Cleveland HiBore

CLEVELAND HiBORE

Street Price: $220.
Specs: Four lofts (13, 15, 19, 22 degrees).
KEY TECHNOLOGY: The stainless-steel head is designed with an inverted crown for an ultra-low CG, which leads to higher shots and increased distance. The club’s low profile aligns the center of the ball with the center of the face.
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“If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.”
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The statute of limitations is almost up on Dan Jenkins’ January column, “Sand shots for the ages,” but this question is interesting, so what the hay, let’s give Steve Juskewycz, chairman of the Golf Links to the Past shop at Pebble, [...]

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Street Price: $300
Lofts: 8.5, 9.5, 10.5, 11.5, 16.
Key Technology: The scooped-out crown is designed to place the CG low and align it with the center of the clubface without letting it get too deep (An excessively deep CG could lead to shots that spin too much). It has a larger frame than its predecessor and a higher MOI.
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There isn’t a book that tells how to win on the PGA Tour, but Kenny Perry could attribute his three victories in 2008 to a little reading. Of his divots, that is. “I want them to start square to the target line and then curve a little left,” Perry says. “I’ve always [...]

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/ GRIND /It’s how wedges are made. Cast or forged, the head is put to a spinning sandpaper wheel for finishing touches. Sparks fly. Edges are softened and curved until what’s left is the perfect shape. That’s the grind. Then in semantic irony, this process is how you would use the [...]

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In relatively short order, regardless of whether you’re a 25-handicapper or a top-five player in the world, the half-wood, half-iron club has summarily killed off the 2-, 3- and in many cases the 4-iron. The 5-iron appears to be next.
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