Cleveland Hibore Driver

Advantages: Brilliant, technologically advanced golf club. Simply the best driver I have *EVER* used!
Disadvantages: Costs an arm and a leg

...The Cleveland Hibore XLS driver is so new to the market that at present Cleveland are only just releasing it to golf professional shops throughout the UK and Ireland. Cleveland's marketing strategy is simply superb. Instead of spending an absolute fortune on *VERY* expensive TV and glossy magazine advertising, they have instead sent a selection of demonstration drivers to club professionals to be loaned out to golfers to play a round or two with before they decide whether or not to invest in the golf club. And believe me, this new Cleveland driver is indeed an investment, as it is to retail here in Ireland at a whopping 376 Euros! (That's about four times the price I paid for my first full set of 14 matched golf clubs!) I'll return later to why I think Spalding's marketing strategy is so effective, but for the moment let's look... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant, technologically advanced golf club. Simply the best driver I have *EVER* used!
Disadvantages: Costs an arm and a leg

...The Cleveland Hibore XLS driver is so new to the market that at present Cleveland are only just releasing it to golf professional shops throughout the UK and Ireland. Cleveland's marketing strategy is simply superb. Instead of spending an absolute fortune on *VERY* expensive TV and glossy magazine advertising, they have instead sent a selection of demonstration drivers to club professionals to be loaned out to golfers to play a round or two with before they decide whether or not to invest in the golf club. And believe me, this new Cleveland driver is indeed an investment, as it is to retail here in Ireland at a whopping 376 Euros! (That's about four times the price I paid for my first full set of 14 matched golf clubs!) I'll return later to why I think Spalding's marketing strategy is so effective, but for the moment let's look... Read review

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Advantages: Supurb looks and great feel too. Fantastic prices available.
Disadvantages: Wear easily.

...I have had both the 56 degree (sand wedge) and 52 degree (gap wedge) in the Cleveland CG11 series (satin finish) for approximately 8 months now and have being impressed with the difference they have made to my short game, not just as good clubs but also in the sense of making me a more versatile player around the greens (i.e. giving me more options than just a SW and a PW). First and foremost has to be the stunning design and appearance of the clubs. They are beautiful to the point of making it difficult to allow yourself to hit that first ball! As well as being good asthetically they are also well designed with a cavity back and slightly wider sole to give maximum stability and forgivness. Second must be the components of the club and, as you would expect from a big name supplier such as Cleveland who, in particular are renowned... Read review

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Advantages: easy to hit from any distance and looks stunning
Disadvantages: amount of bounce on some options makes the club less versataile

...This is a fantastic wedge, suitable for any skill level of player especially for the more inconsistent of us due to the positioning of the weight in the club head. This wedge is especially good in my eyes due to its anti glare 'black pearl' finish which looks great and doesn't rust. The design of the sole of the club makes it harder to hit 'fat' as the bounce stops the club from digging in and allows more better mishits that the average wedge. I also got great feel and a lot of spin with this wedge, especially from sand adn deep rough!!! The standard shaft and grip come with the quality you would expect from a Cleveland wedge and match the well designed clubhead that sits very well behind the ball. A problem i did have with my version of this wedge is that although a lot of bounce made it easier to get out of bunkers and long grass... Read review

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