The good thing was my old 3-wood was home in my basement, the difficult part was this is one heck of a shot to test the new Adams Golf Insight XTD Hybrid-Fairway wood. I had a good lie in the fairway and said to myself, “well it’s now or never”.

I had hit the Insight XTD on the range and made very solid contact. However, every golfer knows the range is one thing, when the shot count it’s another.

I was debating if I should play the slice or trust what I had done on the range. Being the first round of the year, my score wasn’t that great so I decided to take aim at the middle of the bunker and let loose.

Oh, did I forget to mention I had to carry at least 245 yards to get over the water hazard?? So after all this debate, the green clears and it’s time to step up to the plate.  I pull the XTD out of the bag and take a couple of practice swings.

The club feels good in my hand, and somehow I knew that if I could make solid contact I had a chance. When I address the ball, my last thought is always, “trust your swing”. I know I have the distance to carry the water hazard, I know there is nothing standing in my way to work the ball exactly where I need too in order to make my birdie. I take a slow backswing and drive through the ball; I knew right away I hit it solid.

I watched as the ball started low and worked exactly as I had thought out the shot in my head. The ball carries the water hazard, and I start to think this has a shot to make it to the green. In air, the ball lands a foot from the top of the bunker and rolls back for a perfect lie in the trap. To my best estimate the ball carried 255 yards straight as an arrow.  Now I know what you are thinking, “yeah but you are in the trap!”

However it was exactly where I wanted to be. I immediately place the club back into the bag and knew this would be the beginning of many of Eagle opportunities down the road. I stepped up to the sand trap, blasted the ball out to within 5 feet and blew the putt! Heck for the first round of the season, I will take a tap-in par any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Based on this one shot, my confidence in the Adams Golf XTD Hybrid-Fairway Wood was at an all-time high. I knew I had three more Par 5’s coming up and a couple of tight shots off the tee that I may need this club again.

When you have a high quality club in your bag, and the confidence to pull it out at any point is a powerful weapon in the game of golf. Stepping up to a tee box with a tight fairway and hazards all around I will walk up with confidence knowing I have the Adams XTD Hybrid-Fairway 3-wood in my bag. I can honestly say that confidence wasn’t there in my previous 3-wood.

I am looking forward to this season!!