Cobra Irons by Year

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Cobra Irons by Year Table:

Year Released	Cobra Iron Model	What’s New / Key Attributes	Price / Where to Buy
2026	3DP X	3D-printed stainless steel lattice shifts weight to the heel and toe for max forgiveness in a compact, traditional-looking head. Built for 10-20 handicappers.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	3DP MB	Fully 3D-printed muscleback co-designed with Max Homa. Internal lattice redistributes mass to the heel and toe for the highest MOI ever built into a blade shape.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	KING	New hollow-body 360 SPEEDSHELL face flexes 23% more than the prior generation, paired with an 80g catapult weight suspended in polymer for faster ball speed.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	KING Max	Shares the KING’s 360 SPEEDSHELL face but adds weaker lofts, more offset, and a wider sole for maximum forgiveness and built-in draw bias.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2025	3DP Tour	Cobra’s first widely available 3D-printed iron. A hollow lattice interior saves roughly 100g, letting tungsten shift to the heel and toe for forgiveness in a tour-sized head.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Baffler	50th-anniversary combo set blending hybrids, hollow irons, and cavity-back wedges with progressive sole rails for easier turf interaction. Built for beginners, seniors, and high handicappers.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	KING TEC	Forged 1025 carbon steel with hollow, foam-filled long irons that transition to cavity-back short irons, blending distance with control.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	KING TEC X	Larger version of the KING TEC with a thicker face insert and 70g of toe tungsten for extra stability on off-center hits.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	DS-ADAPT	Successor to Darkspeed with Cobra’s largest-yet 360 SPEEDSHELL face and a re-engineered, lower PWR-BRIDGE weight for a higher launch.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	DS-ADAPT MAX	Same AI-designed face as DS-ADAPT, with weaker lofts, more offset, and a wider sole added to correct slices and boost launch.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2024	King CB/MB	5-step forged 1025 carbon steel, offered as full cavity-back, full muscleback, or a blended combo. New for 2024 in a blackened DBM finish.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Tour	Compact, 5-step forged tour cavity-back with a TPU insert for soft feel, released in an all-black DBM finish for advanced players.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Darkspeed	New hollow-body construction with foam microspheres allows up to 25% more face flex, making it Cobra’s longest iron yet. Earned a Golf Digest 2024 Hot List Gold Medal.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Darkspeed Womens	Same hollow-body, foam-microsphere face technology as the standard Darkspeed, built lighter and more flexible to help generate swing speed.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2023	AeroJet	Forged PWRSHELL face and a suspended PWR-BRIDGE weight boost face flex by 10%. Ranked 3rd overall in MyGolfSpy’s 2023 game-improvement iron testing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	AeroJet One Length	Same PWRSHELL and PWR-BRIDGE technology as the standard AeroJet, but built to one uniform 7-iron length for a single, repeatable swing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	AeroJet Women’s	Women’s-specific combo set using the same PWR-BRIDGE and H.O.T. Face technology as the men’s AeroJet, aimed at mid-to-high handicap women golfers.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2022	LTDx	PWR-COR steel core bar suspended low and back in the head, plus an expanded thin-face zone, add roughly 5% more face flex than the prior RADSPEED.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	LTDx One Length	Same PWR-COR and PWRSHELL technology as standard LTDx, built to 7-iron length throughout for single-length consistency.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Air-X	Ultra-lightweight game-improvement iron with a lighter head, thinner face, and lighter grip to help slower swingers add speed. Won a Golf Digest 2022 Hot List gold medal.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Air-X Women’s	Lightweight combo set of irons and hybrids with a thinner heel-to-toe face and offset hosel for easy, high launch.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec (2022)	5x-forged 1025 carbon steel hollow body with a thinner topline and 20g tungsten toe weight, now with a softer foam fill for more face flex.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec One Length (2022)	Same 5x-forged, tungsten-toed construction as standard Forged Tec, built to one length for a repeatable swing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec-X	Players’-game-improvement version with stronger lofts and 65g of tungsten, 45g more than standard, for a flatter, longer ball flight.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2021	King RF Forged MB Copper	Rickie Fowler co-designed muscleback, 5x-forged with a thin topline and minimal offset. Copper finish was hand-selected by Fowler.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King MIM Tour Copper	Built via Metal Injection Molding for a tight, uniform grain structure, with a TPU face insert and tungsten toe weight in a copper finish.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec Copper	Copper-finished Forged Tec using a hollow PWRSHELL face and foam microspheres to soften sound while keeping a near-blade look.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King RF Rev33 Proto Limited Edition	Limited Rickie Fowler collaboration through 32 design iterations, twice-forged and CNC-milled for 155 minutes per head. Retailed at $2,499 for a 4-PW set.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	RAD Speed	Debuted golf’s first 3D-printed nylon medallion to lower CG and dampen vibration, paired with a carbon-fiber topline that saves 2g.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	RAD Speed One Length	Same 3D-printed medallion and PWRSHELL face as standard RAD Speed, built to 37.5″ throughout for one repeatable swing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2020	King MIM Tour	Cobra’s first full iron set built via Metal Injection Molding for a uniform grain structure and forged-like feel. Tested at roughly 109 mph ball speed.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Speedzone	Debuted golf’s first carbon-fiber iron topline, 40% lighter than steel, freeing weight for a forged PWRSHELL face and a 35% larger sweet spot.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Speedzone One Length	Same carbon-fiber topline and PWRSHELL face as standard Speedzone, built to 37.5″ for one consistent setup. Tested 3 yards longer than the King F9.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2019	T-Rail Irons	Hollow, hybrid-style heads with Cobra’s twin-rail Baffler sole for easy turf interaction, aimed at high handicappers wanting a hybrid-like full set.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec	Cobra’s first hollow-body forged players iron, with a foam-filled cavity for softer sound. Tested as Cobra’s fastest, longest players iron to date.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec One Length	Same hollow PWRSHELL and foam-microsphere construction as standard Forged Tec, rebuilt to one uniform 7-iron length and weight.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged CB	Custom cavity-back build of Rickie Fowler’s tour-validated forged set, giving a blade-like look with a wider forgiveness margin.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged CB/MB	Combo set co-designed with Rickie Fowler pairing cavity-back long irons with muscleback short irons. First Cobra iron with Cobra Connect/Arccos-equipped grips.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	F9 Speedback	Introduced a wide steel “Speedback” belt on the sole plus 33g of heel/toe tungsten, delivering 3-4 mph more ball speed than rivals in testing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	F9 Speedback Special Edition	Limited single driving-iron built to Rickie Fowler’s exact 39.5″, 19.5° specs with a Graphite Design shaft. Sold direct for $349.
	F9 Speedback One Length	All clubs built to 7-iron length and weight with wider long-iron soles, keeping the standard F9’s Speedback sole and tungsten weighting.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2018	King F8	Full hollow-body long irons with a 20% thinner, 14% lighter PWRSHELL face and a wider elliptical sweet spot.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King F8 One Length	7-iron length and weight build using TECFLO variable weighting and flighted, tip-tuned shafts for consistent launch through the set.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec Black	Same Forged Tec hollow-cavity concept in a glare-reducing, wear-resistant black DBM finish with a carbon-fiber medallion.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec Black One Length	One Length build of Forged Tec Black using progressive tungsten sole weighting and shafts stepped in 3g increments through the set.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2017	F-Max	Cobra’s lightest, most forgiving super-game-improvement iron at the time, with a deep flexing cavity and heel-biased CG for built-in draw bias.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	F-Max One Length	First super-game-improvement iron offered single-length, following Cobra’s sponsorship of Bryson DeChambeau. Every club matches 7-iron weight and length.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	F-Max Superlite	Stripped-down F-Max cutting roughly 16g overall across head, shaft, and grip, built for players with slow, smooth swing speeds.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tour	5-step forged players iron with a TPU vibration-dampening insert and 12g of heel/toe tungsten for extra forgiveness.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged One Length Irons	Built from Bryson DeChambeau’s tour prototype single-length set, with every club playing at a uniform 37.25″.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King F7	TECFLO construction varying by club, from hollow long irons to blade wedges, with a new, thinner PWRSHELL face and lighter polymer medallion.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2016	King Oversized (OS)	Revival of Cobra’s classic “Oversized” name with a full hollow-body PWRShell face, producing a sweet zone up to 12% larger than the F6.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	MAX Irons	Half-hollow long irons with a “Speed Channel Face” trench to preserve ball speed on mishits for moderate-swing-speed players.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King F6	Four constructions in one set (hollow, half-hollow, cavity-back, solid) under TECFLO, with milled grooves cutting spin about 200 rpm. Won a Golf Digest 2016 Hot List Gold Medal.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Forged Tec	Cobra’s original hollow-cavity forged distance iron, blending a blade look with a foam-filled cavity for tuned sound.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Pro	Reintroduced “King” as Cobra’s tour-level players iron, forged 1025 carbon steel with CNC-milled grooves and tungsten toe weighting.
2015	Fly-Z XL	Added a “Speed Channel Face” trench and hollow long/mid irons for Cobra’s easiest-launching, most forgiving Fly-Z model.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Fly-Z Custom	Standard-size Fly-Z using the same Speed Channel trench, positioned between the compact Pro and max-forgiveness XL.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Fly-Z Forged	Cobra’s forged 2015 better-player iron, with tungsten toe/heel weighting and CNC-milled undercuts, built with Rickie Fowler’s input.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Fly-Z Pro	Compact forged players’ iron with centering tungsten weighting. Rickie Fowler won The Players Championship playing it in 2015.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2014	Bio Cell	Introduced E9 Face Technology, an elliptical progressive sweet spot, on Cobra’s largest unsupported clubface to that point for extra flex.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2013	Baffler XL	Applied Cobra’s classic twin-rail Baffler sole to an oversized, high-launch iron head for maximum forgiveness.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	AMP Cell	Debuted “AMP Cell” internal weighting with a face-welded, metalwood-style construction to raise ball speed on the long and mid irons.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	AMP Cell Pro	Compact forged counterpart to AMP Cell using aligned-grain forging for what reviewers called Cobra’s best-feeling iron to date.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2012	AMP	Introduced “Advanced Material Placement,” blending forged sections with tungsten weighting and a TPU dampening layer for forged feel with cast-iron forgiveness.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2011	S3	Refined E9 Face Technology with a 30% larger Sweet Zone and hyper-steel long irons. First Cobra iron to score an “A” grade in MyGolfSpy testing.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	S3 Max	Max-forgiveness S3 sibling with heavy perimeter weighting and a low, back CG for a high, easy launch.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	S3 Pro	Forged 1025 carbon steel players iron with cavity-back long irons transitioning to muscleback short irons.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2010	S2 Max	Wide-sole, low-profile game-improvement iron using “Hotter-9 Point” face technology. Won a Gold Award in Golf Digest’s 2010 Hot List.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2009	Transition S	Integrated 8-club set progressing from utility metals to hybrids to wide-sole short irons for maximum forgiveness in one bag.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	S2	Replaced the S9 with a 431 stainless head, polymer topline, and aluminum backplate for a lower CG and higher MOI.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	S2 Forged	Forged 1025 carbon steel cavity-back companion to the S2, combining forged feel with real distance.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	SZ	High-launch, high-forgiveness iron with a wide sole and urethane insert for a very low CG and penetrating flight.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2008	Pro MB	Cobra’s first true tour muscleback, forged with tour staff input for maximum feel and workability. Geoff Ogilvy led the field in GIR at the 2008 WGC-CA Championship with it.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Pro CB	Forged cavity-back companion to Pro MB with a shorter hosel and lower CG for higher launch and added forgiveness.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	2008 S9	Updated game-improvement iron with an expanded polymer topline and urethane insert shifting weight low and back for easier launch.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	2008 FP	Re-engineered “Forgiveness Platform” iron with a sleeker head and reduced offset, a step toward better-player workability.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2007	UFI	“Ultimate Forgiveness Irons” using a metal matrix face insert 65% lighter than steel, giving the lowest CG and highest MOI of any Cobra iron to date.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2006	King Cobra FP	Mid-tier game-improvement iron balancing feel and forgiveness between the S9 and Carbon CB.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Cobra S9	Flagship multi-material game-improvement iron with a polymer topline and low, back CG. Won a Golf Digest Hot List Editor’s Choice award.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Cobra Carbon CB	Tour-inspired forged cavity-back using a 5-step forging process for a soft, solid feel and workable trajectory.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
2004	3400 I/XH	Super-game-improvement iron with an extra-thick topline and foam-injected cavity to reduce vibration on mishits.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	3100 I/H	Trimmer sibling to the 3400 using a urethane-filled cavity and “9 Point” face technology for strong forgiveness in a cleaner look.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Forged CB	Forged cavity-back for single-digit handicappers with Cobra’s 5-step process for a classic look and soft feel.
2002	King Cobra SS	Oversized iron cast from 17-4 stainless steel with tungsten inserts in the long irons and a redesigned sole for better turf interaction.
	King Cobra SS Forged	Forged version of the SS platform for players wanting a softer feel in the same oversized, forgiving shape.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	SS350	Larger, higher-forgiveness head in Cobra’s 2002 stainless “SS” family, aimed at higher handicappers.
	SS310	Mid-tier SS-family iron positioned between the SS350 and SS290 in size and forgiveness.
	SS290	The most compact SS-family model, aimed at better players within the 2002 lineup.
2000	CXI	Traditional-looking game-improvement iron with a medium topline and low-face CG for a higher, soft-landing flight.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	Baffler Multi-Metal Irons	First iron application of Cobra’s signature twin-rail Baffler sole, extending a fairway-wood forgiveness concept into irons.
1999	Gravity Back	Rearward “gravity back” weighting added dynamic loft at impact for extra height and accuracy. One of Cobra’s most popular late-1990s irons.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
1997	King Cobra II Oversized	Follow-up to the 1994 original, adding an integrated “Quad” weighting system for more distance and accuracy.	CHECK FOR LOWEST PRICE »
	King Cobra II Tour	Trimmed-down, better-player counterpart to the King Cobra II Oversized with less offset.
1996	Norman Grind	Co-designed with Greg Norman with a thinner topline and no offset, bridging traditional blades and Cobra’s forgiving oversized irons.
	King Cobra Oversized Tour	Tour-tuned version of the bestselling Oversized platform. Steve Jones won the 1996 U.S. Open playing it.
1994	King Cobra Oversized	The iron that made Cobra mainstream, with an enlarged head for a bigger sweet spot. Ben Crenshaw won the 1995 Masters playing it.
1992	King Cobra	Cobra’s first oversized game-improvement iron, with stronger lofts than the era’s standard. Became golf’s best-selling iron set.
1991	Greg Norman Signature Forged	Cobra’s debut iron and first forged model, co-developed with Greg Norman. He won the 1993 Open Championship playing it.

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Cobra Irons Year-by-Year: 2020 to 2026

Cobra’s iron lineup has changed more in the last seven years than in any stretch since Puma took over the brand. Below is a year-by-year breakdown of every major Cobra iron release from 2020 through 2026, including the specific technology, materials, and target golfer for each model.

2026 Cobra Irons: 3DP X, 3DP MB, KING, KING Max

Cobra’s 2026 lineup fully embraces 3D-printed iron construction, expanding on the limited 2025 3DP Tour release. The 3DP X is a super-game-improvement iron built through DMLS printing of 316L stainless steel, using an internal lattice structure to shift discretionary weight into the heel and toe for the highest MOI Cobra has ever built into a compact, traditionally shaped head. It’s designed for 10 to 20 handicappers and retails around $1,980 for a 5-iron through pitching wedge set. The 3DP MB, co-developed with Max Homa, takes the opposite design brief: a fully 3D-printed muscleback blade (printed from more than 2,600 layers of stainless steel powder) that still uses the internal lattice to add forgiveness that better players don’t normally get in a blade shape. The standard KING and KING Max replace the DS-Adapt platform with a new hollow-body 360 SPEEDSHELL face that flexes 23% more than the previous generation, combined with an 80-gram catapult weight suspended in polymer. Cobra reports 9.5% more greens in regulation and 1.4 strokes gained per round in testing against the DS-Adapt it replaces.

2025 Cobra Irons: 3DP Tour, Baffler, KING TEC, KING TEC X, DS-ADAPT, DS-ADAPT MAX

2025 marked Cobra’s first global, non-limited release of a 3D-printed iron, the 3DP Tour, printed from over 2,600 layers of 316 stainless steel powder in a compact muscleback-blade-sized head. A lattice interior removes roughly 100 grams that Cobra repositions as tungsten in the heel and toe, delivering game-improvement-level forgiveness inside a tour-sized shape. Cobra also celebrated 50 years of the Baffler name with a reimagined “super game-improvement” combo set spanning five distinct constructions (hybrids, hybrid-irons, hollow irons, and cavity-back wedges) with a progressive rail system that grows shallower down the set for better turf interaction, aimed at high handicappers, seniors, and beginners. The KING TEC and KING TEC X introduced a new hybrid iron category for Cobra: forged 1025 carbon steel with a hollow, foam-filled body in the long irons that transitions into a cavity-back design in the short irons, giving a thinner topline and less offset than a typical game-improvement iron. DS-ADAPT and DS-ADAPT MAX succeeded Darkspeed with Cobra’s largest 360 SPEEDSHELL face to date and a re-engineered, lower PWR-BRIDGE weight for a higher launch window, with the MAX version adding two degrees of weaker loft, more offset, and a wider sole for slice correction.

2024 Cobra Irons: King CB/MB, King Tour, Darkspeed, Darkspeed Women’s

Cobra’s 2024 iron lineup split cleanly between players’ clubs and game-improvement distance irons. The King CB/MB and King Tour are both 5-step forged from 1025 carbon steel and available in a new black Diamonized Black Metal (DBM) finish that chemically blackens the steel for extra durability. The CB/MB can be built as a full cavity-back, full muscleback, or a blended combo set, while King Tour is a more compact tour cavity-back with a TPU insert for soft feel. On the distance side, Darkspeed introduced an entirely new hollow-body construction filled with foam microspheres that allows up to 25% more face flex than the prior generation, making it Cobra’s longest iron to date and earning a Golf Digest 2024 Hot List Gold Medal. The Women’s Darkspeed uses the same technology in a lighter, more flexible build designed to help generate clubhead speed.

2023 Cobra Irons: AeroJet, AeroJet One Length, AeroJet Women’s

AeroJet became Cobra’s flagship distance iron for 2023, combining a forged PWRSHELL face insert with a suspended PWR-BRIDGE weight for 10% more face flexion, plus an AI-designed H.O.T. Face variable-thickness pattern that expands the effective hitting area. It finished 3rd overall in MyGolfSpy’s 2023 Most Wanted game-improvement iron testing and retailed at $799, aimed at 10 to 25 handicappers. The One Length version carries identical face technology, but every club is built to a single 7-iron length, with head weighting adjusted up to plus or minus 30 grams through the set to maintain swingweight; it actually outscored the standard AeroJet, placing 2nd overall in the same MyGolfSpy test. The Women’s AeroJet uses the same PWR-BRIDGE and H.O.T. Face technology in a dedicated combo set of one hybrid plus six irons.

2022 Cobra Irons: LTDx, Air-X, King Forged Tec, King Forged Tec-X

2022 was Cobra’s biggest iron year in recent memory, releasing seven distinct iron models across four families. LTDx (short for Longest Total Distance) introduced PWR-COR, a floating steel core bar suspended low and back in the head in soft polymer, combined with an expanded thin-face zone on the PWRSHELL L-Cup face for roughly 5% more face deflection than the prior RADSPEED generation. Air-X took the opposite approach, focusing on total weight reduction rather than face speed: Cobra cut clubhead weight, thinned the face, and dropped to a 41-gram grip to help slower-swing-speed golfers generate more clubhead speed, a formula that earned it a Golf Digest 2022 Hot List Gold Medal. The King Forged Tec family (standard, One Length, and Tec-X) moved to a five-times-forged 1025 carbon steel hollow body with a thinner topline and switched to a softer foam fill inside the cavity for more face flex. The Tec-X variant added stronger lofts and 65 grams of tungsten, 45 grams more than standard, for a flatter, longer ball flight aimed at strong players who still wanted extra distance.

2021 Cobra Irons: King RF Forged MB Copper, King MIM Tour Copper, RAD Speed

2021 introduced two firsts for Cobra: a copper PVD finish across three iron models, and the brand’s first 3D-printed component in a mass-market iron. King MIM Tour Copper was Cobra’s first iron built through Metal Injection Molding, using powdered 304 stainless steel heated to roughly 1,340°F and injection-molded for a uniform, tight grain structure, paired with a TPU face insert for soft feel. Rickie Fowler had two signature releases that year: King RF Forged MB Copper, a five-times-forged muscleback blade with a copper finish he hand-selected, and the ultra-limited King RF Rev33 Proto, which went through 32 design iterations and 155 minutes of CNC milling per head, retailing at $2,499 for a 4-iron through pitching wedge set. Meanwhile, RAD Speed debuted golf’s first 3D-printed nylon medallion, a lattice structure in the back cavity that saves weight and dampens vibration, combined with a carbon-fiber topline that saves another 2 grams to lower the center of gravity.

2020 Cobra Irons: King MIM Tour, King Speedzone

Cobra’s 2020 irons leaned into new manufacturing processes. King MIM Tour was Cobra’s first full set built entirely via Metal Injection Molding, which the brand said produced a feel “softer than any forged offering” on the market at the time, testing at roughly 109 mph ball speed and 151-yard 7-iron carries for skilled ball-strikers. King Speedzone debuted golf’s first carbon-fiber iron topline, 40% lighter than steel, freeing about 3 grams of weight that Cobra repositioned lower in the 4-through-7 irons for a higher launch, combined with a forged PWRSHELL face and an E9 face structure that grew the effective sweet spot by 35%. The One Length version shared the same carbon-fiber topline and PWRSHELL face but was built to a uniform 37.5 inches, and testers clocked its 7-iron carrying roughly 3 yards farther than the previous King F9.

More On Cobra Irons

Cobra has also made a mark in recent years in the players irons market. The RF Proto, made for Rickie Fowler, are the blades of all blades. No offset, small footprint, and scary to stand over unless you are an elite ball striker.

A unique Cobra production is the “One Length” irons. The theory is one length throughout the set will produce one swing, and that can be repeated easier. Bryson DeChambeau is a big proponent of the One Length irons. You can find One Length in several sets, from game improvement all the way to players irons.

An exciting new offering from 2021 is the copper irons. Coated with a PVD copper coating, and available in muscle back blade, cavity back, and game improvement hollow construction, any player can find a copper set that works for their game. The copper finish is arguably the best looking on the market today.

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Do all Cobra irons have the “King” designation?

The “King” moniker originated with the King Cobra Oversized, which are the irons that put Cobra into the mainstream, and helped Greg Norman win, and win a lot!

Cobra strayed away from the King title until they felt they had a product that truly embodied the King name. In comes the King lineup of 2016. Technologically advanced, and stellar designs. Definitely worthy of the King surname.

Since 2016, Cobra has stuck with King in the title of most of their products, especially the irons. If you see “King Cobra” just know that you are getting the best that Cobra has to offer!

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Cobra Irons History

With a huge golf icon in Greg Norman on their side, Cobra sprung into the iron scene in 1991 with a signature line for “The Shark.” It was their first forged irons, and Norman was the perfect poster child to gain attention.

Cobra released their first “oversized” irons in 1994, and were a major success for the company. The oversized look provided a huge sweet spot, and made getting the ball in the air, and across the course much easier. Although tour and scratch players won’t game with OS irons, they are a big tool, and an important addition to any higher handicap player looking to have fun on the course.

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How Often Does Cobra Release New Irons

Cobra is all about innovation, taking the next step, and trying something new. With the graphite shafts, one length irons, and PVD copper finishes, Cobra isn’t afraid to try something new.

After parting ways with Acushnet/Titleist in 2010, when Puma purchased the brand, Cobra found its stride. Cobra has released new iron sets, often multiple sets, every year, since Puma became the parent company. Over the last 12 years, Cobra has made a name for itself in the iron space because of their innovation and originality.

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