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Today’s Golfer can today unveil our first images of Cleveland’s new HiBore XLS golf club range.
Following on from our earlier exclusive on the new range of golf drivers, fairway woods and rescue clubs we can now throw the covers off the exciting new range.
Today’s Golfer’s team of equipment experts were the first in Europe to take delivery of the new clubs, which replace the popular HiBore XL range, and early testing has thrown up some promising results.
According to Cleveland all their efforts have concentrated on increasing the MOI, or forgiveness, of the range over its predecessor the HiBore XL and you can immediately tell the difference. The Cleveland XLS driver looks much larger at address than the Cleveland XL and you can see that weight has been distributed differently as the head extends further back. The head itself is a full 17% bigger than the previous model and Cleveland claim it is now one of the biggest legal drivers on the market. All this adds up to mean that the face is HUGE and packed with technology,
The fairway woods are similarly forgiving and with heel and toe “stability foils” like the rest of the range it means they are also very stable and easy to align at address. And talk about big. The new Cleveland Hibore XLS fairway woods are an incredible 24% larger than the Hibore XL golf woods and for game improvers that can mean only one thing. They are much easier to use. Better players may be put off by the traditional driver sized three wood but anyone looking for extra forgiveness will love the way they catapult the golf ball into the air, irrespective of where the golf ball connects with the oversized face.
Unexpectedly it is the hybrid that got the office most excited, however as it appeals to all standards of golfer. The square face is huge and yet isn’t off putting behind the ball, while the additional offset also frames the ball more like an iron by positioning the leading edge closer to the hosel. It all adds up to a hybrid that is really easy to work the golf ball with while also being easy to hit in the process.
Expect to see the new range in shops early next spring.
The driver is priced at £249 (£299 for the Tour version); the fairway wood £139 and the hybrid £109.
