Adams is Back?

[bfizzy]

Was doing my normal morning routine perusing awesome memes on Instagram and saw a post on this, but it looks like Adams is coming back!  I went the website and it looks like they completely modernized / changed their logo. Maybe it’s nostalgia but I’m excited for what’s in store!

[Dcoop86]

Bringing back all the old stuff. BRNR, adams… love it. Any idea what it will be? Woods only? Did Adams make irons back in the day?

[Bqw22]

3 minutes ago, Dcoop86 said:

Bringing back all the old stuff. BRNR, adams… love it. Any idea what it will be? Woods only? Did Adams make irons back in the day?

Adams had some of the most underrated irons in the game! Still game the Idea MB2 irons off and on. Super forgiving for a blade and one of the few irons I’ve ever seen offered in a stock raw option for lefties!

[webber]

10 minutes ago, Bqw22 said:

Adams had some of the most underrated irons in the game! Still game the Idea MB2 irons off and on. Super forgiving for a blade and one of the few irons I’ve ever seen offered in a stock raw option for lefties!

Those IDEA forged CB's were great!

[BagofToast]

1 hour ago, Dcoop86 said:

Bringing back all the old stuff. BRNR, adams… love it. Any idea what it will be? Woods only? Did Adams make irons back in the day?

They had some great irons! An Adams set was my first real set of irons. 

[BCC1898]

I liked their hybrids more than their irons...TM could learn a thing or two from them!

 

[third-times-a-charm]

Owned by the same company that owns Taylormade IIRC - thats how they did a little feeler of the Tight Lies for the last few years.

 

I doubt there will be innovation but probably re-release of old stuff for nostalgia.

[moostache]

Maybe I can finally get a weight replacement for this Idea Pro hybrid 😂. For real though, they had some good stuff, and I almost pulled the trigger on an old set of Idea irons.

[TheBear95]

Is this TM bringing back the Adams brand or did TM just license off the Adams name?

 

My feeling is that TM might have just license off the name to the same group that "brought back" Ram, MacGregor, and Zebra.

[naj959]

2 hours ago, Dcoop86 said:

Bringing back all the old stuff. BRNR, adams… love it. Any idea what it will be? Woods only? Did Adams make irons back in the day?

Look up the Adams CMBs. Works of art that are packed with tech and very playable for a players cavity. 

[golfinbrad]

5 minutes ago, TheBear95 said:

Is this TM bringing back the Adams brand or did TM just license off the Adams name?

 

My feeling is that TM might have just license off the name to the same group that "brought back" Ram, MacGregor, and Zebra.

This is my guess.  Never the same when someone else buys the name.  Adams never got the recognition they deserved.  Funny how many people bad mouthed what they were doing and now how many big companies starting doing the exact same thing.  MB irons were one of my favorites blades.

[blaird]

They had great stuff back in the day, I still have an old XTD 3 wood I will never get rid of. Hit a set of their irons for a few years and played a bunch of their hybrids, still have one in the garage. Thought buy YES putters was a good move but TM bought them shortly after and they faded away. Would love to see an up to date line of woods, hybrids, and irons. 

[TheBear95]

14 minutes ago, golfinbrad said:

This is my guess.  Never the same when someone else buys the name.  Adams never got the recognition they deserved.  Funny how many people bad mouthed what they were doing and now how many big companies starting doing the exact same thing.  MB irons were one of my favorites blades.

 

Agree on all points.

[SUPERG]

Man I loved Adams and still have several hybs and FW in the garage. Irons were criminally underrated. If they bring beck similar clubs I could see many of them sneaking back in my bag!!!! 

[hammergolf]

A good bit of the technology on Taylormade’s driver and woods came from Adams originally.

Edited April 20, 2023 by hammergolf

[bcflyguy1]

4 minutes ago, hammergolf said:

A good bit of the technology on Taylormade’s driver and woods came from Adams originally.

Correct; TMAG bought Adams for those patents and then suffocated the brand.

Given that the nucleaus of the Adams R&D department responsible for most of the company's cult favorite offerings moved with Chip Brewer to Callaway, hard to imagine this being much more than a nostalgia exercise. Perhaps it's more, we'll see.

[TheMoneyShot]

21 minutes ago, bcflyguy1 said:

Correct; TMAG bought Adams for those patents and then suffocated the brand.

Given that the nucleaus of the Adams R&D department responsible for most of the company's cult favorite offerings moved with Chip Brewer to Callaway, hard to imagine this being much more than a nostalgia exercise. Perhaps it's more, we'll see.

If they comeback, I would imagine them being entry level starter sets at best.  I cannot imagine them coming back the Adams we all remember. 

[bigdriveandy]

Agreed that what made Adams special was Chip Brewer's leadership and the team of R & D + engineers that worked on their club designs. Without bringing on some serious talent and guys who are willing to innovate to disrupt the market, anything that carries the Adams name will not really be Adams as we used to know it.

[jwhite86]

My first real set of irons were Adams... And the Pro Gold Hybrid (i think... the square one) was in my bag for close to a decade

[TheBear95]

34 minutes ago, bcflyguy1 said:

Correct; TMAG bought Adams for those patents and then suffocated the brand.

Given that the nucleaus of the Adams R&D department responsible for most of the company's cult favorite offerings moved with Chip Brewer to Callaway, hard to imagine this being much more than a nostalgia exercise. Perhaps it's more, we'll see.

 

I'm pretty sure it is going to look like this: https://www.macgregorgolf.com/

 

A nostalgia exercise

[bcflyguy1]

5 minutes ago, TheBear95 said:

 

I'm pretty sure it is going to look like this: https://www.macgregorgolf.com/

 

A nostalgia exercise

Yeah, wouldn't count myself as optimistic but not going to dismiss it off hand either.

You win and lose with people in any business. The people that made Adams what it was have long since moved on and were largely responsible for the turnaround at Callaway in the mid 2010's.

[Klubster]

I am sure that if the line does reappear, it will be for the name only.  Other names have been reused such as Ram and Tommy Armour.  TaylorMade will still position their brand as TOL at a premium price,  Anything else will be fine clubs, just not cutting edge.

[ignitewvu]

2 hours ago, BCC1898 said:

I liked their hybrids more than their irons...TM could learn a thing or two from them!

 

It is unreal TM owns all their patents and still can’t make a good player hybrid.  Their players hybrids may resemble Adams but they feel like 💩 always are upright & are just non performers.

[dmeeksDC]

2 hours ago, naj959 said:

Look up the Adams CMBs. Works of art that are packed with tech and very playable for a players cavity. 

A truly exceptional design. The tech is so well done in the forged heads. Can put Adams CMBs in the bag today and not miss a thing. Beautiful compact irons. Anyone who enjoys the Apex TCB type iron would love the Adams CMBs. 

[philly2kuk]

17 minutes ago, ignitewvu said:

It is unreal TM owns all their patents and still can’t make a good player hybrid.  Their players hybrids may resemble Adams but they feel like 💩 always are upright & are just non performers.

I know I’ll get shot down for this, but I’ve tried many Taylormade hybrids and I haven’t found any of them better than the rescue dual and rescue mid of the early 2000s. Took me 18 years to replace my dual full time and it wasn’t with a Taylormade.

[QuigleyDU]

They have been back for over a year now. in 2020 they had a club release... It was crap. 

Edited April 20, 2023 by QuigleyDU

[TiScape]

These were hot back in the day 💣 

[hammergolf]

2 hours ago, bigdriveandy said:

Agreed that what made Adams special was Chip Brewer's leadership and the team of R & D + engineers that worked on their club designs. Without bringing on some serious talent and guys who are willing to innovate to disrupt the market, anything that carries the Adams name will not really be Adams as we used to know it.

No doubt, Adams was on the leading edge of design and Tech when Chip was running them. 

[dennisdaniels99]

1 hour ago, philly2kuk said:

I know I’ll get shot down for this, but I’ve tried many Taylormade hybrids and I haven’t found any of them better than the rescue dual and rescue mid of the early 2000s. Took me 18 years to replace my dual full time and it wasn’t with a Taylormade.

Rescue Mid TP were the best!

[Shades234]

2 hours ago, ignitewvu said:

It is unreal TM owns all their patents and still can’t make a good player hybrid.  Their players hybrids may resemble Adams but they feel like 💩 always are upright & are just non performers.

Speak for yourself, my TM SIM hybrid is money. Gonna have to pry that thing from my cold dead hands. Haven't tried the stealth line in hybrids, but the 2022 driver has been working for me.