Cobra LTDx Vs. Ping G410 Irons Comparison Overview
These days, all golf club manufacturers are trying to fit as much forgiveness features into their clubs as possible – not matter what the category. However, if you have ever played irons across different categories, you know that some are just inherently harder to hit with.
Still, that hasn’t stopped these companies from trying. Even irons that lean closer to player’s performance irons are heavily emphasizing forgiveness, or at least trying to. Today we wanted to compare a true game-improvement iron to the performance of the Ping G410 irons.
Cobra LTDx Irons Overview
The Cobra LTDx irons is marketed as a set that will be beneficial for players of all skill levels.
While marketing claims are usually lofty and unrealistic, we have to say that Cobra wasn’t too far off with their boasts. The blade of the Cobra LTDx irons is of intermediate length and the sole is moderately wide.
The head profile is a comfortable middle ground between game-improvement and player’s performance size. There’s a steel bar that sits behind the sweet spot to help with distance (much like a game-improvement club) and the face grooves are milled for tighter spin control (much like a player’s performance club).
These are cavity back irons with an interesting-looking, lightweight rear badge. Launch is high throughout the set as well.
Ping G410 Irons Overview
The ping G410 irons are markedly smaller than the Cobra LTDx irons.
The shorter blade lengths and less-pronounced offset gives these irons more of a player’s performance look than anything else. However, most other aspects of this iron set speaks more of a game-improvement inclination.
For instance, there is extreme perimeter weighting in the hosel and the toe screw. That’s about as far apart as you can get in an iron. Naturally, MOI is increased to a very high degree. The area of the face that flexes has also been expanded so you get good ball speed on slight mis-hits as well.
However, you can’t really argue with the smaller head. All the flex in the world won’t be able to help if you can’t square up at impact.
At the end of the day, the Ping G410 irons don’t do enough around the pin to justify the smaller heads. They are workable but we actually liked the spin control we got from the Cobra LTDx irons. The Cobra LTDx irons are also more forgiving.
Cobra LTDx Irons
Category: Game-Improvement Irons
Ping G410’s Irons
Category – Game Improvement/Players Distance Irons
Cobra LTDx Irons – First Impressions
Even though these irons are new, they sport the same chunky sole that we have seen in previous Cobra models.
This was a comforting site for all the testers in our party. There’s no doubt that Cobra looked to make a stronger foray into the game-improvement iron market than they ever have before with the Cobra LTDx irons.
They launch high, increase forgiveness on low face misses and they flex to a high degree. What we were most impressed with though was that these irons still give you that Cobra players iron short game performance.
The grooves in the faces of the short irons are incredibly tight so you get an exceptional amount of short-game control from irons that fall into the game-improvement category.
Ping G410 – First Impressions
The first thing you are going to notice about the G410 irons is that they are much more attractive looking than the G410’s
The tingsten weighting in the club head and hosel have lowered the COG of the irons and survived to the G425’s as well.
The clubs are less offset and slight smaller headed than the G410’s and the undercut top line offers good turf interaction to turn the heads of the better players.
The clubs also introduced variable face thickness and a flexible hinge for forgiveness on off center hits.
The clubs offer forgiveness, distance and consistency to high and mid handicap players.
An ode to these clubs is that the G425’s are not that much better at all.
Cobra LTDx Irons Selling Points
- An expansive milled face area
- Tightly-etched and milled grooves
- New face cup design
- Beefy sole to promote higher launch
- New steel bar placed behind the sweet spot
G410 Irons – Selling Points
- 2 Tungsten Weights For Low COG
- Co Molded Cavity Badge For No Vibrations
- Lots Of Loft In The Clubs
- Flexible Hinge And Variable Face Thickness
- Forgiving And Consistent
Who are the Cobra LTDx Irons for?
The new Cobra LTDx irons are some of the most complete game-improvement irons we have seen from Cobra in a long time. As such, they would fit well in the bags of mid to high handicappers; but they have a little bit to offer low handicap players as well.
The Cobra Family of Irons
If you are looking for a pure player’s performance iron, you may want to check out the Cobra Forged Tec irons. The Forged Tec irons feature a muscle back design and of course, forged faces. The Forged Tec irons also feature a hollow-body design that allows room for foam microspheres that sweeten the feel of the forged faces. To top it all off, the Forged Tec irons feature a tungsten tow weight that positions the center of gravity closer to where most players mis-hit.
Distance: 93/100
Accuracy: 93/100
Forgiveness: 94/100
Feel & Control: 94/100
Overall Score: 94/100
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Who Are The G410 Irons For
The Ping G410 Irons are made for high handicappers and improving players. The wide sole, generous lofts and low COG make these irons easy to hit and get into the air.
These irons are also going to be generating impressive distance and consistency.
Ping G Family Of Irons
As always, these ping game improvement irons build on the success of the G400’s and improve the looks and add some workabilty for better players and mid handicappers.
They’ve followed by the G425 irons which are more compact and more beginner friendly.
Distance: 93/100
Accuracy: 94/100
Forgiveness: 94/100
Feel And Control: 90/100
Overall Score: 93/100
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