Woo! New Clubs! Adams a5OS Hybrid/Irons Set

Been a while since I've been able to get myself a birthday present, and so I did this past weekend.

I shopped around for hybrid iron sets, and the a5OS seemed like the best combination of most forgiving to my swing as WELL as my wallet. $200 took 'em away with the help of a coupon.

I most like the fact that this set goes full hybrid to the 5. I'm still just not that comfortable hitting a 5-iron at this point in my life, so that'll help big time. Furthermore, the 6 and 7 are what you might call "semi-hybrids," though they much more resemble a standard cavity-back iron than a hybrid. The 8-PW are good ol' fashioned cavity back irons.

Really handsome set., so it appears...

Most importantly, I really, REALLY liked them at the range, especially all three hybrids.  we'll see how they fare on the course when all the snow melts (perhaps next week?)

 

There's no info page on the Adams site, but Dick's has a little blurb here...

http://reviews.dickssportinggoods.com/3020-en_us/12918601/adams-mens-a5os-hybrid-irons-graphite-3-5h-6-pw-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=submissionTime&dir=asc

Thank you for the good wishes. Unfortunately, the nasty weather (expected in Connecticut), plus the fact that I just had a minor knee surgery, will keep me from using them on the course for a little while...

That's alright. All the more to look forward to come March or so.

HaHAH! March has come! And I found an open course in Central Connecticut!

What a joy it is to finally have a cohesive set of golf clubs, and not one desperately cobbled together from various unsavory sources...

The A5OS gave an absolutely superb performance today, especially those three lovely matching hybrids.

The skinny...

Ease of Use: Pie. No true mishits out there today. The only bad shots occurred when I was screwing up; certainly wasn't the clubs.

Distance: Impressive through the cold winter air. I never went a club up to compensate for the temperatures. Perhaps this means even more distance when summer comes around?

Look: Black top and satin silver face on the hybrids. Standard satin finish on all the other clubs. Simple and classic. You may be turned off by the yellow theme of the shafts, soles, cavity-backs, and clubhead covers... but I'm not, I find it to be a handsome looking set of sticks.

Spin: Yeah, I can spin 'em some... I even got one to stick with the 5-hybrid and enough air under it. I'm sure they're no Cleveland CG-16s, but I do like the green action from the lower clubs... when I make good contact anyway....

Can't argue with the result. 86 (Par 70), best round ever... in MARCH.
 

Well, I'm sure you'd be happy with the tight lies set too, but I think the a5OS is a step up... I think it's a set that will overall just help you get the ball in the air a bit easier. Of course, this is just a set of hybrid irons... you'd have to add your own driver/woods/wedges/putter as I have done... so you might wind up spending a bit more in the end if you go the a5OS route.

Thanks Moz, I am enjoying them... still hitting in the 89-94 range since that miracle 86 a month ago.

Yeah, you can only get these at the big box stores as far as I know. But that's fine with me. As you might be able to imply from my profile picture, golf is my second sport, and the first one takes a LOT of my dough!
 

I added it up, and there's about $450 in my bag. I know you can spend a lot more, but right now, that's enough for me :).

Thank you for your interest, thanw.

First and foremost, it's hard to argue with the value. I think I wound up paying $85 for the set, which almost makes it a no-brainer if price is one of your concerns. If you look around enough, I'm sure you can find the set for a similar price.

My clubs are in the car right now, but going by memory, I don't think the shafts actually say "True Temper" on them. But hey, they're professionaly built golf clubs like any other. They're actually now the oldest three clubs in my bag, and they've held up quite nicely. I'm a fifth season golfer, and I can get some decent backspin and height with them. I don't think I can spin a ball backwards, but that's probaby just me, not the clubs.

I use the lob wedge (60-degree) as my chipper now, which works out well.

Integration with the rest of my clubs is good too. My cavity-back PW goes about 95, and these clubs go about 80, 65, 50 for me, respectively.

Hope this information helps,

Jason
 

Excellent, rct25. Seems like you and I are of similar ability levels; I suppose it's no accident that we're both really enjoying the same set of hybrids and irons.

Speaking of fitting, I was actually considering taking all my clubs to Dick's and getting them fitted. Am I crazy for wanting to do that? Mind you I'm short (5'6") with long arms for my height; standard really isn't an appropriate size for me.

I've been told that once one starts hitting around 90-ish, they can start to benefit from fitted clubs. I know it's not an expensive set, but $80 to fit a decent set of clubs to my liking? I don't think it's a bad idea...