“Half-hollow construction makes these irons behave like hybrids with slots front and back. A game-improvement cavity rung built for easy launch and extra ball speed.”
The Super S irons used a half-hollow construction -- chambers behind the long-iron faces that let them behave more like hybrids -- paired with a face Adams claimed was 20% thinner than its prior generation, chasing higher ball speed on off-center hits. Golfmagic's 2013 review was almost entirely positive, calling it 'extremely easy to hit, very forgiving and packed with distance,' while other outlets flagged consistency across the face as the set's one real weak point. At $699 MSRP it slotted in as Adams' mainstream game-improvement offering the same year the more expensive, lower-spin Super LS irons targeted stronger players.
Reviewed positively and independently across Golfmagic, Busted Wallet, and PlanetGolfReview in its launch year -- more press attention than a typical mid-market GI iron gets -- but there is no lasting collector interest or forum mythology attached to it; it is a well-executed, forgotten commodity today, not a rediscovered gem.
Mid-to-high handicap golfers (roughly 15-30) and slower swing speeds wanting easy launch and forgiveness over workability. A single-digit player will find it looks and plays too 'hybrid-like' through the long irons.
2013, competing directly with Callaway's X2 Hot irons and TaylorMade's SpeedBlade -- the latter now Adams' own corporate sibling after the 2012 TaylorMade acquisition -- and Ping's G25.
Genuinely forgiving by design: half-hollow long-iron chambers, a thinned face for ball speed on mis-hits, and weak lofts that help launch. Consistent with the game-improvement rung it occupies, though at least one reviewer flagged shot-to-shot consistency as its main limitation.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Complete sets sell for roughly $80-160 in 2026 private-party condition; the half-hollow long irons are a common wear point (dents, loosened internal weighting) that can push value to the low end.
Reading is one thing — hitting is another. Book a bay and see the numbers for yourself before you buy anywhere.
