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[Youngun5]

Just got this put together.

Cleveland HiBore XL Tour 8.5* with Grafalloy Prolaunch Blue 75-X. Crossline Black grip.

Plays to D-0 I believe. 44.5" long. Tipped 1.5" CPM'd to 268 if I remember correctly.

not a bad combo for less than $100 total.

we'll see if this can't knock my other old hibore out of the bag. I picked it up from the shop and started feeling like sh*t so i didn't get an opportunity to hit it

 

[Youngun5]

paper is to try and show how open they are. not a great job of photography by me.

3rd picture is of my current hibore/Bimatrx combo.

looking at the two clubs at address, the only difference is the alignment aid and the shafts..

i love my current HiBore, but have heard nothing but great things about the XL, so i'm very anxious to get out and rip into them.

 

[JEFF4i]

That makes my Nike look pretty.

 

[Youngun5]

...your nike makes your face look pretty...:laugh:

 

[RickinMA]

That makes my Nike look pretty.

I'm not sure about that....I think the scooped crown takes a little getting used to, but it's really not any worse than the crown of a Cobra, and it's certainly better looking than a square with yellow and gray paint all over the place

YG - good luck with it - I'm curious to hear how it plays compared to your other on

 

[phatheadaf]

grip and rip!

I like the hi bore, if i wasn't a Nike whore I would choose that club for the way I stroked it... really.

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[JEFF4i]

...your nike makes your face look pretty...:laugh:

Yeah, but my face is pretty!

And looks like a nice combo, actually.

 

[BigJim13]

Just how open does the clubface sit? If I were to look at it, not know that the face was what? 3* open, would I know it was an open faced driver?

My next question-does the open face lead to alot of shots on the right side of the course? Meaning bad slices/pushes?

 

[Youngun5]

Just how open does the clubface sit? If I were to look at it, not know that the face was what? 3* open, would I know it was an open faced driver?

My next question-does the open face lead to alot of shots on the right side of the course? Meaning bad slices/pushes?

its 3* open. i think you'd be able to tell if you were to just pick it up...at least after having looked at the 2* closed industry standard for most other drivers for awhile.

I don't really have a great 'regular' driver to take pics of for comparison, i found an old top flite cheapie that i've passed on to my dad. not sure if these pics really show the difference or not.

my problem is with losing the ball to the left, so I don't find myself with many pushes. at least thats the case with the older hibore.

 

[ezra76]

Just how open does the clubface sit? If I were to look at it, not know that the face was what? 3* open, would I know it was an open faced driver?

My next question-does the open face lead to alot of shots on the right side of the course? Meaning bad slices/pushes?

In my experience, yes. I had trouble squaring up the tour model. I set up to try to draw it and yanked a lot left as well. Same experience with the TEE tour proto, which was 2* open. I'm personally better off with square to 1* shut.

 

[BigJim13]

In my experience, yes. I had trouble squaring up the tour model. I set up to try to draw it and yanked a lot left as well. Same experience with the TEE tour proto, which was 2* open. I'm personally better off with square to 1* shut.

That's good to know. I guess I can cross the XL tour off my possible list of new drivers. Still kicking myself for seeling the R5 TP....:faintthud

 

[ezra76]

That's good to know. I guess I can cross the XL tour off my possible list of new drivers. Still kicking myself for seeling the R5 TP....:faintthud

I'd say try the '07 BurnerTP. It sits very square and I found it easy to square up. With the XL tour I had a 73S whiteboard in it as well. So I was fighting the open face as well as very low spin. The only shot that was going to work with that club for me was a wide open power fade swinging out my shoes... so my standard tee shot I guess.

Funny how I get rid of that club and TEE proto but now wish I could hit them again as I'm switching back to hitting all cuts with driver. QuadTP is fine though, good to know I can draw it if I really want to start working on that again.

Anyway, good thing about the BurnerTP or any TMTP is that any of the TP shafts from any driver fit it and look cool. Plus shafts are made to "play to" the insertion depth of a TM. No considerations of playing stiffer, like with the TEE. That thing had a 70S VS in it that felt like an X compared to the same shaft in a BurnerTP.