The last slot for the finals is up for grabs in today’s semifinal match up. The Cobra Darkspeed LS takes on the Srixon ZX5 LS head to head. Who will go up against the Black Ops Tour in the finals? Stay tuned to find out!
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Ston driver early Champion slowly as this thing goes on this bracket goes on the more I like this head it sits so good it really sits great definitely definitely has that that knuckly one in there but has an Fu ball doesn’t it yeah yeah for sure all right guys it’s semi-final day number
Two the chance to make the final Srixon versus Cobra dark speed LS yeah who’s your money on I knew you were going to ask you that stck on I see you said last week you said Cobra and you were right I end up being right but I feel like you’re just
Being a contrarian when you say these things you just like to go against the grain go against the grain 90% of people watching this are probably going I think maybe Cobra has the edge in this one 90% of the people are going to be wrong oh
Well we’ll see we’ll see um yeah I think this is another I think it’s another bit of a 50/50 both of these heads have the same attributes totally they are very long largely because they they are on the side of lower Spin and and higher speed
Yeah it’s going to be a tough one kind of sizing them up just uh hitting a couple warming up there with my own driver and just looking at kind of the both heads they actually kind of remind me of one another I’ve got the mat finish on top they both kind of have
That look of quite low Loft it’s going to be a good one wait extremely far forward battle a low spin this will uh come on suon you can do this why not K I don’t know you’ve got the Imp one thing one thing I can promise you
About Mike he is not impartial with anything does not have any that’s fake no no no uh no splinters in his backside from sitting in the fence that’s for sure all right let’s go coin flip baby okay let’s uh toss that coin okay Rangers is the Cobra don’t ever bet
Against the Rangers golden Ru in life and this lovely logo is baby the stck on okay oh yeah oh that was terrible it’s too heavy this heav that was b as well what’s that that was the Cobra okay Cobra is okay prize okay Michael swing number one let’s see it
Can’t change your mind you still no stay with rck on yep Chris risto send you bought the wine did he maybe okay not an awful start mhm High launch low spinner yeah stuck under it a little bit better strike speeds up it’s almost 169 good one Mikey yeah been a couple like
That yeah it’s got a really it’s got a real long one in it doesn’t it mhm pretty quick you still get that it has that high launch low spinner but doesn’t really move too much no I feel I feel this driver is actually really really pretty close for me all right F Srixon
Driver early Champion slowly as this thing goes on this bracket goes on I’m the more I like this head it sits so good it really sits great like it sits we’ve got this on standard flat 8.5 it sits just a hair open and like you’ve
Seen me sit down heads like I’m a basket case for sitting heads down and going nah that’s not good that’s not good without even hitting a ball with them but that sit down goal yes a little underrated uh driver when we hit it what was it probably a year ago yeah um we
Made a point of that video didn’t we both hit the ls and we’re like all right this is a you know they’ve come to play with this one so let’s see it you give me 10 like that you’ll be all good yeah we’ll be fine sounded pounded that’s a little closer
Yeah actually would be a pretty decent set for S isn’t it yeah the ones that been good have been good yeah super straight okay FR round two y back to the Cobra first set both of them thoughts felt like Cobra was fast it was coming out really hot but it felt like
Shrien was such a nice flight just like lovely High neutral like 13 launch 2200 spin the way we talk with those ideal ones yeah there’s your Miss hit with with that stricks on there was a lot less of the you know 14 right or you
Know kind of that Miss um it was really really straight which is which is nice good to see okay but it’s close enough isn’t it it’s close enough that it’s y so all in the final set a bit of speed to it seems like if you get this thing in
The face it’s just got speed yeah 1800 168 strike really good strike good yeah good yep good second set with the uh with the Cobra driver yeah definitely definitely has that that knuckly one in there but has an Fu ball doesn’t it yeah yeah for sure no I mean 1324 Tred
Okay it’s just it’s a bad combo of a little slower than the others yeah a little further right than the others and spinning I feel like that should be going right I really don’t I’m expecting that to like be a little down the left side not
Awful okay Michael how you feeling I’m a we bit sweaty oh you stink and we have to turn the AC off cuz it makes a we bit of a noise when we’re doing this so you get a we bit sweaty doing the bracket it’s all good right cobra versus trixon
Cobra’s average distance was 37.6 okay okay that feels like one of the longer definitely totals we’ve had yeah 37 that’s that’s pretty good 319 the first go around with pxg was the longest I’ve had so that’s pretty good uh its average Miss was 13 yards 13. 34
Which is a couple of couple yards wider than normal definitely uh with total of three 303. 72 pretty decent not bad not bad strick on uh average yardage was 33.8 okay okay so a decent bit short of four four yard or so its average offline was 10.63 oh oh for a total of
303.1 n so Cobra wins 303. 72 it’s close half a yard yeah close 303 offline uh so 10.6 and 13.3 offline wow close close close close I was wrong not that much it’s okay it’s okay wow I I wouldn’t have guessed that to be honest I kind of felt like I was hitting
The uh the Srixon more consistently yeah the Cobra had that like you said that Fu ball on it um Shon from standing back here definitely more consistent but those those couple Fu balls it helps 3176 that’s yeah that’s pretty deep mhm con consistently long as well 316 14 19
15 wow when you average up your you know your totals in the there’s too many of the 295 293 296 you know and it can be really one of those things that on the launch monitor if we want to say it um is really favorable to one of the drivers
Because if the gets as low as it like down to 1800 at to be fa to the uh the the Cobra the pxg was also doing that and that’s why it was going so long it really flattens out the angle of descent and then you get the you get that green
Portion here when we set the green 320 you get that roll out cuz it’s coming in so flat yeah interesting that’s a shame feel bad for strion they put up a hell of a a fight there but uh the the length of the corra just out done it
Crazy okay well half a yard is all it takes in the bracket for one to move on and one to go home definitely we have cobra versus pxg in the final um actually later today later today you guys will see it later this week so stay
Tuned let us know below who do you think will win the bracket this year I don’t think there’s much to choose between these two drivers they feel very similar in performance so uh it could be just a slugfest slug Fest slugfest of the death okay guys if You’ enjoyed the bracket if
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I’m loving my Darkspeed LS and Ventus TR Blue combo. Carried the shaft over from the LTDx LS. Gained a bit of ball speed and find the middle more often. Actually the first time I’ve sniffed 170 consistently with my gamer. I find it very stable and consistent. Best I’ve driven the ball in several years.
Now I REALLY need to work on a solid 3 wood option. I really struggled with it last year and still am so far this year.
Watching this my next driver will be the Zx5.
And I've played Cobra since the F8+
Would love to see a bracket with the "normal" non LS heads for us regular mid hcp players.
More interested in the "most forgiven" category these days.
Should do Median not the Mean. Take out the outliers
Cobra will take the cake!! Best driver last year and again this year with the Darkspeed
I bought the PXG. Awesome sound and feel to go along with distance and forgiveness. PXG for a narrrow win
I think Ian just lost his swing a tiny bit towards the end of the test losing the srixon out to the right and a little loss of swing speed… watching this otherwise I think the srixon won by a couple of yards… but so it goes
Srixon seemed to have been longer than the Cobra. Srixon consistently was close to 320 and the offline was minimal with the exception of the last set.
Srixon doesn't come in Lefty so good to see it go lol. The final will be fun to watch.
After a really good first set with Srixon, the second one was not good. Strange. Thought the Srixon was better since the Cobra was so far off line. If I didn't see the final numbers, I would have thought the Srixon has won handily.
I'd like to point out that 10 yards off line is very impressive. 13 yards is too, but a 20 yard fairway vs a 26 yard fairway is a big difference in competition.
The win really needs to go to the srixon here. It should not be just yard for yard subtraction. There needs to be a better formula. Like for 0-10 yards offline no subtraction, for 10-15 yards minus yard for yard away from 10, for 15-30 yards minus 2 yards for each yard away from 15.
A drive of 300 that is 25 yards offline would be 300-5-20 for a total of 275.
5 yards for each yard off from 10-15 and 20 yards bc 2×10 for each yard over 15 yards offline.
Took me many videos to realize that you lean your body back before the club when you hit fades. Just something I happened to catch on your final swing or the Srixon
One of these two needs to go in the bag for the season. It’s time Ian has a monogamous relationship with a driver for a season. Ian’s choice give, one of those two girls their final rose!!! 🌹
Love these brackets! Wondering if adding carry averages into the formula to average out courses that have minimal roll vs the simulator showing perfect conditions of an actual roll out. Is there ever a chance to perfect the numbers with the finalist by fitting the driver with an ideal combo shaft per driver head!
Regardless, great test results!
I like PXG to win it all!👍🏽
Let’s go Cobra!!!🐍
How much is bob paying you? Lol
Whats faster than light speed?? 🐍
Yes Darkspeed LS 🔥🔥🔥
That Srixon looked so much better than the numbers