This has been a tough year for Rory Sabbatini, who until last week's Valero Texas Open had not seen a top-10 finish since January. In San Antonio, Sabbatini finished tied for eighth - only after a disappointing final-round 72 that knocked him down from his Saturday 54-hole lead.
Sabbatini credited new equipment from Adams Golf for his good week.
"I've got a new Adams driver in the bag, new Adams 3-wood and we built them on Tuesday and each round I played with them and they're just performing better and better. I'm actually having fun being on the golf course," he said Saturday after shooting 63.
The clubs from Adams are prototypes of a new line that won't be released until next year. The Speedline series, currently known as prototype 3458-D, features an aerodynamic head shape, but the company isn't ready to release specifications yet.
Sabbatini had a 9.5-degree Speedline driver and a 16-degree fairway wood in addition to Adams Idea Pro Gold hybrids (18 and 20 degrees) and irons.
The South Africa native finished 16th in driving distance with an average 313.9 yards off the tee, and tied for 19th in driving accuracy, hitting 69.6 percent of fairways for the week.
"If you're hitting the driver and putting the drives in play you can actually make this course play pretty simply and I've been successful at doing that so far this week," he said of playing La Cantera.
Since January, Sabbatini has been an Adams staff player, but even before contracting with Adams, he played the company's hybrids in competition.
