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CONTEST! – How Much Yardage Did MyGolfSpy Gain?

BY MyGolfSpy
Mar 14th 2013
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Take The Adams Golf #EasyMillion Challenge – CLICK HERE

:: Adams Golf – Accepts MyGolfSpy’s Challenge

Yesterday, the MyGolfSpy Staff took the Adams Golf #EasyMillion Challenge. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to read yesterday’s article, I will sum it up for you real quick like. Basically, Adams Golf has a new twist on a distance claim with their 2013 Adams SUPER Lineup. Instead of saying their clubs will give you XX amount of yards, this time they’re gonna give golfers 1,000,000 yards.

Simply put they are wanting you to hit your clubs against theirs head-to-head and see what yardage you gain, then text that number to Adams Golf that number is then tallied up with people from all over the world at their new site OneMillionYards.com. Obviously their goal is to hit 1,000,000 yards, their already at 143,000 and this club just came out. And with the numbers these clubs put up for MyGolfSpy it might get there pretty quick. In return you will get in the mail the same Tour hat the Adams guys are wearing with your “yardage number” embroidered on the side. It quick, fun and interactive.

But generally if you make a bold claim, we are pretty certain to put it to the test. Now while this isn’t an exact yardage claim, the rumors we were hearing about what golfers were actually gaining with these clubs made it a no-brainer for us to call Adams out and get to the truth for you guys.

:: MyGolfSpy (vs) Adams Golf {Head-To-Head}

THE MATCH: MyGolfSpy staffs current driver, fairway wood, hybrids and irons (vs) Adams SUPER driver, fairway wood, hybrids and irons.

THE PRIZE: Whoever from yesterday guessed the closest to our total yardage gained, is walking away with one of these hybrids!

THE OUTCOME: Below are all the totals. Want to see exactly what we hit in the challenge? It will be listed at the end of the article.

Take The Adams Golf #EasyMillion Challenge – CLICK HERE

:: #EasyMillion – MyGolfSpy Staff Gains 256!

Tony Covey = +60

Driver: Adams Super LS w/Matrix 8m3 (vs) TaylorMade R11s (Tour) w/UST VTS Black = +1 yard

3W: Adams Super LS w/Matrix 8m3 (vs) TaylorMade RBZ (Tour Issue) w/Fubuki AX = -9 yards

2H: Adams Super LS w/Matrix Hm3 85 (vs) 16.5° TaylorMade RBZ w/Matrix Altus 85 = +9 yards

3H: Adams Super LS w/Matrix Hm3 95 (vs) – Adams Idea Pro a12 = +11 yards

4H: Adams Super LS w/Matrix hm3 105 (vs) Adams Idea Pro a12 = +14 yards

Irons: Adams Super S w/KBS C-Taper S+ (vs) Miura CB-501 w/KBS C-Taper S+ = +34 yards

Dave Wolfe = +54

Driver: Adams Super LS w/LS Kuro Kage (vs) RAZR Fit Kai’ li = +8 yards

3W: Adams Super LS w/Kuro Kage) (vs) Callaway Razr Fit W/Kai ‘ li = 0 yards

3H: Adams Super LS w/Kuro Kage (vs) Callaway RAZR X w/Adlila NV = -3 yards

4H: Adams Super LS w/Kuro Kage (vs) Callaway RAZR X w/Adlila NV= +12 yards

Irons: Adams Super S w/DG S300 (vs) Callaway RAZR X Tour w/DG S300 = +37 yards

Matt Saternus = +61

Driver: Adams Super LS w/Fujikura Speeder 7.2 Tour Spec (vs) Callaway RAZR Fit w/RT Technologies Zeus LT = +9

3W: Adams Super LS w/Fuijkura Speeder 7.2 Tour Spec (vs) Callaway X Hot Pro w/Project X Velocity (made for) = +10

3H: Adams Super LS w/Fujikura Speeder 9.8 HB (vs) Callaway X Hot Pro w/stock shaft = +24

Irons: Adams Super S w/Tour Issue DG (vs) Wilson FG Tour V2 w/Tour Issue DG = +18

GolfSpy X = +81

Driver: Adams Super LS w/Matrix HD6 (vs) Taylormade RBZ Tour Matrix HD6 = -19

3W: Adams Super LS w/Matrix 8M3 (vs) Titleist 906f2 15* w/UST V2 = +27

3H: Adams Super LS w/Matrix hm3 (vs) Titleist 585H w/Aldila NV = +26

4H: Adams Super LS w/Matrix hm3 (vs) Titleist 585H w/Aldila NV = +19

Irons: Adams Super S w/KBS C Taper (vs) Mizuno MP-58 w/Tour Issue S400 = +28

:: STAFF COMMENTS:

:: The hybrids, particularly the 15* are insane, it’s hard to argue with the result.

:: One of my playing partners actually went and bought the hybrid right after hitting mine.

:: Higher lofts launch insanely high, stay up in the air forever, and land soft.

:: I think that the extra bounce on the irons will help the average golfer.

:: A buddy keeps calling me to “borrow” the driver. His Tour Burner just ain’t getting it done.

:: The things that impressed me about the irons is how consistent the distance was on mishits.

:: Wow…can’t believe I’m going to say this…I might want a little less distance.

:: I love the deep face and the overall shape.

:: I still hate the white, but this is the first club that makes me think I could get over it.

:: For being a “player’s” driver” it has really solid forgiveness across the face.

:: Hate the hybrid. Not sure about the 3W.

:: It’ doesn’t have the feel of the Adams drivers I’ve loved in the past.

:: The irons are extremely easy to hit…and long.

:: If you’re looking for a distance iron, the Super S irons are definitely worth a serious look.

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Andy

11 years ago

Could you tell me a little more about the Iron’s test please. I find it incredible that 30+ yards can be gain against any set of irons.

Was the test performed with a Wedge through to 4i ? Or were these done with a 1i only ? I can see that the biggest gains are generally against players clubs, but 30 yards with irons. I’d love to have seen swing speed data too.

Acid test would have been to compare them also against a reference set of new GI irons from this year.

I’m at TM (Wentworth) this weekend trying out this seasons gear, so would love to have seen a direct comparison.

Matt W

11 years ago

I sometimes take a contrary line on some of your rolls (anchored putters springs to mind), and if I’ve offended I apologize. Anyway, the Million Dollar Question for ” the Million Dollar Challege” is: who bagged what? That’s all the proof I need. BTW, just custom ordered the Super LS 2H & 3H.

jfpga

11 years ago

Google Tom Wishon and read his stuff, best club info there is.

here is a good read:
Wishon: The practical facts about spin and shaft design
http://www.golfwrx.com/62891/the-practical-facts-about-spin-and-shaft-design/

jfpga

11 years ago

Michael Jacobs is a god, him and Manzilla are the best around. I am certainly not for sale, would just like to see the launch monitor numbers for a bunch of these folks. Without some of that info its hard to justify and of the results from this test thing.

GolfSpy T

11 years ago

I had basically made a commitment to stop engaging trolls in these threads, but what the hell…

John, I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that when you’re not sitting in front of a keyboard you’re an otherwise rational and polite person. I suspect that if we met face to face we might have a reasoned conversation that might have begun with something other than you hurling accusations suggesting MGS is on the take for this article simply because we didn’t include every bit of data you personally would have like to have seen.

I suspect that without the protection and relative anonymity of a computer screen, instead of saying that we must have been spiffed, you might have approached this more reasonably and asked something along the lines of “is there any specific reason why you didn’t include launch and spin numbers?”.

Had you the courage in a face to face conversation to voice your concerns that Adams might have paid us for this article, I would have reminded you that in no point in time from inception through present day has MyGolfSpy ever taken so much as a dime from any major equipment manufacturer. The sum total of revenues paid to us from TaylorMade, Callaway, Titleist, PING, Adams, Mizuno, and Cobra combined is $0. That number encompasses the entire history of MyGolfSpy. If you did deeper…throw in Nike, Cleveland, Wilson, TourEdge, heck, even Miura, that total remains at $0. MyGolfSpy was built on the premise of remaining above the influence of ad dollars. We have maintained that to the detriment of our bank accounts. The same cannot be said of ANY golf site near the size of MyGolfSpy, so I’m sure you can understand…as a presumed reasonable person, why we find such accusations absolutely abhorrent.

With that out of the way, I would have explained to you that THIS IS NOT A REVIEW. We simply decided to participate, from the consumer perspective – as any of our readers are able to do – in Adams’s Easy Millions Challenge. This was never about launch angles and spin rates, it simply current gamer vs. the new new Adams to achieve a distance number. You’ll note we didn’t include accuracy because well…that’s not part of the challenge Adams has defined. It simply doesn’t apply.

Moreover, since again, this is not a review, and was never intended to be, there’s not need for the same level of detail…especially when you consider that we were gathering data from 4 different golfers hitting 11-13 clubs each. Quite frankly, it’s impractical to include that kind of exhaustive data in this sort of article where the goal, from a presentation perspective, is to make the information simple and easy for the average reader to digest.

If we were conversing rationally, face to face, I might remind you (politely) that nobody includes more data in a club a review than MyGolfSpy. Our track record in that regard is beyond dispute. I would further explain, that not everything we publishing, indeed, not everything we publish with respect to a specific club or clubs is a review. This was one of those times.

So John, while I can understand that this particular article may not have been everything you would have liked it to be, I would ask you to walk for a minute in my shoes. You’d quickly learn that it’s impossible to be all things to all readers, all the time, and so we make the conscious decision to include only what we think is relevant to the majority of readers. There’s never any intent to obfuscate or manipulate the information. When the golf companies don’t affect your bottom line, there’s no need to coddle them. Based on what I know about your chosen profession, I’m guessing you learned quite some time ago that it’s absolutely impossible to keep 100% of the people happy 100% of the time.

With all of that said, again, should we be speaking face to face instead of hiding behind screens and keyboards, I would politely remind you that you make your living in game predicated on sportsmanship and conducting one’s self as a gentlemen. Once again giving you the benefit of the doubt, I would suggest that your behavior in this thread hasn’t quite lived up to the standard I suspect you set for yourself day in and day out.

By all means if something doesn’t sit right, ask questions, but please don’t lead off by hurling what I assure you are baseless accusations. Is that really the guy you want to be perceived to be?

jfpga

11 years ago

@Terry4906
ok tell me what’s so great abouth this test?

Mike Heggie

11 years ago

That you weren’t a part of it. You’ve already stated that you’re for sale.

Terry4906

11 years ago

@jfpga, at least these tests are carried out by real people with no obligation to the club manufacturer. I would sooner believe MGS than someone who obviously has a hidden agenda, someone like you who’s only reason for logging on to MGS is to try and find fault with everything they publish. If you don’t like what they say, stay away.

Terry4906

11 years ago

Will someone tell jfpja to stop picking faults all the time. He obviously doesn’t like MGS.
Just ban the muppet from your website.
Great test by the way.

Tom54

11 years ago

This is really interesting. I’ve been playing the Callaway Diablo Edge Tour hybrids for a few years now, and since I’m about to upgrade my irons, I’m looking to upgrade hybrids as well. So far all I’ve been able to hit is the Callaway X-Hot pros at a couple of demo days, but I really can’t hit them all that well (maybe it’s the stock PX-Vel 6.0 that’s the only shaft available in test models.) From the looks of this test, it seems like Adams could be a step up. One question, though: do you have any idea how the Super S hybrid compares to the Super LS hybrids you tested? Because there’s a slight, um, price difference between the two. Thanks!

jfpga

11 years ago

For me to consider these to be legitimate tests I want to see how much more info like ball speed, club length and club loft etc…were for each shot. Well maybe that was not the purpose of the test? Just spouting off distance is not legit, far as I can tell they all probably work for for Adams.

Mike Heggie

11 years ago

MGS said they were gonna take the challenge that was being offered by Adams/TMAG. This was not a club review bro. This is really the only website I know of that gives honest and fair reviews. I also know Matt is a regular on Michael Jacobs website which is real golf instruction not the usual bs instruction. Anything I’ve decided to buy based off of the recommendations of MGS has always been a good decision and became my gamers. Why don’t you just go to another website that has LOTS of pictures and everything is the greatest club yet. That kind of crap isn’t happening over here.

iSportgolf

11 years ago

Wow! Impressive. best of luck

Joe Golfer

11 years ago

I enjoyed the article. Good to see the results with the woods and hybrids.
Seems like Adams might be gaming the system a bit with the irons though.
I’ll bet most of the Golf Spy testers play irons with lofts that are closer to “tour” lofts, while those Adams irons are probably very strongly lofted such that it is like comparing a GolfSpy 6 iron to an Adams 5 iron (that has a 6 on the sole).
My own 5 iron is 26*, and I always considered that fairly strongly lofted. Nowadays I’m seeing some 5 irons, such as TaylorMade, that can have a 23* loft, so a comparison of those two five irons isn’t really fair.
That said, keep up the good work, MGS. I especially enjoyed your article about “The Worst Kept Secret in Golf”, which discussed the actual lofts of drivers compared to the stated loft on the clubhead. Very illuminating. I knew they were sometimes off, but I had no idea they were THAT far off.

Mark

11 years ago

Just from the few comments I’ve read so far, I can see why we don’t see more head to head comparisons from the major golf companies. It’s extremely difficult to compare clubs on an apples to apples basis. Not only are shafts different from model to model but what if length and loft are also different. For example, looking just at the #9 iron specs from the tested clubs we find the Adams to be 39* and 36″ long, Tonys Miura Cb501 is 42* and 36″, Daves Razr X Tour is 41* and 36″, Matts FGTour is 43* and 36.25″, while GolfSpy X MP 58 is 43* and just 35.75″. Keep in mind 3- 4* is about one club different so it would appear that all the yardage gains at least in the iron catagory is due to strong lofts and increased length since all were compared with exactly the same shafts (except for GSpy X). Having said that, this is still hands down the best golf testing web site to be found! Keep up the great work.

GolfSpy T

11 years ago

Absolutely…and I didn’t love the idea of testing each iron individually, but that’s the letter of the Easy Million campaign, and so that’s what we did. Certainly the irons padded the numbers quite a bit, like some other distance irons, they’re strong (lofts) and long (shafts). That said, even absolute apples to apples, these type of irons are going to come out ahead because of the added forgiveness. Unless you hit the center every time, averages will go up a bit simply based on the forgiveness of the face.

All of that said…while the LS driver produces great results, and the Super S is arguably the most forgiving new driver this season, they don’t move me (not the way the 9064LS did), and neither do the fairway woods (probably a combination of comfort level, footprint, and feel).

As you’d expect from Adams, the hybrids are absolute rock stars. Again, the footprint on the higher lofts is larger than I’d expect, which is why I’m hoping the LSP model makes it off the Tour Van and into to retail lineup.

vivacarlos

11 years ago

BTW, anyone know if theres a big difference between the reg & stiff shafts on these?
Not familiar with this brand.
Thanks
Rob

vivacarlos

11 years ago

Great test and thanks for the oppurtunity!
Rob

Rock on Carlos, Rock on!
Six decades strong!

Dave Mac

11 years ago

Nice to see the exact head to head model comparison (Make, model, shaft). Top marks for Adams for allowing you to run the test in this way. Interesting to see results like GolfSpy X’s RBZ Tour out pace the Adams Super LS by 19 yards even with the same shaft! How does this happen? (Spin too low?)
I will test the hybrids and fairway woods for sure.

TwoSolitudes

11 years ago

Just looked up the hybrids on eBay and Golftown and I have to say I would love them a lot more if they weren’t over 250 bucks each! And if they were not white. Come On TM, how about all the TM stuff in white and all the Adam’s in flat black- the “Evil’ part of in the TM Empire…. The white actually drives people away from the product.

And seriously @jfpga, Spiffing? What kind of spiffing gives you -19, 0, -9 and -3 and +1. Then gives you some choice quotes like “Hate the hybrid. Not sure about the 3W” or “It’ doesn’t have the feel of the Adams drivers I’ve loved in the past.”

Cjpino74

11 years ago

Wow, impressive. I Love Adams. Have always had them in the bag. But those hybrids would cause some serious gap issues with irons. Maybe better as fairway wood replacement than long iron replacement clubs.

moneymaker

11 years ago

you do know Adams no longer exists… it just a Stage 2 with different paint

GolfSpy T

11 years ago

What a terrifically uniformed statement. They are very different clubs. As different as TaylorMade and Adams in years past. It’s possible the lines will move closer together, or perhaps even be of the same tree in the future, but we’re definitely not there yet.

GolfSpy T

11 years ago

The hybrids are in fact causing a bit of an issue for me. The 15* is basically a no brainer for me. In that spot in the bag I’m looking for a FW replacement, and I want it to be as long as it can be while being easier to hit. The only real negatives for me are feel (it’s a bit firm), and the profile (it’s practically a fairway wood).

Once you move into the higher lofts…it’s definitely a problem. The #4 hybrid (which is actually more of a #3 hybrid anyway) has created roughly a 20 yard gap between itself and my 5 iron. Obviously that’s an issue… I haven’t figured out what I’m going to do there just yet.

Drew

11 years ago

Damn you MGS…damn you!!!!! :)

PS. Great write-up!

jfpga

11 years ago

Something doesn’t pass the smell test here, how about some more club and launch monitor data. Have to stop visiting this site, looks like some serious spiffing is going on.

mygolfspy

11 years ago

If you would like we could do what EVERY other golf media outlet does, which is just copy and paste the press release to promote a product or brand. Since we don’t believe in that we thought we would actually test this stuff to see if it performed like they said regarding distance. So you and the other readers would know the truth behind the challenge.

If I’m not willing to accept the large golf companies ad dollars to continue to allow ourselves “freedom of speech” (which by the way no other major golf outlet has, whether they tell you they do or not) why would I be willing to do it for just a few clubs.

Like I always tell guys like yourself that spout off without any knowledge of the actual situation, I think you guys are just expecting me to sell out. And once again I will tell you just like I tell the others IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Although if hell does freeze over at MGS and I do sell out it sure as hell won’t be for just a few heads and shafts.

Wake up, smell some strong coffee and understand that we don’t publish made up stats or data. It’s not in my DNA or my other staff members. Which I could have easily done when I wrote the fact that the Adams driver was -19 yards shorter than the other driver I tested it against.

Just realize that you are more than welcome to stop visiting MyGolfSpy like you said, that is your choice, but I can guarantee you this…you aren’t going to find a single other golf site that tells it like we do. PERIOD. I wake up for one reason every day I come in to work and that is to give you guys the most honest and comprehensive content you could possibly find regarding the world of golf equipment. And if you can’t see that, well that’s a shame.

P.S. – Checking previous comments you have made on the site, it seems you question most every test we perform. Just curious why continue to come back to see more?

moneymaker

11 years ago

mygolfspy employees care a little too much what other people think haha I would just tell any haters to suck it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and a little extra money from some spiffing isn’t all bad. I hate TMAg and their mission in golf but I do get hooked up by TMAG on their spiff program and I think that is rad!

BJB

11 years ago

Hit the Super S on a launch monitor the other day. My old TM 3 wood was going around 230. The Super S was consistently around 260 and felt very easy and consistent to hit. I’ll be purchasing one soon for sure.

moneymaker

11 years ago

How come they do not use the same shafts? It seems odd that a head to head comparison would be comparing different heads and different shafts… maybe its just me but could the shafts be more of an improvement than the actual head? How did they determine the stats? Just curious to see how accurate it really was. It is cool to see there was a positive effect either way.

Super Tuna

11 years ago

Very interesting.

Though side question. What is up with Dave’s Razr 4hybrid? The Adams 3 hybrid was shorter but the 4 hybrid is longer then the Razr 4H that’s setup the same as the 3H. Is the loft wonky on one of the razr’s?

GolfSpy Dave

11 years ago

It may just be that I rarely hit the 4H while the 3H is my go to all of the time. I think that I just hit the RAZR 3H better than the RAZR 4H.

TwoSolitudes

11 years ago

Wow! Impressive. Hybrids look like real winners.

mygolfspy

11 years ago

WINNER! – Kevin Davis with a guess of 251 yards is our winner. CONGRATS!

I will be getting in touch with you soon regarding the prize.

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