- COBRA Golf has released counterbalanced versions of three popular 3D PRINTED putter models.
- The mallets feature 38-inch shafts and LA Golf’s Descending Loft Technology face insert.
- At retail locations March 14 with MSRP of $349
2024 was a big putter release year for COBRA Golf. If you combine last year’s 3D PRINTED and Vintage putter lines, you end up with almost 20 different putters. For a large putter company, 20 models in a year is nearly unheard of.
For a small putter maker like COBRA Golf, releasing 20 models in a year is the stuff of legend.
So far, COBRA Golf’s putter plan for 2025 is more subdued. Instead of 20 models, there are only three. All three are counterbalanced long putter designs featuring the cutting edge 3D PRINTED line technologies unveiled last year.
There are only three new options but maybe one of these new putters is the one your bag is looking for.
COBRA Golf’s counterbalanced construction
COBRA Golf’s build plan for the counterbalanced 3D PRINTED models is a common one. Step One is to extend the shaft to 38 inches. Now when you grip the club at your usual height, some of the shaft and grip will extend above your hands.
This extra grip and shaft mass counterbalances the mass of the head. The goal of counterbalanced weighting is to increase the stability of the putter during the stroke.
Often, the counterbalanced head weight is higher than the weight of the standard-length putter. The increased weight improves stability and doesn’t feel “head-heavy” because of the counterbalancing.
Should the stock weight scheme not be exactly what you are looking for, you can increase the head weight by purchasing heavier sole weights.
LA Golf’s Descending Loft Technology face
We can probably thank Bryson DeChambeau for popularizing Descending Loft Technology (DLT) putter faces. Known for his unusual equipment choices, DeChambeau was the first big-name player to use, and pontificate about, the benefits of the Descending Loft Technology face.
The DLT face was initially designed by Sik, purchased by LA Golf and licensed for use by COBRA Golf.
(I think I got that right …)
Regardless, the DLT face has four different lofts. The top of the 304 stainless steel face has a loft of four degrees. From there, the loft decreases in one-degree increments until reaching one degree of loft at the bottom of the face.
The purpose of the decreasing loft is to help normalize the loft of the putter face at impact. If your stroke adds or subtracts loft at impact, the DLT face should compensate for your manipulation.
3D-printed construction
Another big deal about these new putters is that they are part of the COBRA Golf 3D PRINTED putter family. As you can guess, these putters are 3D-printed.
COBRA Golf engineers use 3D printing build shapes and structures that are not possible with traditional putter building methods.
COBRA Golf combines a 3D-printed nylon lattice with a stainless steel frame and a carbon crown. This multi-material build allows COBRA Golf to distribute weight and promote stability in ways other companies cannot.
As far as technology goes, COBRA Golf’s 3D PRINTED putters are some of the most high-tech putters in the marketplace.
A solid expansion to an expansive putter lineup
Obviously, this is more of a line extension than a new offering. However, these three new 3D PRINTED counterbalanced putters are great additions to the COBRA Golf putter family.
Players intrigued by the 3D PRINTED construction but wanted the greater stability provided by counterbalancing now have options.
The 3D PRINTED Agera CB, Agera RS CB and Supernova CB should be in shops by the middle of March. For those of you in snowy places, mid-March will (hopefully) be exactly when you are heading back to the course.
If you are lucky enough to live in a place where you can play golf year-round, the middle of March is probably about the time when your current putter is going to run out of birdies.
Either way, if you are curious about COBRA Golf’s technologies and/or counterbalancing, take a look at these in a couple of months.
Find out more about COBRA Golf 3D PRINTED and their other putters at cobragolf.com
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