Equipment
Adams Idea Tech Hybrid Irons
Adams Golf’s Idea Tech Hybrid Irons are designed for golfers with slower swing speeds who need to launch the ball higher with more spin to keep the ball airborne longer, which will provide more distance and stopping power.
In order to create those launch conditions, the company repositioned the center of gravity low and back throughout the set. The 3-5 hybrids have a 24-gram weight in the back of the club to move even lower and farther back.
“From the highest lofted iron to the lowest lofted hybrid, each club in the new Idea Tech hybrid iron set is intended to enhance the golfer’s enjoyment of the game,” said Michael Fox, Director of Product Category Management. “This set was specifically made for the golfer who doesn’t generate a lot of speed, but wants to experience the thrill of hitting high and straight-launching golf shots. The engineering of this set makes this type of performance attainable for golfers with slower swing speeds.”
The hybrids also have Adams’ new Ghost Slot technology, which eliminates the distraction of a slot at address and stretches the sweet spot farther across the face for forgiveness. The Ghost Slot and a slot on the sole of the hybrids have a refined barbell-shape to give the clubs more ball speed across the face.
A progressive shaft design — where shaft tip diameters get thinner as lofts get lower in the set — will make it easier to launch the ball higher and generate speed on the downswing. Adams Golf claims these will be both the fastest and longest hybrid-iron combination set in the company’s history.
The irons in the set (6-PW) include the improved barbell-shaped slots, as well as the wrap-around slots that debuted on the Idea Tech Hybrid irons for more forgiveness on toe hits.
Three different sets will available to Men, Seniors and Women starting Friday, October 24, 2014.
- Men’s set ($799.99 Steel/$899.99 Graphite): 3-5 Hybrid; 6-7 Driving Hybrid; and 8-PW Hybrid Irons.
- Senior set ($899.99 Graphite): 4-6 Hybrids; 7-8 Driving Hybrid; and 9-GW Hybrid Iron.
- Women’s set ($899.99 Graphite): 4-6 Hybrids; 7-8 Driving Hybrid; and 9-SW Hybrid Iron.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Martin
Oct 26, 2014 at 8:57 am
My wife has been looking for new clubs and currently plays V3 Hybrids, she will look hard at these.
It goes without saying, she would never reshaft unless she broke one which is highly unlikely.
Tim
Oct 25, 2014 at 6:21 pm
I agree with brendan about the tip size making reshafting a nightmare, you snap a shaft and it will be a 100 bucks for a replacement. Not sure you need to change hosel size either to effect tip flexibility surely just change the profile of the shaft.
It seems to me that club makers assume everyone needs to hit it higher to get more distance and thus improve scores. Maybe if you play in Florida on soft courrses with Bermuda grass rough, but a lot of us play in dry sandy or windy areas where ‘thin it to win it is our motto’ much easier to control it hitting it low and you get more roll and you can run it into greens from 100 yards with 6 or 7 iron.
Brendan
Oct 25, 2014 at 2:54 pm
That tip size change is the stupidest thing I have ever seen, imagine if you decided to reshaft those you’d have wood shafts in your hybrids, tapered ones if your lucky in the others and parallel shafts in the wedges. What a club making nightmare, especially if some one breaks a shaft.
Tom
Oct 26, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Last time I checked…five minutes ago, tip sizes had nothing to do with pricing.
paul
Oct 25, 2014 at 1:26 pm
I agree with other peoples statements about making the game more fun for others. On the other hand I tried some old titleist 695MBs the other day and love them from pw down to my 6i. Might need to do a combo set… They are fun to hit as well. And I am a 15 handicap who can’t putt to save my life.
JIMMY
Oct 24, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Im not a fan, but a guy I play with is a senior with a SGI type set like these and he is lights out with them. Its funny when you look at the impact point of shots on the face it is EVERYWHERE and the ball still goes a mile up in the air and dead straight. He gained 2.5 clubs when he switched from smaller CB models. I would think these type would be game changers for seniors and ladies.
Nick
Oct 25, 2014 at 12:38 am
Agreed. SGI irons would help so many people play better and have more fun.