The ZL Driver from Cobra

Advanced Multi-Material Design with Adjustable Flight Technology Maximizes Distance and Accuracy.

Cobra Golf unveils their most innovative, highest-performing driver ever, the ZL, which is designed to help all golfers achieve more distance. ZL, which stands for ‘Zero Limits’, refers to the mindset of the Cobra engineers when they set out to design the longest driver in Cobra’s 36 year history. The superior performance of the ZL driver with its Advanced Multi-Material Construction and Adjustable Flight Technology has already seen Cobra PGA staff players Geoff Ogilvy, J.B. Holmes and Jason Gore put the new driver in play.

“Cobra has a history of developing powerful, yet easy-to-hit drivers,” says Brian Zender, General Manager of Cobra Golf. “The ZL Driver sets a new standard, in terms of providing maximum distance, forgiveness and control. It combines the best technology, materials and design we’ve ever built into a driver – plus the ZL offers the additional performance benefit of tuned ball flight. With our exclusive Adjustable Flight Technology we help avid golfers achieve maximum distance and accuracy by optimizing their personal ball flight.”

ZL DRIVER TECHNOLOGY

The ZL is a high-performance driver with a clubhead that is designed to maximize distance, accuracy and forgiveness. To optimize ball speed and thus distance, Cobra engineers have designed a lightweight, high strength carbon fibre crown and sole insert which are integrated into a titanium 6-4 clubhead body and clubface. The titanium clubface utilises Cobra’s patented Milled Rhombus laser-welded face insert plus a new, thinner perimeter area.

To complement the multi-material construction in the clubhead design, the ZL also features a swingweight screw which helps shift the Centre of Gravity (CG) toward the heel to help provide a draw bias ball flight, and spin characteristics for high launch, increased distance and control – while maintaining a square clubface alignment. Combine all of these design features with the longer 46” Aldila VooDoo shaft, and golfers will experience increased ball speed and optimum launch across the clubface.

In addition, Cobra’s exclusive Adjustable Flight Technology features an adjustable hosel that golfers can set to one of three face angles (O-open, N-neutral, C-closed) to provide a simple and quick way to optimize their personal ball flight.

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“In the past, many club manufacturers chased various USGA limits on clubhead features and dimensions, such as Moment of Inertia (MOI), face height, COR etc,” says Tom Preece, Vice President of Research & Development for Cobra Golf. “When you focus on one design variable or a combination of variables, you often give up something else in return. So the mission of our R&D team was to set Zero Limits on engineering superior performance into the ZL driver. As a result, we have created a maximum distance driver. We also focused on making ZL the best sounding driver in the market. Through extensive, sophisticated computer modeling, we achieved superior sound and feel via key frequency improvements which include a more traditional crown design.  The result is the best looking and sounding driver we’ve ever produced.”

The Cobra ZL driver is available in lofts of 8.5°, 9.5°, 10.5° and 11.5° degrees. It comes standard with a 46” Aldila VooDoo graphite shaft, in men’s Regular and Stiff flexes. Lite and Women’s flexes, along with other shafts, are available through custom order. The ZL Driver will begin shipping in Europe on 1st November 2009 with a suggested retail price of £299.

For further information on the full range of Cobra equipment visit www.cobragolf.co.uk