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I know MGS had a story showing the spy pictures of these irons but didnt hear much more about them. 

 

http://www.mygolfspy.com/spy-pics-2014-adams-xtd-lineup/

 

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Then i got an email today from Golfsmith that they were available for pre-order.

 

Does anyone have in more info on them? They look pretty cool with the slot like the TMag rocketbladez

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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Wow, I love the looks of these irons.  They make Speedblades look like an ugly cousin.  I would bag these in a heart beat.

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got email from Adams today.  Shipping 11/15 on XTD line.  Drooling for the irons

 

GPP has them on pre-odor too 

 

Just picked up a set of CMB's last month, these are supposedly CMB's with slot technology, glad I get full refund for store credit   :wub:

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got email from Adams today. Shipping 11/15 on XTD line. Drooling for the irons

 

GPP has them on pre-odor too

 

Just picked up a set of CMB's last month, these are supposedly CMB's with slot technology, glad I get full refund for store credit :wub:

Was there anything on set make up or custom options?

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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I have hit these as well as the Driver, fairway and hybrids.. . The Irons will come stock with 3 and 4 DHy hybrids, and 5-pw. KBS C-Taper is the stock steel shaft, and Iomic Sticky grips are also stock.  The set is available with standard 3 and 4 irons if you like, but it is the same price. 

 

I love the way they look, and the perform as advertised.  The velocity slot in the club really does improve thin mishits.  I HATE the sound.  HATE HATE HATE!!!  I really wanted to like these enough to replace my current Adams CB1's. (it is time)  But I can not get past the sound.  Too reminiscent of Diablo forged irons from a few years ago. Some of the younger guys at my shop LOVE them!!  I must be becoming a curmudgeon..  

 

Bah..

 

 

All in all, good performance, great look, terrible sound.    

Driver - Ping G430 Max 9° | Ventus Blue TR 
Hybrid - :srixon-small: ZX 16° & 18° | GD Tour IZ S

2 Iron - :srixon-small: ZU65 17° | AeroTech SteelFiber 110icw S

Irons -  :srixon-small: ZX7 MKII  4-Pw | TTDGTI S400, std length  1° flat
Wedges - :cleveland-small: RTX 6 Tour Rack 50° 54° 58° | TTDGTI S400, std length 1° flat

Putter -  L.A.B. Golf Link.1 | LA Golf P135 shaft | Garsen Quad Tour grip
 

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Was there anything on set make up or custom options?

 

They had no club info other than steel or graphite, 5, 6, 7, or 8 club options, with the 3/4 irons being DHy hybrids or actual 3/4 irons as Buddy mentioned.  No shaft, grip, or other info.

 

FWIW I do not like Iomics.  Well I like them, just not the though of spending over $100 to regrip them...   :wacko:

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I have hit these as well as the Driver, fairway and hybrids.. . The Irons will come stock with 3 and 4 DHy hybrids, and 5-pw. KBS C-Taper is the stock steel shaft, and Iomic Sticky grips are also stock.  The set is available with standard 3 and 4 irons if you like, but it is the same price. 

 

I love the way they look, and the perform as advertised.  The velocity slot in the club really does improve thin mishits.  I HATE the sound.  HATE HATE HATE!!!  I really wanted to like these enough to replace my current Adams CB1's. (it is time)  But I can not get past the sound.  Too reminiscent of Diablo forged irons from a few years ago. Some of the younger guys at my shop LOVE them!!  I must be becoming a curmudgeon..  

 

Bah..

 

 

All in all, good performance, great look, terrible sound.    

 

The looks on these are pretty good but I think some things could have been tweaked. 

 

For sound you mentioned the Diablo forged irons but how would you describe those? I've never hit them before. I'm guessing they sound hollow or tinny.

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They look a bit awkward to me.  Almost like the took an adams clubhead and tried to sprinkle it with TM design cues.  Why do that ?

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For sound you mentioned the Diablo forged irons but how would you describe those? I've never hit them before. I'm guessing they sound hollow or tinny.

 

Sound was a lot like a plastic school ruler hitting a desk.

Driver - Ping G430 Max 9° | Ventus Blue TR 
Hybrid - :srixon-small: ZX 16° & 18° | GD Tour IZ S

2 Iron - :srixon-small: ZU65 17° | AeroTech SteelFiber 110icw S

Irons -  :srixon-small: ZX7 MKII  4-Pw | TTDGTI S400, std length  1° flat
Wedges - :cleveland-small: RTX 6 Tour Rack 50° 54° 58° | TTDGTI S400, std length 1° flat

Putter -  L.A.B. Golf Link.1 | LA Golf P135 shaft | Garsen Quad Tour grip
 

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I just tried that here at work.... I did not like that sound... :(

I guess it's better than nails on a chalkboard but still not good

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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Sound was a lot like a plastic school ruler hitting a desk.

 

I just tried that here at work.... I did not like that sound... :(

 

 

LMAO....I just tried it too :D

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I don't hate them, but they sure don't look as good as the CMB's, or really as good as any of Adams other recent offerings.  The slot. . .meh. . .not a factor for me, but if it makes them sound like the RocketBladz. . with a look like that then they're not on my short list.  

 

On a tangential note, I don't know a single person bagging the RocketBlades, or any new TM iron this year.  I know lots of guys that went to the demo.  Seeing a whole lot of Cleveland HiBore irons being bagged, a couple guys got some Pings, several new Mizuno sets, but zero TM.  Anecdotal evidence that TM missed the mark?

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Hopefully Golfsmith or golf galaxy has these to demo soon

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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As they should! I hope the sound of these irons aren't anything like that :(

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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Looks like they cut a slot in the CMB and changed the badge and tooling in the cavity.

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3 Hybrid: Adams PRO 18* w/ KBS Tour Hybrid S flex tipped 1/2"
4 Hybrid: Adams PRO 20* (bent to 21*) w/ KBS Tour Hybrid S flex tipped 1/2"
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  • 4 weeks later...

I tested these today as our local rep was making his rounds. The driver was surprisingly good, the fairways were very good, the hybrid was great as you would expect from Adams. The irons were intriguing, after hearing his spiel about the slot and floating face for increased ball speeds, I wanted to see how consistent the distance and flight would really be. I got on the Foresight with the six iron and dropped a couple of real balls rather than range balls to see how they performed. I didn't find them any longer than my current irons and did run into a little bit of inconsistency in distances from shot to shot, my distance variance was seven yards with five balls, club head speed was within a mile an hour but launch and spin seemed to vary from swing to swing more than I am used to.

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I wasn't with Callaway them, but I did hit the Diablo Forged and that is the same result I would get with them. I just think that they haven't been able to control the face flex on theses thin faced irons. The X Hot Pro was the best at it so far with the rigid backing high on the face, I'm hoping the new Apex irons offer something similar to prevent the occasional hot one off the face.

 

I think that the XTD irons felt a little more iron like at impact than the Diablo Forged, the ball still jumped off the face, but gave less of a hollow, hybrid type feel that I remember from the Diablo Forged.

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Ping G410 LST 3 Wood Oban Tour Prototype V430
Titleist U500 3 & 4 Oban Kiyoshi Purple Tour Reserve
Titleist 620 MB 5-9 Oban CT 125
Titleist Vokey 47* Oban CT 125, 51*, 55*, and 59* Shimada Tour Wedge Black
Bettinardi Studio Stock SS28

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  • 4 months later...

Anybody hit these recently? I had a chance to hit a 6 iron today with the graphite Aldila RIP Tour shafts and they were so smooth.

 

Have hit them a few times -- smoooth  is a good word....

 

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FW Wood: :wilson_staff_small: DynaPWR 3-wood; :titleist-small: TSR 2+
Hybrids:  PXG Gen4 18-degree
Utility Irons: :srixon-small: ZX MkII 20* 
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I've hit them with the c tapers, very good feel to them

Driver:   :callaway-small: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5

FW:   :cobra-small: F6 baffler set at 16º

Hybrid:  NONE
Irons:   :taylormade-small:  3i 2014 TP CB  4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400

Wedges:   :nike-small: 52º :nike-small: 56º  :edel-golf-1: 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped

Putter:   :ping-small: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot

 

 

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