New Cleveland "Hibore Hybrid" Irons?

[mrbillinoc]

Anyone seen/hit these yet?

[mrbillinoc]

Well..............I did it !!!

The Cleveland Tour Van was in Long Beach, CA this weekend and I stopped by JUST TO LOOK at the new Hibore Hybrid Irons. I had been looking at the Adams Idea line but wanted to wait till these new Hibores came out. WOW !!! They were SOOOO easy to hit I couldn't believe it! I wanted to make SURE I liked them so I spent almost an hour hitting them.

A guy named "Simon" from the Cleveland staff was MOST helpfull. He took his time answering all my questions and letting me hit all the different shaft combinations. I told him the only thing that concerned me was that we were hitting off mats, and I wondered how they would feel off of grass? He smiled and said "let's go find out!". He grabbed a bucket of balls and some clubs and walked me down to the end of the driving range to a patch of grass and I hit away!

They were $699 for 3-PW in a graphite shaft, but they were giving a 10% discount on "Demo-Day" so they took $70 right off the price. I took them and went and played 9 holes at my club, then played 18 yesterday. I LOVE these things! Yeah, when you first pick them up they look wide-soled, but that's the beauty of the hybrid design. I am COMPLETELY happy with these!!!

[RyanR]

Congrats on the new set! It's great to find clubs that make you feel so confident!

Ryan

[Maverick]

wow..they look nice..think if I were to get a hybrid iron set these would be it..what have you noticed overall compared to your previous irons? higher flight?

[mrbillinoc]

Hello Mav, In my previous posts on hybrid woods I mentioned the longest club in my bag was a 7 iron, and I carried 4 hybrid woods.....and loved 'em. .....BUT, once I hit these new hybrid irons that all changed! These are SOO easy to hit it is unreal. As far as your question regarding "higher flight" let me say this...because of the "progressive" widening of the sole as the irons get longer I can definately say my 3 & 4 irons definately have a higher trajectory which really worked great as my shots to the green were dropping in soft and STICKING, not skipping of the green from too shallow of an approach angle....and my distance actually INCREASED! The clubs are extremely light, so don't let the photos fool you. If you look at http://www.hibore.com/ you will get a real good look at the make-up of these irons. If you get a chance to demo these (outdoors on a range, not inside) I think everyone would be surprised how nice they are!!!

[Maverick]

what kind of shaft did you get?

[mrbillinoc]

Sorry 'bout that Mav,

I should have mentioned that!

I got the Regular-Flex graphite. I tried the steel shafts, but the graphites just felt so much better.

[Rusterson]

A bit chunky for me.

[mrbillinoc]

I've now got 8 rounds in with these new clubs and love 'em more each day! I know with all the talk about the new square-headed drivers many say they wouldn't touch 'em because they look strange....and I imagine that will be the case with these irons....but I think if you just give a demo you might just be pleasantly surprised!