Back in August, we featured a new release from Cleveland Golf called the Launcher XL. As part of that line, the Launcher XL Halo Hy-Wood seemed to get a bit lost in the shuffle…Part hybrid, part fairway wood, where does it fit in the bag?
When we put it to the test in the THP Tech Studio however, it quickly became one of the favorites and something that could help a lot of golfers. Bridging the gap from woods to irons has never been easy. Be it through higher lofted fairway woods, hybrids, utility irons, etc.
This new breed is upon us, something that could offer the distance of those higher lofted fairway woods, in a package that might just be easier to hit. Rather than continue to extoll the benefits, we hopped into the hitting bay to tell you all about it.
We kick off the video below, with an overhead view discussing some of the technology that makes the Hy-Wood unique. From there, we take some swings in the hitting bay of the Tech Studio and show the data and of course finish it up with the table view breaking down what you just saw.
After watching the video above, is this a club that would fit into your bag? If so, where would it slot and what would it replace?
For more information on the Hy-Wood or any of the entire line of Cleveland Launcher XL, check out their website at www.clevelandgolf.com.
Interesting – making adding length and removing loft seems like it would make it less forgiving…
I don’t want a few extra yards with it…the current height/distance is perfect for the spot in the bag. I’m sticking with the old one.
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On this note, does anybody know the weight of the weight in the back of the hywood and/or where one can be found? I don’t have a Cleveland certified repair person close enough to make it worth it for a club I can replace for ~$125 or just move to a different model (IE just get better with the UW).
Contact Cleveland, see what they can do for you. In the past they’ve been wonderful with me about small issues
I did and they just steered me to the qualified repair shop route. Which is just a bit too far from me to make it worth it. They didn’t disclose the weight and wouldn’t send me one.
Holy crap – this club is just stupid good. First swing with it was dead straight with medium trajectory. The rest of the balls were straight, just the trajectory and yardage changed with how good/bad the strike was. The shaft timed perfectly and as always, easy swing = good result. You’d think I would have learned that by now…
The XL2 driver is already on the short list to try when I do a fitting.
This happened to me last August. I had bought it from an online retailer. PGASS is an authorized agent to I went there and they sent it back to Cleveland. Cleveland replaced the club. That weight cannot be purchased.