Solution to my Adams A7 shaft issue

[patriot07]

I had been having trouble with my Adams A7 19* regular graphite shaft hooking way too much and way too inconsistently. I loved the feel of the face but blamed the shaft for the hooking.

So I took it up to Golfsmith this past weekend with every intent of returning it under the 90/90 playability guarantee and swapping it for one with a stiff shaft. But that particular Golfsmith didn't have the 19* with a stiff shaft, so I tried to get them to ship one from another store to me. But a manager showed me a bag full of Adams Idea Pro hybrids with Graphite Design YSQ-HL 65-gram shafts for $100. He told me that the A7 was designed from the Idea Pro series, since those were some of the best selling tour-style hybrids Adams ever made.

I hit it and fell in love and it doesn't hook at all. I actually got credit back since that was cheaper than the A7 I was returning. So I used that credit and got a fantastic trade-in value on my Vokey Tour Chrome 56* sand wedge to get a brand new Cleveland CG12 sand wedge. I left only paying $30 trading in 2 used clubs and getting 2 new ones, and the CG12 is a big upgrade over my Vokey, whose grooves were totally worn out. I forgot how much I loved the Cleveland wedges. I'll never go back to a Vokey again. And I'm really loving the new Idea Pro hybrid too. It's extremely long and straight and has great trajectory, but the shaft is very long and I might cut it down a little.

Anyway, just a not-so-brief rundown of how happy I am with Golfsmith's customer service (their 90/90 thing shouldn't have applied based on the amount I spent on the hybrid ($150 is what I spent vs. $165 is the minimum for the 90/90)) and the quality of the clubs.