2024 Wilson staff review

[southpaw72]

Well 3-p blades made their way to me a few days ago and today was maiden voyage. I know a few of you were interested in a review from the pre release thread so here we go.

 

First impression. I had a custom order. I received them within 10 days. I had a lie, length, grip and shaft custom options. They arrived in a neat box saying custom fit etc. was a nice touch.  They accommodated every request like grips logo down etc. it was all perfect down to the packing slip assuring quality and every build spec.

 

We’re still on mats so it’s hard to say a lot about one range session but on the course I was sold. Turf interaction was awesome. I haven’t played blades since I benched my MB2’s a little while ago and have been in love with my Cobra Tours. I have missed the options a nice sleek blade gives you. I  found these generously forgiving for a blade both in feel and flight. I knew exactly where I stuck the ball but it was never harsh. I have zero Lm numbers to offer but I found the flight more piercing (which I was after) with plenty of spin. It’s also worth mentioning I was playing my winter ball a maxfli tour s and it was 40*.  They look great, they feel great and my iron play today was as good as it’s been especially coming out of winter. Played the par 3’s even and scored better with an iron approach than with a wedge but that’s a sad story for another time. 
 

Feel- as I mentioned you instantly knew if you were a little toe side heel side etc, but it wasn’t insulting. I really loved the feel of these. They have a very solid “dense” feel when you’re flushing them. I much prefer that feel to a marshmallow, which coming from the king tours that’s what they felt like and it’s great in its own way but just different. They weren’t clicky like some titleist forgings just “solid”. I play a hot melted driver, stainless putter, and now these so I guess I’m a big fan of that dense softness. I hope 1% of that makes sense 
 

One thing I did find I’ll need to work through is the longer irons 3,4 I was really losing the ball to an exaggerated cut but I think that’s a little bit of a feel issue I’ll get through with these and not completely new for me anyway. 
 

TLDR go buy some Wilson’s and add another major win to their record. 

Pictured is the 5 iron

 

 

Edited February 19 by southpaw72

[dmeeksDC]

Nice review. They look fantastic. That new letter-less Wilson shield is growing on me! Appreciate the shot from address with the ball and the profile shot of the sole. It’s a beautiful head shape. 

[southpaw72]

3 hours ago, dmeeksDC said:

Nice review. They look fantastic. That new letter-less Wilson shield is growing on me! Appreciate the shot from address with the ball and the profile shot of the sole. It’s a beautiful head shape. 

I wondered how compact they would be but honestly they exude confidence while being that beautiful blade shape. Can’t go wrong. 

[PARETO]

I’m so happy that WStaff is getting coverage as of late. I have the D9Forged 5-G and have flip flopped between a few sets of older Pings and the D9F all last season. I finally set about doing a 5,7 and 9 iron challenge in the SIM using only those irons from every iron set I own. My goal was to finally settle on what I’ll game in 2024. I’m a serial iron swapper but it’s time I pick the gamer set. 
D9F literally blew everything away. It wasn’t even close. This wasn’t a distance challenge (D9F have stronger lofts so I knew they’d win) but a yardage consistency, spin, feel and dispersion challenge. The Staffs performed so far ahead that I left the SIM and immediately posted my other 4 sets of irons for sale that night. 
I love seeing such an iconic brand coming back to life and I’m proud bag ,em. 

[boggyman]

I played several sets of the last Gen blades with both steel and graphite shafts in them. Even played the FG100 series as well. If they were a touch smaller in overall size I’d definitely be bagging them still. I love my old 80s Staff blade way too much at this point to get new ones but ya never know. I’ve always got some shop credit seems like 🤣🤔

[Rev707]

Awesome. I'm getting a set of the staff blades as well. Went back n forth between the staff blades and the blueprint T for a while. Chose to go wilson. They were pretty comparable, blueprints were a tad hotter but, they are made in China and that swayed me to the staff blade. 

[southpaw72]

I’m three rounds in and my scoring on par 3’s has literally changed over night in the best way. I’m having so much fun with these I’ve played the tips more so I don’t have wedges in and can hit more irons in 😂. I attribute a lot of it to be able to flight these down much better as a play in the wind a lot. Couldn’t be happier with these. Extremely confident in these. 

[R.Patrick]

Your review has me checking these out pretty hard.

Are you able to post a pic of the PW?  Some bladed wedges are out there with shaping, hoping this isn’t.

[southpaw72]

37 minutes ago, R.Patrick said:

Your review has me checking these out pretty hard.

Are you able to post a pic of the PW?  Some bladed wedges are out there with shaping, hoping this isn’t.

Yes will do tomorrow! Feel free to comment again and remind me if I don’t. I’ll be at the course all morning so I shouldn’t forget 

[Mox52]

So, I have the W/S V6, Last Generation CB’s, and Last Generation Blades.  Just received my custom 4-PW on the new CB’s yesterday and will be getting them out this week at some point.  I loved the last CBs.  The previous blades were fantastic.  Glad to see your report on the new blades.  I’ll try to get everyone some feedback on the new CBs when I take them out.  

[kylesilk]

3 hours ago, Mox52 said:

So, I have the W/S V6, Last Generation CB’s, and Last Generation Blades.  Just received my custom 4-PW on the new CB’s yesterday and will be getting them out this week at some point.  I loved the last CBs.  The previous blades were fantastic.  Glad to see your report on the new blades.  I’ll try to get everyone some feedback on the new CBs when I take them out.  

Any chance you could post some pics comparing the CBs?

Edited March 3 by kylesilk

[Mox52]

2 hours ago, kylesilk said:

Any chance you could post some pics comparing the CBs?

Yes I can do that Monday or Tuesday.  

[Tar_Heel_93]

20 hours ago, Mox52 said:

Yes I can do that Monday or Tuesday.  

Thanks in advance. If you can include the V6 and MB irons along with the 2 CBs that would be great.

Edited March 4 by Tar_Heel_93

[toddba11]

Off topic, but don’t overlook the new Staff ball released in January, just recorded my second career ace with one……

[Mox52]

1 hour ago, Tar_Heel_93 said:

Thanks in advance. If you can include the V6 and MB irons along with the 2 CBs that would be great.

Sure I can compare all 4

[lefthack]

Yeah, those look fantastic. They said lefties MIGHT come later and I hope so.

[southpaw72]

9 hours ago, lefthack said:

Yeah, those look fantastic. They said lefties MIGHT come later and I hope so.

Might come later? I’ve had these for two weeks lol 

[Tar_Heel_93]

11 hours ago, lefthack said:

Yeah, those look fantastic. They said lefties MIGHT come later and I hope so.

The CBs appear to have left handed option available now too. 

[lefthack]

1 hour ago, Tar_Heel_93 said:

The CBs appear to have left handed option available now too. 

 

I'm guessing the market for lefty Wilson blades is pretty small, so I get why the might not (looking at you Srixon Z Forged). But it is a blade I would like to try and would have no issue playing if they are as good as I would expect. 

[southpaw72]

10 minutes ago, lefthack said:

I'm guessing the market for lefty Wilson blades is pretty small, so I get why the might not

I’m super confused. They have them. I own them. There’s pictures like 8 posts up. You can order some today lol 

[lefthack]

1 hour ago, southpaw72 said:

I’m super confused. They have them. I own them. There’s pictures like 8 posts up. You can order some today lol 

 

What am I missing then? The Wilson website only shows right handed.

 

 

[Lasorcier]

Try clicking on the customize button.  It will be an option.  Why they don't have a button for left hand on the main page is beyond me, but yeah.

 

[southpaw72]

Yes it’s on the custom option. Wilson website is terrible. But they are definitely available!

[Tar_Heel_93]

Also available at 2nd swing in lefty with many shaft options.

[wam78]

I finally got a good look at the new cb’s yesterday in person and they look outstanding.  Not sure if they will unseat the previous model I currently have the bag, but man they look good.

[dmeeksDC]

2 hours ago, wam78 said:

I finally got a good look at the new cb’s yesterday in person and they look outstanding.  Not sure if they will unseat the previous model I currently have the bag, but man they look good.

Do you think the new ones have a longer blade length or is that unchanged?

[hammergolf]

23 hours ago, toddba11 said:

Off topic, but don’t overlook the new Staff ball released in January, just recorded my second career ace with one……

Congrats!

[wam78]

8 minutes ago, dmeeksDC said:

Do you think the new ones have a longer blade length or is that unchanged?

I was thinking about that when I looked at them.  Had the older ones side by side with the new one.  At first I thought they might be a touch longer but it’s hard to tell.  At a certain angle it looks like the grooves are a touch longer but I’m not sure.  However, the size of the face might be ever so slightly bigger overall, but it’s hard to tell.  It’s nitpicking at this point.

[jibbs1082]

On 2/18/2024 at 2:35 PM, southpaw72 said:

Well 3-p blades made their way to me a few days ago and today was maiden voyage. I know a few of you were interested in a review from the pre release thread so here we go.

 

First impression. I had a custom order. I received them within 10 days. I had a lie, length, grip and shaft custom options. They arrived in a neat box saying custom fit etc. was a nice touch.  They accommodated every request like grips logo down etc. it was all perfect down to the packing slip assuring quality and every build spec.

 

We’re still on mats so it’s hard to say a lot about one range session but on the course I was sold. Turf interaction was awesome. I haven’t played blades since I benched my MB2’s a little while ago and have been in love with my Cobra Tours. I have missed the options a nice sleek blade gives you. I  found these generously forgiving for a blade both in feel and flight. I knew exactly where I stuck the ball but it was never harsh. I have zero Lm numbers to offer but I found the flight more piercing (which I was after) with plenty of spin. It’s also worth mentioning I was playing my winter ball a maxfli tour s and it was 40*.  They look great, they feel great and my iron play today was as good as it’s been especially coming out of winter. Played the par 3’s even and scored better with an iron approach than with a wedge but that’s a sad story for another time. 
 

Feel- as I mentioned you instantly knew if you were a little toe side heel side etc, but it wasn’t insulting. I really loved the feel of these. They have a very solid “dense” feel when you’re flushing them. I much prefer that feel to a marshmallow, which coming from the king tours that’s what they felt like and it’s great in its own way but just different. They weren’t clicky like some titleist forgings just “solid”. I play a hot melted driver, stainless putter, and now these so I guess I’m a big fan of that dense softness. I hope 1% of that makes sense 
 

One thing I did find I’ll need to work through is the longer irons 3,4 I was really losing the ball to an exaggerated cut but I think that’s a little bit of a feel issue I’ll get through with these and not completely new for me anyway. 
 

TLDR go buy some Wilson’s and add another major win to their record. 

Pictured is the 5 iron

 

 

 

 

Awesome review, man these look sweet. Kinda makes me feel nostalgic to a throwback of my youth in the 80s. Personally I am getting tired of the over kill of big brand marketing on youtube golf, etc... the big brands have started to turn me off with a feeling of strategy has shifted from R&D to almost over marketing any sort of new small technology. Really turned off by the Stealth & Stealth 2 in particular. PXGs are overkill now, and Muira seems to be trending that way with influencers leading the story telling.

 

All that aside...

 

Thinking of making the move full time from T-100s to a blade. Actually grew up on Hogan Radials, which if you want to talk about criminal feedback for mishits - these take the cake. I have been shopping around, never really hit the Titelist CBs or Mizuno MPs well and it kind of stalled my pursuit. These look so clean and are kind of under the radar it has me itching again. I've noticed with my T-100s when I am striking well, I get just this standard straight ball flight, so am interested if I actually do want some increased workability.

 

Curious what your index is, level of play, some LM generalized numbers that might help. Based on your glowing feedback from the Cobra Tours (similar to T100's) maybe I am ready to make the jump. Have always been in love with a blade look at address.. just haven't felt confident enough with dead shots losing "too much" distance and spin control.

 

Currently a 7.5... irons typically aren't a problem, tend to lose my strokes greenside, and more specifically terrible putting.

 

Lastly, do you find the polished finish bothersome in high sun days? Brushed or mat irons are definitely easier with glare IMO despite the fact I "like" the look of polished better.

 

Thanks!!

Edited March 5 by jibbs1082

[Steve o]

On 3/3/2024 at 7:56 PM, toddba11 said:

Off topic, but don’t overlook the new Staff ball released in January, just recorded my second career ace with one……

Congratulations