gocchin Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 So Cleveland is set to release its first driver in Japan under the Sri Sports umbrella. They took the very popular Hibore design and created the HiBore MOAI XLS driver, the first club to be totally (head and shaft) made in Japan for Cleveland. I got a 10.5* to play with and first impression is it is BIG. The face is not the most shallow like the Srixon GIE or XXIO Revo (which coincidently are also part of Sri), it is mid height with a lot of hitting area thanks to the scooped out back the Hibore has become know for. The MOAI or Moment of Advanced Inertia (they added the A), is of course a high MOI driver and looks it. The head stretches way back and at address is larger than the Epon EMB and may only be out sized by the Revo. The large face I mentioned has 16% more area than the current Hibore XLS. The CG is placed low and deep with an additional 17g of weight to help promote a high trajectory. I haven't seen the true MOI numbers yet but this head is for minimal twisting and pure straight distance. The MOAI does have a louder metallic impact sound pretty much like all MOI drivers save the JPX A25 but the ball flies long and straight. The shaft is lightweight and mid to higher torque with a total length of 45.25". A very stable club which I must do more testing with in the next few days. Here are some pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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