I bought today.....

[Voyager EMH]

It requires a fair bit of research to find out.
A brand name might be considered American, but controlling financial ownership could be anywhere in the world.

Cobra is based in California. Shafts and grips are made in Mexico and imported to be assembled in California.
Puma bought Cobra in 2010.
Puma is a German company founded by Rudolf Dassler when he and his brother Adolph split their family business. Adolf founded Adidas.
Puma was listed on the German stock exchange since 1986.
Rudolph's two sons sold their 72% stake in Puma to Swiss business Cosa Liebermann in 1989.

Is Cobra (based in California) a Swiss owned company? Or German? Or American?
Your guess is as good as mine.

I apologise for the above incomplete and therefore inaccurate story of Cobra being owned by Puma.

Cosa Liebermann were the majority owner after their purchase of 72% of Puma in 1989.
But the French group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) started buying up shares in the 2000s. By 2007 it owned 60% of Puma.
PPR has changed its name to Kering. The parent holding company of Kering is Groupe Artemis.
Groupe Atemis holds 29% of Puma, but is still the largest single shareholder.

Puma remains on the German Stock Exchange and Puma owns Cobra.

So maybe Cobra is French now?



But Cobra was founded by Tom Crow who was Australian.

 

[Deleted member 36742]

I apologise for the above incomplete and therefore inaccurate story of Cobra being owned by Puma.

Cosa Liebermann were the majority owner after their purchase of 72% of Puma in 1989.
But the French group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) started buying up shares in the 2000s. By 2007 it owned 60% of Puma.
PPR has changed its name to Kering. The parent holding company of Kering is Groupe Atemis.
Groupe Atemis holds 29% of Puma, but is still the largest single shareholder.

Puma remains on the German Stock Exchange and Puma owns Cobra.

So maybe Cobra is French now?

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But Cobra was founded by Tom Crow who was Australian.

Don't worry about it. You were also wrong about the source of shafts and grips.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Don't worry about it. You were also wrong about the source of shafts and grips.

Please enlighten us as to where the shafts and grips of Cobra golf clubs come from.
All I have done is copy stuff I read.

I do not claim to have infallible knowledge. Who does?
I do not need to be told not to worry - so don't worry about that.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Had to buy a replacement pair of Myjoys. Pair finally given up the ghost after being purchased in January 2011 and used significantly since

 

[Depreston]

Had to buy a replacement pair of Myjoys. Pair finally given up the ghost after being purchased in January 2011 and used significantly since

Fair play that lucky to get 2 year out of my shoes they end up absolutely honking

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Fair play that lucky to get 2 year out of my shoes they end up absolutely honking

I have been OCD looking after all my Myjoys

 

[Springveldt]

Fair play that lucky to get 2 year out of my shoes they end up absolutely honking

My golf shoes barely last 1 season before I wear out the material/padding in the heel or wear down the plastic grips.

 

[Oddsocks]

Fair play that lucky to get 2 year out of my shoes they end up absolutely honking

Normally get 4-5 years from two pairs of boost 360’s shoes, black for the winter and white for the summer. Keep them clean and soak them in FJ dubbing before shelving them for the off season (colour depending)

 

[simsini]

If anyone is ever near Ashford, get yourself to the Puma clearance store in the McArthur Glen Outlet. It's not the same as the usual outlet shop, it's more like a Puma only TK Maxx. They had all shorts £10, all polos £12, all trousers £15, mid layers for £18 and jackets for £25. Mostly size small and medium in last year's clothing and some of them are samples, but I bought two pairs of dealer shorts in beige and pink, a blue aloha polo and a hooded rain jacket. The hooded rain jacket is still £124.99 here... https://www.scottsdalegolf.co.uk/shop/product/puma-drylbl-packable-waterproof-golf-jacket-black. I paid £57 in total. They had some of the caps with the P logo on the front for £6.99 too.

 

[Deleted member 36742]

Please enlighten us as to where the shafts and grips of Cobra golf clubs come from.
All I have done is copy stuff I read.

I do not claim to have infallible knowledge. Who does?
I do not need to be told not to worry - so don't worry about that.

I suggest you update your source material.

The production of golf components is global but largely dominated by South East Asia e.g. China, Taiwan, Vietnam and even Bangladesh.

These countries have taken over from places like Mexico who struggle to compete on price.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Thank you.

It appears these people were out of date by a couple of years in Sept 2023.

 

[Dingy]

Mizuno ST Max driver. Way more forgiving than my old driver, I was all over the face today and not really penalised for distance.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Anyone boycotting American goods ,? Clubs etc.

Lol so what with boycotting china, Amazon and now the USA what are we buying? Rubbish that we actually produce?

 

[clubchamp98]

Lol so what with boycotting china, Amazon and now the USA what are we buying? Rubbish that we actually produce?

John Letters my first set.!

 

[3 jabber]

Please enlighten us as to where the shafts and grips of Cobra golf clubs come from.
All I have done is copy stuff I read.

I do not claim to have infallible knowledge. Who does?
I do not need to be told not to worry - so don't worry about that.

Does Starter need to be told not to worry about telling you not to worry? Should I be worried about either of you worrying?

 

[Slime]

Finally replaced my tired R11 irons.
I have a set of very shiny, very new P790s, 5 iron to A wedge!
Lofts all weakened by 1º and all 2º upright, I also upgraded to Mitsubishi graphite shafts.
I'm playing on Thursday .......................... don't want to get them dirty, though!

 

[Imurg]

Finally replaced my tired R11 irons.
I have a set of very shiny, very new P790s, 5 iron to A wedge!
Lofts all weakened by 1º and all 2º upright, I also upgraded to Mitsubishi graphite shafts.
I'm playing on Thursday .......................... don't want to get them dirty, though!

They won't get dirty.....dusty, maybe......

 

[Jigger]

UA golf shoes. Clubhouse golf have a good sale right now. UA shoes never last much more than a year as I kick them off but at £69 I snapped them up as they’re comfy.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

UA golf shoes. Clubhouse golf have a good sale right now. UA shoes never last much more than a year as I kick them off but at £69 I snapped them up as they’re comfy.

Do you find UA come up as a standard fit. Some brands seem to come up smaller than others

 

[Burnsey]

A L.A.B. head cover, which will go nicely in my white summer carry bag.

As overpriced as my L.A.B. putter