loft and lie angle whereas sustaining a sq. membership face.

However with so many choices, one has to surprise if 33 settings is overkill or that many settings are intimidating to the common golfer, the overwhelming majority of which don’t use the adjustable settings on their driver.

On a latest episode of GOLF’s Absolutely Geared up, Cobra VP of Structure Jose Miraflor defined to co-hosts Kris McCormack and Wadeh Maroun {that a} participant will actually solely strive just a few settings earlier than they lock onto the proper one for them.

“As soon as you discover out what quadrant you’re lacking in, you go together with the other quadrant,” Moraflor mentioned, referencing the chart of settings that may be pulled up with a QR code a DS-ADAPT Membership’s hosel. “And now in the event you simply choose two or three out of there, direct reverse to deliver you again to A1 [standard loft and lie], you’re solely going to want to strive perhaps two to a few, perhaps 4 settings on the most.”

As an example, in the event you discover you’re hitting the ball excessive and proper, the suggestion is to search out quadrant for top and proper (B6) after which go to probably the most excessive setting within the reverse quadrant (F2) and check that one and the three surrounding (F1, F3 and G1).

However that methodology sometimes would possibly overlook the internal settings, which function modifications of just some tenths of a level in loft and lie modifications. However these are the settings which were essential to Cobra’s workers of Tour gamers.

“I bought to go work with the tour workforce and filming our commercials and doing our photograph shoot,” Miraflor mentioned. “Now working with Rickie [Folwer], Lexi [Thompson], and Gary [Woodland], and different gamers who’re turning into a part of the household, you understand that they don’t use the outsides in any respect. So for many golfers the place you’re going to make use of the outer circles and use these adjustability, for the higher newbie, it’s going to be the one inside that.

“And for our tour professionals, it’s those that’s the tightest. So after we talked to them and mentioned, what would you modify in your ball flight, they’d level at an internal circle. So now we simply go to the other aspect.”

For extra from Miraflor on DS-ADAPT and the most recent from Cobra Golf, take heed to the total podcast right here or watch it beneath.

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