THE WINNING DRIVER
TPT GOLF 17-MKP/MT/SW SHAFT
Length: 46 inches
Weight: 58 grams
Kick Point: Mid
Torque: Medium
Why It’s Special: Each TPT shaft boasts a perfectly concentric, seamless design. This is the direct result of TPT Golf’s fully automated manufacturing process called “Thin-Ply Winding,” which gives TPT Golf the ability to independently tweak each shaft design parameter. This robot-driven process ensures unrivaled consistency and unlocks superior performance for golfers of all abilities. Unlike other shaft manufacturing processes, the patent-pending Thin-Ply Winding Method enables TPT Golf to create shafts that are exactly the same time after time.
Tour Wins: Wells Fargo Championship (PGA Tour); Toshiba Classic (Champions Tour): Farmers Insurance Open (PGA Tour); Indonesian Masters (Asian Tour); Turkish Airlines Open (European Tour); WGC-HSBC Champions (World Golf Championships)
Money Quote: “With a properly fit TPT Golf shaft, golfers are going to contact the sweet spot more often due to its more axially consistent design. They will also likely swing our shafts a little faster because of their optimized bend profiles. It’s this combination of more consistent impacts and our optimized bending profiles that results in significant distance gains and a tighter dispersion. In fittings around the world, TPT Golf shafts have proven to provide golfers of all abilities with additional club head speed and ball speed.” — TPT Golf Director Sebastian Sebayang
$499 | www.tptgolf.com
KING COBRA F8+ HEAD
Loft: 11 degrees
Volume: 460 cc
Face Material: CNC Milled Titanium
Face Angle: Draw Bias
Weighting: 2 grams rear, 12 grams front
Why It’s Special: “Tour preferred” shape for maximum workability, leading Rickie Fowler to put it in his bag after just a few swings earlier in the 2017-18 season. The weight settings are slightly different than the F8; it’s more for the accomplished player, so they have two weight options — the major weight which is 12 grams in the back just to get a little higher ball flight, or put that 12 grams in the front and that’ll bring the ball flight down a little.
Money Quote: “With the addition of the first CNC Milled titanium driver face for unrivaled precision, weight savings and performance gains, combined with advanced analytics from Cobra Connect Powered by Arccos, we believe the F8 and F8+ drivers are truly a step into the future of the game.’’ — Tom Olsavsky, VP of Research & Development.
$399 | www.cobragolf.com
