Cobra’s OPTM hybrids use refined shaping, POI weighting and full adjustability to help golfers launch shots higher with more predictable distance.
Gear: Cobra OPTM hybrids
Price: $329 each with KBS PG Hybrid shaft and Lamkin SuperStroke Crossline grip
Specs: Stainless steel construction with variable-thickness face and 33-position adjustable hosel.
Available: Jan. 13 (pre-sale), Jan. 20 (in stores)
Who it’s for: Golfers who want a hybrid with a slightly larger profile that launches easily, flies into a predictable window and can be precisely fit for loft, lie and trajectory.
What you should know: The OPTM hybrids combine a fairway-wood-style hybrid shape with internal weighting and adjustability to help golfers tighten dispersion and produce more consistent shots.
The Deep Dive: Designing a hybrid today is less about replacing a long iron and more about managing ball flight. Launch, spin and directional control all matter more than raw distance, especially for clubs that are asked to perform from the tee, the fairway and the rough.
With the OPTM hybrids, Cobra focused on making ball flight easier to repeat. Compared with previous generations, the heads feature a slightly larger address profile and a shallower face height, changes designed to promote easier launch without sacrificing control. Those visual cues are paired with Adaptive POI weighting, which redistributes mass inside the head to reduce unwanted twisting on off-center strikes and help the clubhead rotate more naturally through impact.
The OPTM hybrids also use Cobra’s H.O.T. Face technology, a variable-thickness face design that creates multiple hot zones across the hitting area. By flexing more efficiently on off-center strikes, particularly low-on-the-face-hits, the design helps preserve ball speed and carry distance when contact isn’t perfect.
Like the rest of the OPTM metalwood family, the hybrids feature Cobra’s FutureFit33 adjustable hosel that offers 33 independent loft-and-lie combinations. That level of adjustability allows fitters to fine-tune trajectory, spin, and directional bias without changing shafts, making it easier to dial in proper gapping at the top of the set.
The OPTM hybrids are available in 3H (19 degrees), 4H (21 degrees), 5H (24 degrees), and 6H (28 degrees), paired with KBS PG Hybrid graphite shafts in multiple weights and flexes. Cobra also offers a women’s lineup that includes a 7H (31 degrees) option with lighter shafts designed to promote higher launch and easier speed generation.
As hybrids continue to replace long irons for a wide range of golfers, Cobra sees this category as a critical link between fairway woods and irons. The OPTM hybrids are built to deliver consistent launch windows, predictable distance, and tighter dispersion—traits that matter more than sheer ball speed when precision becomes the priority.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Cobra OPTM hybrids deliver adjustable launch and tighter dispersion
Category: General Sports
