Cleveland XL270 Driver, my impressions.

[xxsoultonesxx]

Played 18 with a demo of Cleveland's new XL270 driver. My demo had the stock Miyazaki C. Kua shaft in a stiff flex with 10.5* loft. My current driver is a TM Burner Superfast 1.0 in a 9.5* loft with a 45" R9 Fujikura Motore 60g stiff shaft.

My first impression of this club was pure class. No flashy junk here, just a nice classic head shape and no graphics to distract you on the top half of the shaft make for a very clean look at address. The classic shape was refreshing compared to the Superfast (which has a pretty ugly shape IMO). This club is a full inch longer in the shaft than my chopped driver, which didn't bother me at all, and I'm sure played a role in the added distance I was seeing.

On the course this thing was an animal. I was hitting multiple tee shots on the holes that called for a driver to get some mileage on my demo. Let me say that this club is LONG! Excellent sound and feel at impact. I've never had such a tight dispersion with a driver before, I hit two drives to about 260 yards and they were about 8 feet apart. I was producing a higher ballflight than I'm used to and I was landing the ball with much less roll than I usually get, but I was still out-driving my current driver by 10-25 yards and I'm sure the longer shaft helped, but I was very impressed to say the least.

I want to try out a G15 to see which one I like better. I'm in the market for a new driver and this one stepped right to the top of the list.

Give this one a swing!

[Golf'nBiker]

Totally agree...this is the new club I have recently purchased and am quite impressed.  the sound reminds me of the Johnny Cash song slamming a slegde hammer onto a RR tie. I have BLINDLY purchased the matching 3W FL just b'cause I am so pleased w/the driver.

[xxsoultonesxx]

Originally Posted by Golf'nBiker

Totally agree...this is the new club I have recently purchased and am quite impressed.  the sound reminds me of the Johnny Cash song slamming a slegde hammer onto a RR tie. I have BLINDLY purchased the matching 3W FL just b'cause I am so pleased w/the driver.

I agree with you on the sound LOL.

The final word between my buddy and I was "This thing is a god damn cannon"