Today COBRA Golf made it official, golfing sensation, Rickie Fowler, will join their worldwide roster of professional golfers. COBRA Golf will supply Rickie with the latest golf clubs as well as Tour Staff Bags and a selection of accessories. Rickie, who signed with PUMA Golf in 2009, will now represent the full COBRA PUMA GOLF brand both on and off the course. Rickie will also be featured in upcoming marketing campaigns for both COBRA and PUMA Golf.

“Rickie’s focus, determination and performance combined with his stand out style and joy for the game make him a perfect match for COBRA Golf,” said Bob Philion, President of COBRA PUMA GOLF. “He has had a tremendous effect in the golf industry over the past few years and his influence continues to grow. As we continue the revitalization of COBRA globally, Rickie Fowler will be instrumental in bringing our core DNA to life by being grounded in performance while bringing an edgy, unique personality and style to life. He will help us introduce the new COBRA Golf to a new group of consumers.”

Garmin has announced the launch of the Garmin Approach G6 GPS golf device at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.

The Garmin Approach G6 GPS is a slim device that weighs just over 85 grams and comes preloaded with over 25,000 courses from around the world.

It is also fitted with an internal rechargeable battery that promises up to 15 hours use off of one charge.

The Approach G6 also keeps track of a player’s stats throughout their round by recording fairways hit, greens in regulation and putts per round. These stats can then be reviewed on the device or downloaded onto a computer.

Players will also be able to enable a feature allowing them to select a club and then calculate average distance yardages, particularly handy if you are tackling a new course and need to know which club to hit.

The Adidas Powerband 4.0 golf shoes provides enchanced leverage, stability and balance control.

The Powerband shoe has long be known for eliminating power leaks and allowing golfers to transfer all of their power through their swing. The Adidas Powerband 4.0 features the Powerband Chassis, that provides lateral stability for faster, more aggressive swings. The stability and durability of the shoe is improved thanks to Adidas’ stretch resistant synthetic overlay.

Each Powerband 4.0 comes with Adidas Golf’s FitFOAM insole. The low-profile insole features a TPU forefoot with THINTECH 8-spike configuration for improved traction, stability and ever-lasting cushioning. The upper of the shoe is full-grain leather with detailed synthetic overlays, and carries a ClimaProof 2 year waterproof warranty.

New TaylorMade RBZ Driver

Majority of the golfers in the world right now have this state of mind that when they are able to hit their balls farther, they can easily play better and have better scores.  This is what most people believe in because the companies who make the golf clubs are advertising their products to be better in terms of distance and control almost every year.  One company that has released a new line of clubs every single year while claiming the improvement benefits of their golf clubs is TaylorMade Golf.  TaylorMade is the pioneer when it comes to the adjustable flight technology in golf with their R7 drivers and ever since, golf clubs have never been the same.  

On 2012, TaylorMade is rumored to be releasing a new driver that will again make balls go farther than ever with their TaylorMade RBZ Driver.  The RBZ stands for RocketBallz which is the possible new name for their new line of drivers and irons and maybe even golf balls too for 2012.  TaylorMade has always been an innovator with their golf clubs and they are aiming to have a complete line of clubs just for the sake of adding distance.  This could be what the RocketBallz line is for and this will be trouble for the other brands who’s main weapon in attracting customers is distance.  A lot of people will surely be testing this product out once it will be released because something that is made by TaylorMade needs to be tested because of the quality that goes with the name of the product.

The RBZ set of TaylorMade is said to be made for the mid to high-handicap golfers who want more distance and forgiveness so that they can hit it farther and still keep their ball in play.  The golfers within this range are unable to hit it far enough to carry that certain ravine which will force them to lay up.  Hopefully with the RBZ, the significant increase in distance will allow these golfers to hit their ball past the trouble and hazards that they used to avoid.  There are two rumored driver designs for the TaylorMade RBZ driver and one of them has a deep face while the other driver has an elongated shape.  It is not clear yet as to how these shapes are designed to affect the club performance but one thing that is for sure is that both clubs will be easy to hit.  The clubs were designed with the designers thinking about all those players who are having a hard time finding the sweet spot in their drivers and this club will most likely fix the problem.

Irons are not really designed for distance but the new irons will give its owner both distance and control.  Control is the most important thing with irons because you have to keep it straight and the irons from this product is aimed to make every ball you hit go straight and for.  This will allow you to reach those long par 3′s that you never got the chance to putt for birdie.

It’s only a rumour but what do you think?