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Review: Cleveland XL Driver

By Tom Irwin

Apr 4, 2013

Our testers review the latest driver from Cleveland

SC: This has a very deep face – distinctive and different to anything else on test. Sounds nice and I was comfortable with it. I got on very well with this. I like the face shape.

DM: The sound is good. It’s much lighter than it looks. I thought it would suit the better player but I think it’s a driver any club player could get on well with.

JW: Quite a bland club – it looks a little closed. Very deep but also quite a small head.

SRP: £239
Cleveland XL Driver

Tom Irwin

Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.