New 2025 Cobra DS Adapt drivers break cover – Here’s everything you need to know…

The four new Cobra DS Adapt driver heads

The new Cobra DS Adapt X and LS drivers have appeared on the USGA Conforming List, here’s everything we know so far…

Cobra have most recently been known for making some of the very best golf drivers available when it comes to ball speed and distance, but our testing has often found them to be lacking punch in the forgiveness and dispersion stakes. A new family of Cobra DS Adapt drivers has just appeared on the USGA Conforming list though, so could this be the time they unlock both the speed and forgiveness barriers?

We don’t have any official comment yet about the Cobra DS Adapt drivers but any appearance on the ‘USGA Conforming List’ usually means a new model is close to being put in play on one of the world tours. With weight positioned at the back of each DS Adapt head it looks like Cobra could potentially be going after greater forgiveness this time around.

Everything you need to know about the Cobra DS Adapt X driver

Just like the previous Darkspeed X driver, this new model looks to have a carbon fiber sole section, which is highly likely to mean it’s decked out with a carbon fiber crown too. By using two large and expensive sections of carbon fiber it’s highly likely the DS Adapt X will be well equipped to compete with the best forgiving drivers available.

From the image below it’s possible to see a 10g weight (which is 2g less than the 12g found in the previous Darkspeed X) towards the back of the head and a further 3g positioned centrally behind the face, which means the X comes with a degree of versatility in terms of forgiveness, ball speed, launch, and backspin, but it’s likely there would be no flexibility over shot direction.

Everything you need to know about the Cobra DS Adapt LS driver

Based on the industry norm most drivers badged up as LS models are typically always Low Spin options that are great for reducing spin and improving ball speed and distance for high-speed players. Just like the DS Adapt X the LS looks to come with a carbon fiber sole, which we’d sort of expect as Cobra has used similar technology in their most recent drivers, and is considered par for the course in market-leading models like the Callaway AI Smoke Max and TaylorMade Qi10 Max.

Where the Adapt X has a single front weight port the LS has two, with one angled towards the heel and one towards the toe. The three weight ports have a 10g and two 3g weights positioned with them which will likely allow higher speed golfers to dial in a draw or fade bias or create a more forgiving low spin driver by positioning extra mass in the rear port.

Which pros could put the Cobra DS Adapt driver into play?

Cobra’s tour team is extensive yet the company doesn’t have huge amounts of really big tour stars like Callaway or TaylorMade. Historically new drivers tend to be released earlier than planned when a marquee signing has tested and wants to play a company’s driver before the intended reveal date.

My guess would be that Rickie Fowler, Lexi Thomspon, or Gary Woodland have requested to put the new model in their bag for an upcoming event, but from past experience, it could also be rising star Ewen Ferguson who I know has played Cobra products before release, who’s looking to introduce the model in an upcoming on the DP World Tour event.

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When will Cobra launch the DS Adapt drivers?

Cobra is due to introduce the new 2025 DS Adapt product lineup to their sales team in Europe later this month, there’s also a press launch taking place in Spain soon. In an unusual move, I’ve also heard Cobra plan to unveil the new drivers along with the rest of the new DS Adapt family on the 12th of December 2024, when usually new launches happen after Christmas and into the New Year.

As soon as we know more it will appear here.

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Simon Daddow – Today’s Golfer Equipment Editor

Having tested and played more than 10,000 clubs in his life, what Simon doesn’t know about golf clubs isn’t worth knowing.

He spent a large part of his career as a golf club maker and product development manager, and has worked in the golf industry for more than 30 years. He joined EMAP Active (now Bauer Media) as Equipment Editor in 2006 and has worked for both Today’s Golfer and Golf World.

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