{"id":26619,"date":"2026-06-24T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/26619\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:09:11","slug":"why-this-mini-driver-could-improve-your-game-off-the-tee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/26619\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this mini driver could improve your game off the tee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph first\">\u201cSometimes smaller is better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s the lesson <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/features\/inside-subpar-colt-knost-drew-stoltz\/\" type=\"article\" id=\"15463675\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Stoltz<\/a> learned in the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/instruction\/drew-stoltz-ladder-drill-cobra-wedges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emergency 9<\/a>, presented by Cobra, when he took the <a href=\"https:\/\/fairwayjockey.com\/products\/cobra-king-tec-custom-mini-driver?utm_source=golfcom&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=why-this-mini-driver-could-improve-game-off-tee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cobra KING TEC mini driver<\/a> out for a spin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What benefits can a mini driver offer you? The smaller head can help eliminate your big miss, leading to more fairways off the tee \u2014 and as a result, better approach opportunities and potential looks at birdie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake, for instance, you\u2019re a guy who struggles off the tee with his driver,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen people switch to this mini driver and immediately become infinitely better at driving the golf ball than they were before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s easier to hit. It\u2019s easier to get up in the air,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf you\u2019re a guy that fights a big slice, I see this thing straighten it out all the time. You can still tee it up off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While you may sacrifice a bit of distance off the tee with the mini, Stoltz says it may well be worth it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re gonna be in play way more often than you would if you tee up driver every time and spray it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another benefit of the mini? It can replace a difficult 3-wood, which can be a tough club to master for some players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re a guy that doesn\u2019t like his 3-wood much, scared to use it off the tee, maybe hates it off the ground, any of the above, this is a quick fix for that,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have obviously quite as much distance as you\u2019re gonna get with your with your regular driver, but it\u2019s so much easier if you get 303ccs on this head [compared to 460ccs in modern driver heads], which makes it so much more forgiving, optimizes your speed, your dispersion. It\u2019s just a lot easier to hit and get off the tee than the 3-wood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltz said he likes Cobra\u2019s KING TEC mini specifically because it\u2019s built with Cobra\u2019s PWRSHELL H.O.T. Face technology, which enhances forgiveness, straightens ball flight and tightens dispersion on off-center hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou got two adjustable weights, one near the face, one towards the back. You got the FutureFit33 technology. You can move it up in loft, down in loft, go more upright, go more flat,\u201d Stoltz said. \u201cWhatever type of swing you have there\u2019s a fit that\u2019s good for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s the most versatile mini driver on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could Cobra\u2019s mini be a fit for your game? Check out the club in detail below, and for more from Stoltz, you can watch the latest episode of Emergency 9 in its entirety above.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inner block-shop-card__image lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CobraKINGTECMini1.png\" alt=\"Cobra KING TEC Custom Mini Driver\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Cobra KING TEC Custom Mini Driver<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/fairwayjockey.com\/products\/cobra-king-tec-custom-mini-driver?utm_source=golfcom&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=why-this-mini-driver-could-improve-game-off-tee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View Product<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSometimes smaller is better.\u201d That\u2019s the lesson Drew Stoltz learned in the latest episode of Emergency 9, presented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3122],"class_list":["post-26619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cobra","tag-cobra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}