OVERALL RATING ★★★★
CLEVELAND HiBore XL
PERFORMANCE ★★★★ ½ INNOVATION ★★★★ LOOK / SOUND / FEEL ★★★ ½
SILVER
HIBORE XL R8 000
• The triangular shape provides stability with less volume, allowing designers to create a face that’s roughly 10-percent larger than the current average. • The head shape stiffens the body to improve sound. • The weld line is further off the centre, improving face flex on off-centre hits. • Cleveland used AI simulations of average golfers’ impact patterns to dial in the face’s variable thickness for maximising ball speed on mis-hits. • Top 5 in Forgiveness, low-handicaps • 10.5 degrees (12-way adjustable hosel)
AESTHETICS
‘Definitely a different look with the chiseled tail on the back, but it performed better than it looks. Sound was nice – quiet yet powerful – and the ball didn’t curve much
Plain
Elaborate
ACOUSTICS
Quieter
Louder
SENSORY
Softer
Firmer
LAUNCH
Lower
Higher
on mis-hits.’ – +3-HANDICAP
FORGIVENESS
Least
Most
HIBORE XL LITE
R8 000
• At 10-percent lighter than the standard XL, the XL Lite targets moderate- swing-speed golfers looking to create more power with the same effort. • The triangular head shape provides
than the industry average. • The head’s internal weighting favours the heel side to create more slice- fighting draw bias. • A winglet on the crown’s heel side
AESTHETICS
Plain
Elaborate
ACOUSTICS
Quieter
Louder
SENSORY
Softer
Firmer
‘I hit it straight. Off- centre hits didn’t affect much. Powerful sound.’ – 7-HANDICAP
LAUNCH
increases the head’s stability as it moves towards impact.
stability with less volume but with a face that’s roughly 10-percent larger
Lower
Higher
FORGIVENESS
• 10.5 degrees
(adjustable hosel)
Least
Most
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