“Sole velocity slot adds speed low on the face; among the most forgiving fairways of its day. A strong rung-1 pick off the deck.”
The Super S fairway wood extended Adams' final Velocity Slot Technology generation down into the fairway-wood category, with a refined VST crown slot — thinner, deeper and longer heel-to-toe than earlier Speedline fairway slots — designed to get the ball airborne easily without robbing distance. Built in all-stainless-steel construction with a matte white crown (to boost visual size and address confidence) contrasted against a dark PVD face, Adams claimed roughly 20% higher launch than the companion, lower-launching Super LS fairway wood, positioning the Super S as the easy, forgiving half of the pairing. It shipped in 15, 18 and 21 degree lofts at a $199 MSRP, priced as an accessible complement to Adams' pricier Super S/Super LS drivers.
Reviewed favorably and specifically — testers said it 'performs like a hybrid but with 3-wood distance' and praised its ease off a variety of lies — but that praise never built into lasting demand or a following. It disappeared from the market along with the rest of Adams' driver-and-fairway lineup once TaylorMade wound the standalone brand down, and it is remembered today only by golfers who happened to own one.
A strong fit for mid-to-high handicap players who want a fairway wood that launches easily and holds distance across a range of lies, including from the rough; one reviewer specifically noted it performed like a hybrid off imperfect lies while still carrying 3-wood distance. Better players wanting lower flight and more workability should look to the companion Super LS fairway or a players'-profile fairway wood from a current brand instead.
Released as part of Adams' 2013 Super S/Super LS generation — the company's last major product cycle before TaylorMade discontinued standalone Adams development — competing with TaylorMade's own SLDR/RocketBallz, Callaway's X Hot, and Titleist's 913F fairway woods in a segment increasingly focused on low-CG, easy-launch fairway design. It followed the well-regarded Fast 12 fairway wood in Adams' lineup.
Genuinely toward the forgiving end of the fairway-wood category, consistent with its max-forgiveness ladder placement: the refined, longer/deeper Velocity Slot crown widened the effective sweet spot and the higher, easier launch specifically helped mis-hits and off-turf lies. Reviewers explicitly contrasted it with the Super LS fairway, which traded away some of that ease for lower spin — this is the accessible, forgiving option of the pair.
Calibrated across the whole catalog — a tour blade scores low here on purpose; it means control, not ease.
Realistic 2026 private-party pricing is roughly $30-$55 for a clean example — a modest, unremarkable value befitting a well-reviewed but ultimately discontinued-brand fairway wood; it holds no premium over comparable-era fairway woods from still-active brands.
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