To mark its 50th anniversary, Cobra’s Baffler returns as a combo set built to make golf easier for beginners, seniors and higher-handicap players.
Gear: Cobra Baffler combo irons
Price: $799 (steel), $899 (graphite); Women’s set: $899 (graphite)
Specs: Progressive set comprised of five unique constructions, including traditional hybrids, hybrid-irons, hollow irons, cavity back irons and wedges with progressive railed sole design.
Available: Aug. 26 (in stores)
Who it’s for: Mid- to high-handicap golfers, seniors, slower-swinging players seeking forgiveness, consistency and easy launch throughout the set.
What you should know: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Baffler, Cobra has created a combo set that blends technologies from several of its past and current models to make it easier to play from any lie.
The deep dive: When the original Cobra Baffler arrived in 1975, as Jaws ruled at the box office and disco was filling dance floors, it was an unconventional idea that stuck. The club’s distinctive rails, designed by founder Tom Crow, helped it glide through rough and sandy lies instead of digging in, making it one of the earliest irons to tackle turf interaction head-on.
Fifty years later, as Lilo and Stitch continue packing them in at the box office and Taylor Swift prepares to drop a new album on Spotify, that same spirit drives the newest Baffler irons, and the set might be the most ambitious in Cobra’s long history.
The Baffler combo set is built to make golf less punishing for players who struggle to make consistent contact or generate clubhead speed. By mixing five different types of club heads in one set, it also addresses the fact that a single construction style often can’t meet the needs of every shot a higher-handicap golfer faces.
The set comes standard with:
- 4H and 5H hybrids at the top end to provide a bigger hitting area and lower center of gravity, which can help launch the ball higher and keep it from curving as much on off-center hits.
- 6 and 7 hybrid-irons transition toward a more traditional look but keep much of that same forgiveness, so there’s less of a drop-off in playability as the set moves toward the middle clubs.
- The hollow-body 8- and 9-irons allow for a thin, lively face that can help players get more distance without having to swing harder. I
- The cavity-back pitching wedge is designed to offer more control while still keeping weight low in the head, so shots get airborne more easily. A cavity-back gap wedge and sand wedge are available through custom order.
The progressive Baffler Rail system plays a role, too. Steeper rails in the hybrids and long irons help the club slide through thicker grass or firm turf instead of grabbing and twisting, which can make a big difference for players who don’t always strike the ball cleanly. Shallower rails in the short irons allow for cleaner turf contact on approach shots, but there are no rails in the wedges to allow golfers to have more versatility on chips, pitches and bunker shots.
Is the Baffler Combo set for everyone? Absolutely not, but Cobra already offers the King Tour for elite golfers, the King Forged TEC for golfers who want a better-player’s distance iron, and the DS-Adapt for players who need a game-improvement iron. The Baffler Combo set showcases how Cobra can also offer a functional, easy-to-hit set of clubs for golfers who have more enthusiasm than they have skill.
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