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I went to the range last night and demoed a couple drivers. One of them was the HiBore XL. I liked alot and knowing that I can get the old HiBore at rockbottomgolf.com for $139 made it pretty appealing. The guy at the range said the only difference he can tell in the 2 clubs is the HiBore sounds better than the XL. Does anyone know if there are any major differences? Or is the XL just the newer model with a different color on the bottom of the head? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

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I'm only at 13 clubs in the bag, what do you reccomend as a 14th? My foot wedge?


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Driver - HiBore XL 10.5* Reg. Flex Fit- on Fuji GoldWoods - Tightlies GT2: 3 wood 15* & 5 wood 19* Surpass 7 wood 24*Irons - Eye 2 4-PW & a cheesey 1 iron blade I use for punch...

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So i called edwin watts to see what the deal was with the XL vs. the old one. He told me the sweet spot on the original is about the size of a quater, and on the XL is the entire club face. Do you guys think he was telling me this so i'd go buy a new one from him, or did they really change the club that much? Thanks again.

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I'm only at 13 clubs in the bag, what do you reccomend as a 14th? My foot wedge?


In the bag:
Driver - HiBore XL 10.5* Reg. Flex Fit- on Fuji GoldWoods - Tightlies GT2: 3 wood 15* & 5 wood 19* Surpass 7 wood 24*Irons - Eye 2 4-PW & a cheesey 1 iron blade I use for punch...

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You could read the reviews we published of both...

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fluxcapacitor Established Member

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Thank you so much, I new to the site and still learning how to use all the tools on it. Thanks again.
I'm only at 13 clubs in the bag, what do you reccomend as a 14th? My foot wedge?


In the bag:
Driver - HiBore XL 10.5* Reg. Flex Fit- on Fuji GoldWoods - Tightlies GT2: 3 wood 15* & 5 wood 19* Surpass 7 wood 24*Irons - Eye 2 4-PW & a cheesey 1 iron blade I use for punch...

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They can't give the old Hibore's away......
Gotta be a reason.
Also, Vjay dumped his last year to go back to the 460.

No offense to the Hibore owners....:)
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Burner Superfast
G10 3wd UST V2
hybrid
MP-32 CG10/11 52*,56*,58*,60* wedges Squareback Pro V1Bushnell 1500 Pinseeker T.E. laser range finderBushnell Neo GPS

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  kevntri said:
They can't give the old Hibore's away......

I've been tempted to order a $149 Hi-Bore myself but there sure do seem to be a lot of them around for that price. As Kevntri said, there's gotta be a reason. Especially when other 'last year's models' are still in the $200 range.


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I have the Hibore and while someone has said they can't give them away.... I would not sell mine. I love it. And the bit about a sweet spot the size of a quarter...what hogwash. The forgiveness of this club is part of its design and I find my bad hits getting pretty good distance and my good hits are bombs. I carry the ball further than ever. It takes off like a torpedo. More and more of my approach shots are with shorter irons. If the XL made it even better, then great, but I have no complaints about mine and I have played with others who have been quite happy with theirs. I am matching and beating drives for distance and accuracy of some pretty good golfers. They say I am "cheating."

I can't wait until I get my own Hibore Irons. I have demoed them and they are definitely what they claim to be. The added one club's distance and averaged off center by 4 degrees, all within the fairway and with increased height, more will be stopping on the green instead of rolling off. Thanks Cleveland.
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