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{{Infobox Company
{{unreferenced|date=April 2008}}
| company_name = Cobra Golf
{| class="infobox" style="width: 21em; font-size: 90%; text-align: left" +
|-
| company_logo =
| company_type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Acushnet Company]]
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' character
|-
| genre = [[Golf]]
| foundation = 1973
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Scorpio.JPG|275px]] -->
| founder = [[Thomas L. Crow]]
|-
| location_city = [[Carlsbad, California]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <small>Andrew Robinson as the Scorpio Killer</small>
| location_country = USA
|-
| location = <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color: #001; color: #ffa;" | "Scorpio"
| origins =
|-
| key_people =
! Real Name:
| area_served =
| Charles Davis
| industry =
|-
| products =
! Date of Birth:
| services =
| November 14, 1938 <br>[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
| revenue =
|-
| operating_income =
! Date of Death
| net_income =
| 1971 <br>[[Marin County, California]]
| num_employees =
|-
| parent =
! Gender:
| [[Male]]
| divisions =
| subsid =
|-
| owner =
! Family
| company_slogan =
| Father, Mother, Sister (all deceased)
| homepage =[http://www.cobragolf.com www.cobragolf.com]
|-
| dissolved =
! Occupation/Title:
| footnotes =
| [[property caretaker|Caretaker]]/[[Serial killer]]
}}
|-
! Status:
| Deceased
|-
! Portrayed by:
| [[Andrew Robinson]]
|}


'''Cobra Golf''' is a subsidiary of the [[Acushnet Company]] based in [[Carlsbad, California]], which manufactures [[golf equipment]].
'''"The 'Scorpio' Killer"''' was a fictional character in the 1971 film ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', portrayed by [[Andrew Robinson]].


Founded in 1973 by [[Thomas L. Crow]], Cobra produced one of the first utility clubs, the Baffler, long before the use of such clubs became popular. The company was acquired in 1996 by [[American Brands Inc.]]<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/7192633-1.html American Brands completes acquisition of Cobra Golf Incorporated]</ref> and has since been grouped together under the Acushnet Company umbrella along with the company's other golf brands, [[Titleist]] and [[FootJoy]].
==In the film==
In the film, not much is revealed about the character other than that he works as the caretaker at [[Kezar Stadium]] and is a [[serial killer]] responsible for four murders or maybe more; his victims including two young [[teenage]] girls (one of whom he [[rape]]d and buried alive), a young [[Negro]] boy, and a police officer in disguise as a [[Catholic priest]]. The weapons he uses throughout the film and to shoot most of his victims are either a [[.30-06]] [[sniper rifle]] or an automatic [[MP40]]. By the near end of the film, he steals a [[Walther P38]] [[9 mm]] [[pistol]] from a liquor store owner, after his weapons are taken into custody by the police. He threatens the city of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] to murder one person each day until he is paid a full ransom of $200,000 (originally $100,000, but upgraded after a double-crossing stakeout by Inspector [[Harry Callahan (character)|Harry Callahan]] and his partner Chico Gonzales).


==Sponsorship Deals==
As a result of a written messages sent to [[San Francisco City Hall|City Hall]] by Scorpio stating that he has buried a teenage girl alive, Callahan is sent to pay the ransom, and goes from [[phone booth]] to phone booth all over the city in order to save the girl. Eventually he encounters the killer at [[Mount Davidson, San Francisco, California|Mount Davidson Park]] and is severely beaten by him, during which Scorpio announces that he does not in fact intend to release the girl, and plans to kill Callahan too. However, Callahan's partner Chico Gonzalez saves him and Callahan inflicts a serious stab wound in Scorpio's left leg, after which he is pursued into Kezar Stadium and is illegally [[torture]]d and arrested by Callahan.
Cobra has sponsorship deals with many [[professional golf tour|tour]] [[golf professional|professionals]]. In the past Cobra had a successful relationship with former world number one [[Greg Norman]].
No charges are brought against Scorpio, who upon his release gets deliberately beaten up by a thug in order to frame Callahan for [[police brutality]]. He then sends his final threatening message to City Hall, that he has [[hijacking|hijacked]] a school bus, and demands the ransom again from the City of San Francisco to be delivered to him at the [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]] Airport, where a jet airplane will be waiting for his arrival. Harry pursues Scorpio into a cement factory where a gun battle ensues between the two foes.
<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Scorpio & boy.JPG|thumb|right|Scorpio holds a boy hostage before being shot by Harry in the arm.]] -->
Scorpio retreats and captures a boy who happens to be [[fishing]] at a nearby slough. Callahan shoots Scorpio in his arm, propelling him backwards, whereupon the killer drops his gun and the boy escapes. Callahan then recites a slight variation his now-famous "Do you feel lucky, punk?" line, only this time Callahan's gun has a bullet remaining in the chamber.
{{cquote2|''I know what you're thinking, punk. You are thinking, 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement... but being this is a [[.44 Magnum]] the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?... Well, do ya, punk?!''}}
Scorpio, in contrast to the bank robber in the earlier scene, tries his luck and grabs his gun, but before he has a chance to fire his weapon, Callahan shoots him fatally through the chest as Scorpio falls dead into the creek.


'''PGA Tour'''
==Novelization==
{{col-start}}
[[Image:Callahan & Scorpio.JPG|thumb|right|Scorpio being tortured by Callahan]]
{{col-2}}
In Phillip Rock's [[novelization]] of the film, Scorpio has more dialogue and in-depth scenes than in the movie, including one where he actually meets the young girl, Ann Mary Deacon, that he would eventually kidnap in the [[climax (narrative)|climax]]. The novelization also offers that Scorpio cannot even remember his own name. However, unlike the film, Scorpio's origin is actually revealed, his real name is Charles Davis, an escaped mental patient from [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], who was sentenced after he killed his family when he was fourteen. But in both the film and the book, he is in fact a [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] veteran. He chose his alias "Scorpio", since he was born on the dates of the month of the [[astrology]] sign.
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Gore]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[J. B. Holmes]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Na]]
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*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Ogilvy]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Poulter]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Camilo Villegas]]
{{col-end}}


'''LPGA Tour'''
==Casting==
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeong Jang]]
Originally, [[Audie Murphy]] was approached to play the Scorpio Killer, but he died in a plane crash before his decision on the offer could be made. The part eventually went to a relative unknown, Andy Robinson, who was discovered by [[Clint Eastwood]] who saw him in a play, and thought he would be perfectly cast. [[Film director]] [[Don Siegel]] also gave a nod, stating that he hired Robinson because he has "the face of a [[choir boy]]". Robinson's portrayal was so chilling that after the film was released he reportedly received several death threats and was forced to get an unlisted telephone number. In real life, Robinson is a [[pacifism|pacifist]] who despises guns. In the early days of principal photography, Robinson would flinch violently every time he fired. Siegel was forced to shut down production for a time and sent Robinson to a school to learn to fire a gun convincingly. Nonetheless, he still blinks when he shoots.


==Victims==
==Golf Clubs==
Cobra market a full range of golf clubs.


{{col-start}}
===Killed===
{{col-2}}
*Sandra Benson - shot while swimming in a rooftop pool in the film's opening
'''Drivers'''
*Charlie Russell - a 10-year-old black boy shot outside his mother's house
*King Cobra 2008 Speed LD
*Officer John Collins - a policeman, killed while pursuing Scorpio
*King Cobra L4V
*Ann Mary Deacon - taken hostage, raped, beaten and buried alive with a limited supply of [[oxygen]]. Callahan [[torture]]s Ann's location out of Scorpio, but when recovered she is already dead.
*King Cobra Speed Pro


'''Fairways'''
===Survived===
*King Cobra 2008 Speed LD
*Inspector Chico Gonzales - shot by Scorpio in a shootout at Mount Davidson Park, when he tries to save Callahan from getting killed by him while delivering his first ransom.
*King Cobra Speed LD
*Liquor store owner - Scorpio only managed to subdue him unconscious, after smashing his head with a liquor bottle and then kicking him once in the chest, giving him the chance to steal the owner's pistol for a school bus hijack.
*King Cobra Speed Pro


'''Utilities'''
===Uncertain===
*King Cobra Baffler
*School Bus Driver (Marcella Platt) - while being shot at by Harry in the bus he returns fire, frustrated he takes out his rage on the driver hitting her over the neck with the butt of the gun either knocking her unconsious or killing her.
{{col-2}}
'''Irons'''
*King Cobra 2008 S9
*King Cobra 2008 FP
*King Cobra 2008 Pro
*King Cobra 2009 Transition S


'''Putters'''
*Optica SL-03
*Optica SL-04
*Optica SL-05
*Optica SL-06
{{col-end}}


==References==
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[[Category:Companies based in San Diego County, California]]
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[[Category:Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States]]


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[[Category:Fictional serial killers]]
[[Category:Fictional rapists]]
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Revision as of 07:16, 11 October 2008

Cobra Golf
Company typeSubsidiary of Acushnet Company
GenreGolf
Founded1973
FounderThomas L. Crow
Headquarters
Carlsbad, California
,
USA
Websitewww.cobragolf.com

Cobra Golf is a subsidiary of the Acushnet Company based in Carlsbad, California, which manufactures golf equipment.

Founded in 1973 by Thomas L. Crow, Cobra produced one of the first utility clubs, the Baffler, long before the use of such clubs became popular. The company was acquired in 1996 by American Brands Inc.[1] and has since been grouped together under the Acushnet Company umbrella along with the company's other golf brands, Titleist and FootJoy.

Sponsorship Deals

Cobra has sponsorship deals with many tour professionals. In the past Cobra had a successful relationship with former world number one Greg Norman.

PGA Tour

LPGA Tour

Golf Clubs

Cobra market a full range of golf clubs.

References

  1. ^ American Brands completes acquisition of Cobra Golf Incorporated
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