Wilson Staff Dynapwr and Dynapwr Carbon Drivers spotted on USGA Conforming List

[Vlade15]

18 minutes ago, ASN21 said:

I don't disagree with Callaway but way more stupid than Taylormade. Do I want a Stealth driver or Dynapwr driver? Hmm what a hard decision! LOL

Doesnt seem that much worse or that much better.  Pretty much the same.

[kmay__]

It's not a new name... they used that name on their irons back as far as the late 50's early 60's. I think it was dyna-powered at first, then transitioned to be dynapower. I like Wilson, so I think the throwback reference is pretty cool. 

 

And to use Stealth as an example of a good name for a driver with a red face, that's just wild.. it's anything but stealth. 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

2 hours ago, ASN21 said:

I don't disagree with Callaway but way more stupid than Taylormade. Do I want a Stealth driver or Dynapwr driver? Hmm what a hard decision! LOL

RocketBallz?

[ASN21]

5 hours ago, Fairways_and_Greens said:

RocketBallz?

How about something more current? Also I will take that name and performance over a Kmart brand like Wilson.

[Steve o]

17 hours ago, ASN21 said:

How about something more current? Also I will take that name and performance over a Kmart brand like Wilson.

Kmart has been closed for years. If you go to Costco you won't find Wilson. You will find Callaway. I don't understand why people keep dragging them down when far bigger brands sell the big boxes. Wilson sells box sets as does many other brands. 

[Garydean]

18 hours ago, ASN21 said:

How about something more current? Also I will take that name and performance over a Kmart brand like Wilson.

wilson staff is just as good as any other big name brand, they make a wide range of products from low end to high end. 

[Vlade15]

21 hours ago, ASN21 said:

How about something more current? Also I will take that name and performance over a Kmart brand like Wilson.

What a weird thing to hate on.  Especially when Wilson has proven time and time again that their higher end products keep up with any brand on the market.  I would bet a lot of money that this driver does, too.

As far as performance, price, availability - Wilson competes with any brand in the entire industry.

[rfarrell51]

Waiting to see the D9 replacement. D11?

[FifeRiviera]

5 hours ago, rfarrell51 said:

Waiting to see the D9 replacement. D11?

D12. It will purple. 
 

ive been using a D9 3 wood recently, it keeps up with most FWs but slightly better off the deck than most. 

[rfarrell51]

8 hours ago, FifeRiviera said:

D12. It will purple. 
 

ive been using a D9 3 wood recently, it keeps up with most FWs but slightly better off the deck than most. 

Irons and hybrids also? 

[mat562]

On 9/12/2022 at 6:18 PM, golfinbrad said:

Actually Cobra was a subsidiary of Titleist back in the 80s.  They got on the radar when Greg Norman and Ian Baker Finch used them.  Then Titleist sold them to Puma.     

 

Acushnet's purchase of Cobra was later than that, at the end of the 1990s.

 

In the '80s Cobra was still a relatively small outfit run by Tom Crow. Hardly anyone had heard of them until Norman bought in to the company after opting not to re-sign with Spalding at the start of the 1990s.

[realitycheck]

23 hours ago, Vlade15 said:

What a weird thing to hate on.  Especially when Wilson has proven time and time again that their higher end products keep up with any brand on the market.  I would bet a lot of money that this driver does, too.

As far as performance, price, availability - Wilson competes with any brand in the entire industry.

Absolutely....people in the industry know this, to be sure.

[hammergolf]

It’s a shame Wilson gets the hate it does. Their top end clubs and balls perform as good or better than anything on the market. What I find very interesting is the opinion of the Wilson brand is much higher in Europe and other areas than here. The golf snobs may not like Wilson, but performance has never been an issue.

[orr444]

On 12/1/2022 at 5:42 PM, ASN21 said:

How about something more current? Also I will take that name and performance over a Kmart brand like Wilson.

Wilson is not Kmart. Staff irons as good as any out there. Is Kmart still around??

[orr444]

On 12/3/2022 at 5:12 AM, FifeRiviera said:

D12. It will purple. 
 

ive been using a D9 3 wood recently, it keeps up with most FWs but slightly better off the deck than most. 

Just got a new one for 100 bucks. love the look behind the ball!

[boggyman]

On 12/3/2022 at 5:12 AM, FifeRiviera said:

D12. It will purple. 
 

ive been using a D9 3 wood recently, it keeps up with most FWs but slightly better off the deck than most. 

Purple, seriously? The d7 fairway I thought was a sneaky good fairway. I liked it better than the d9 series. 

[FifeRiviera]

Apologies everyone Purple D12 was a joke with an early 2000s rap reference that thankfully one person got. 

[BraxtonFullerton]

On 12/5/2022 at 5:54 AM, FifeRiviera said:

Apologies everyone Purple D12 was a joke with an early 2000s rap reference that thankfully one person got. 

[James the Hogan Fan]

On 12/3/2022 at 12:51 PM, hammergolf said:

It’s a shame Wilson gets the hate it does. Their top end clubs and balls perform as good or better than anything on the market. What I find very interesting is the opinion of the Wilson brand is much higher in Europe and other areas than here. The golf snobs may not like Wilson, but performance has never been an issue.

 

I think it's like my experience with Alfa Romeo. I figured they were a luxury brand because, in the US, whenever I saw one it was luxurious, because the only people to import them import nice ones. I went to Europe and Alfa has a whole bunch of cars ranging from junky honda civic equivalent to top of the line.

 

So I think with Wilson in Europe they just don't have as much experience with the Prostaff stuff just because they have their own junk brands and the people who go out of their way to get Wilson get the good stuff. Wilson knows this and sells the good stuff. The cycle is complete.

[Jmccas]

Wilson makes gorgeous irons and they perform as well as any other brand. Why can’t the person that designs their irons also design their woods? IMO the design of Wilson woods detracts from the brand they have built up in their irons. 
 

Just make a timeless, classically designed wood like Titleist or Mizuno. Not everyone will buy it but it’ll  get more looks. 

[dugue4]

On 9/12/2022 at 9:06 PM, Jon Gee said:

They should lose that old school font Wilson logo, sorry, that looks like it belongs on a baseball mitt.

the a2000 gloves are second to none

[Steve o]

Legends play their tennis racquets and balls

Official ball of NFL and NBA

Huge in pro volleyball

Huge in pickelball

Top of the line baseball gloves and products

Don't think they should mess with their logo.

 

 

[Jon Gee]

5 hours ago, dugue4 said:

the a2000 gloves are second to none

Yeah, I still have my old man's that he used in high school from '59-'62....

[orr444]

Any word on wood releases?

[1puttguy]

Embargo Date Jan 17, Release March 1. Drivers, woods, hybrids, and irons all attributed to the Dynapwr name, and in both mens and womens.  Given that last fact, makes me wonder if this is the D-series replacement line.  Carbon driver flagged as men only, Ti version as both mens and womens. 

[Garydean]

2 hours ago, 1puttguy said:

Embargo Date Jan 17, Release March 1. Drivers, woods, hybrids, and irons all attributed to the Dynapwr name, and in both mens and womens.  Given that last fact, makes me wonder if this is the D-series replacement line.  Carbon driver flagged as men only, Ti version as both mens and womens. 

Most likely by the sounds of it and d series been on sale for a while

[CG69's]

I wonder if Wilson would ever consider using the Demarini name on its woods line. Keep the irons, wedges, putters and ball as Wilson staff but baseball and softball players know the Demarini name means quality. Just a thought.

[orr444]

13 hours ago, 1puttguy said:

Embargo Date Jan 17, Release March 1. Drivers, woods, hybrids, and irons all attributed to the Dynapwr name, and in both mens and womens.  Given that last fact, makes me wonder if this is the D-series replacement line.  Carbon driver flagged as men only, Ti version as both mens and womens. 

Dumb question what does embargo date mean?

[BIG STU]

On 9/13/2022 at 12:40 AM, chip75 said:

 

I think it's a chicken/egg thing, if this was shown without the logos folks would say how clean it looks if they thought it was a bigger OEMs model. Trouble is Wilson have diluted their name so much with cheap products (which sell well) that it's tough to get anything right apart from a few sets of players' irons. Once they have to add tech they just don't have the looks or R&D budgets or know they can't sell at the top end if they could spend.

 

Yes, it would be neat if they just made Staff custom irons (remember when MacGregor offered things like different toe options and top line thickness options? that didn't last too long), but they'd have too offset that with a load of full sets in bricks and mortar stores, which would probably put off those looking for some serious gamers. They're damned either way.

Back in the day up until the mid 80s or so Wilson Spalding and Macgregor all had extensive custom departments

[Steve o]

10 hours ago, CG69's said:

I wonder if Wilson would ever consider using the Demarini name on its woods line. Keep the irons, wedges, putters and ball as Wilson staff but baseball and softball players know the Demarini name means quality. Just a thought.

I like the idea of using Demarini in a collaboration kind of way. It shows that the Wilson brand understands metal technology.  Considering they didn't mention that Clay Long was involved with the new putters I doubt they will get around to it. They don't seem to thrive in the marketing department. If I was Wilson, who makes every kind of ball out there my tag line would be... Wilson, We've got balls!!!!