Adams a7 or Wilson CI9?

[dtreys1986]

Hello all. I'm new to the site and want to ask a question to those here. I'm getting ready to upgrade my irons. I currently play the Adams a2 irons. The two sets I have narrowed it down to are the A7's and the CI9's. I like the look of both sets. They both have the narrow top lines, which gives me a tremendous amount of confidence. I am going tomorrow to hit both sets and was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with them. I have grown fond of having the hybrids in the bad that Adams offers. I feel like that may win out in the end for them. Any help would be appreciated.

[mvmac]

Welcome to the site!

Both sets seem pretty similar, cast mid-cavity with slightly stronger lofts.  I have not hit the Wilson irons but have tested out the A7's.  I liked them and think the hybrids are a great bonus.  Good mix of aesthetics and forgiveness.  Let us know how it goes

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[sportsnut]

Well interesting enough I have a combo. I purchased the Wilson Ci9"s because of reviews, price and looks with steel shafts, great clubs very happy with them and can fly them quite a distance when I do my part, I do not use the gap wedge as I have a nickent 4dx pro sand and gap that I have grown used to and feel confident with. Also picked up an Adams A7 hybrid 3 wood with stiff shaft, it took me a while to get used to it but it hits nice line drives with plenty of roll for me, for whatever reason hybrids and woods off the deck have given me a headache but with practice I am getting better and have much better contact with them. I am in no way experienced only started playing golf this june, but I have definitely picked a sport that has given me quite the challange and great cause to engage in intense conversations with myself.

[SAGolfLuvr]

Bottom Line: I don't think you can go wrong with either, the CI9's are cheaper.

Please be aware that those of us who OWN the A7's will tell you how we like them and those who own the CI9 will tell you how they like them. My A7s are longer than other game improvement irons I have tried with the exeption of Callaway FT Ibrids and Ladies Adams A305s. I have seen Very Good Reviews for the CI9. The CI9 is cheaper. I also suggest you get fitted like I did for my A7s. It took me 4 driving range days and 2 rounds to get back to shooting in the 80's with my new sticks. Now I hope to break 80 more often than my 4 times per year average.

[DublinMeUp]

Hey,

I had the same Issue a few weeks back when deciding between Di11's and A7's, three things that swayed me where

1) Price: i picked up a new set of A7's for half of what the Di11's were ( i know the Ci9's are cheaper ).

2) Loft: being a high handicapper i need all the help i can get, the wilsons had some pretty weird loft, the Ci9's are a bit different than the Di11's but are still about 1 degree less than the A7's on average.

3) Long irons: I couldn't hit a 3 or 4 to save my life so went with the hybrid option, these have become my go to clubs now ( just to give you an idea of how forgiving they are ). As you may have noticed i posted that i liked them so much i am getting the A7 2 iron hybrid also.

I suppose the only pro the W/S irons had, i hit a few sets, was i liked their feel a lot more than the A7's.. don't get me wrong the A7's aren't bone shakers but the Wilsons just felt sweeter on impact imo.

Both are good looking clubs and neither will do your game any harm ;-).

Hope that helps even a bit, I actually hated trying to choose but i think i made the right decision in the end for me and my game.

Good luck