Wilson DYNAPWR Carbon Driver Review

[Hawk]

Stop us if you’ve heard this story before. Wilson Golf, long known for their fantastic irons, are trying to make inroads in the metalwoods segment. You know what? We’re going to stop ourselves. How many times have we read that same boring introduction in a Wilson metalwoods review? A sampling of all the major YouTube […]

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[hadi05]

Great write up @Hawk! You’re absolutely correct, consumers in many instances want to read about what they may be buying. Wilson may have short sold that.

 

[JB]

Interesting article on what is definitely the best looking Wilson driver to date.
Creating a low spin playable driver as a core model is something that I think is pretty compelling.

This could be an early sleeper pick for underrated and I think they have a winner on their hands.

 

[JTinMO]

I love the looks of this driver. Traditional shaped, they did it right. Is the ventus a true ventus shaft? for $549 with a real ventus this could be a steal of a driver if so.

 

[Tywithay]

Great review @Hawk

I love the looks of this driver. Hopefully Wilson reads your review and takes some of it to heart. I agree that there just isn't really much information on this driver direct from the manufacturer. This is one I want to hit at some point, even though I don't need a new driver.

 

[Golfers Anonymous]

First Wilson driver I like the look of since ever I believe. Will be interesting to see how they do going up in price as they now are at Cobra and others level in cost and all of a sudden just the price savings is no longer a selling point and they will be judged primarily on performance. If truly a Ventus TR Blue it’s a big selling point but I’d like verification on that first as they still maintain that box set brand in the back of my mind when I started golf. They are moving that thought further and further away but like I wrote above this one solely relies on performance alone at that price and time will tell in the fitting bays.

 

[Golfers Anonymous]

Dug into their shaft matrix and it looks like the stock TR is a made for shaft as the True Ventus TR is a 350 up charge.

 

[Hawk]

I love the looks of this driver. Traditional shaped, they did it right. Is the ventus a true ventus shaft? for $549 with a real ventus this could be a steal of a driver if so.

Dug into their shaft matrix and it looks like the stock TR is a made for shaft as the True Ventus TR is a 350 up charge.

GA is right. They offer the upcharge Ventus for custom orders.

 

[G8rJimbo]

Great article.

Honestly, the webpage reads like it was generated with some AI instead of a marketing team. Great looking driver, but if I'm honest, I can't give Wilson a serious thought just because of their recent (lack) of history. It would be like McGregor coming out with a new driver claiming to be competitive. BUT...only one way to find out.

 

[Lord Tox]

Have to admit reading through this article @Hawk made me want to try this out. Wilson hasn't had a good looking driver in years and this one I think this one checks a lot of boxes. Also I like how you called them out.

 

[blugold]

But what about the open hosel construction!?

 

[Hawk]

Have to admit reading through this article @Hawk made me want to try this out. Wilson hasn't had a good looking driver in years and this one I think this one checks a lot of boxes. Also I like how you called them out.

I think you'd like it quite a bit. I'll make sure you get to try it when we play golf soon.

As for the last part, it has to be said. We want an overload of details!

 

[tahoebum]

Great article.

Honestly, the webpage reads like it was generated with some AI instead of a marketing team. Great looking driver, but if I'm honest, I can't give Wilson a serious thought just because of their recent (lack) of history. It would be like McGregor coming out with a new driver claiming to be competitive. BUT...only one way to find out.

Their reputation with drivers is a huge hurdle for me. The only way I’m buying one of these is used at a heavy discount, especially when I can buy a like new Paradym AI Smoke from CPO for $270. I like Wilson more than most having played their irons from 2003 to 2013 but I bought a Wilson driver several years ago and it was not good enough to make it into my bag.

 

[Lord Tox]

I think you'd like it quite a bit. I'll make sure you get to try it when we play golf soon.

As for the last part, it has to be said. We want an overload of details!

Yes! Need to hit it, for science!

 

[Hawk]

Their reputation with drivers is a huge hurdle for me. The only way I’m buying one of these is used at a heavy discount, especially when I can buy a like new Paradym AI Smoke from CPO for $270. I like Wilson more than most having played their irons from 2003 to 2013 but I bought a Wilson driver several years ago and it was not good enough to make it into my bag.

I understand that viewpoint 100%. I'd encourage you to at least give it a try if you see it in a hitting bay. It's got some good things going on that might surprise you.

 

[Pops]

It is a good looking driver for sure. At the 549 price point I’m not sure it hits a spot where people are going to say wow. Companies that try to pass off a built for shaft with the Ventus name. Adding the TR to it makes it even worse in my mind. Will all driver releases be judged against the new Cobra release of the FF33 adapter.

 

[Tywithay]

But what about the open hosel construction!?

I think it's the same idea that Ping used on the G440 this year, but the article is spot-on that Wilson provided very little.

 

[tahoebum]

I understand that viewpoint 100%. I'd encourage you to at least give it a try if you see it in a hitting bay. It's got some good things going on that might surprise you.

I’ll certainly try it. The lower spin you mention in the article is a good fit for me.

 

[Hawk]

I’ll certainly try it. The lower spin you mention in the article is a good fit for me.

Weight forward really drove it down for me.

 

[JW Smoove]

@Hawk another great review. I’d agree, OEMs need to talk to the tech, i think we had some similar though not “harsh” comments on the DPF irons. There were words (power holes) that perhaps could have been described better or named better.

Just how less playable was the heavy weight forward on heel misses?

And, this driver does not offer tinkering for draw/fade. I wonder how that compares to most other OEM core drivers.

 

[jazi95]

Great review @Hawk ! People do not realize how much R&D it takes to go to the next level. I think it is important for a golf company to offer different styles of their products. In this case, Wilson's (3) drivers is the way to go. Appealing to the high and low handicappers.

For me, I would go with the with DYNAPWR Max. I am a high handicap player and I need the most forgiveness and stability that I can get. Definitely a beautiful driver.

Question to the group - do you think that at some point Wilson will have to rebrand the logo into something more 'new' / 'modern'? Wilson is trying to make a comeback, but do they need to do this to obtain competitive advantage? For example, KIA changed the logo and the style of its cars.

 

[Hawk]

@Hawk another great review. I’d agree, OEMs need to talk to the tech, i think we had some similar though not “harsh” comments on the DPF irons. There were words (power holes) that perhaps could have been described better or named better.

Just how less playable was the heavy weight forward on heel misses?

And, this driver does not offer tinkering for draw/fade. I wonder how that compares to most other OEM core drivers.

For me, the weight forward just amplified everything when I put a bad strike. More directional missing, lower height, etc.

I don't recall a specific heel strike to relate to you unfortunately. It's just not a miss I have that often.

 

[JW Smoove]

For me, the weight forward just amplified everything when I put a bad strike. More directional missing, lower height, etc.

I don't recall a specific heel strike to relate to you unfortunately. It's just not a miss I have that often.

Thank you sir. Appreciate the reply.

 

[Hawk]

Great review @Hawk ! People do not realize how much R&D it takes to go to the next level. I think it is important for a golf company to offer different styles of their products. In this case, Wilson's (3) drivers is the way to go. Appealing to the high and low handicappers.

For me, I would go with the with DYNAPWR Max. I am a high handicap player and I need the most forgiveness and stability that I can get. Definitely a beautiful driver.

Question to the group - do you think that at some point Wilson will have to rebrand the logo into something more 'new' / 'modern'? Wilson is trying to make a comeback, but do they need to do this to obtain competitive advantage? For example, KIA changed the logo and the style of its cars.

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I think the "Wilson" logo and removing W/S from their shield logo was their attempt to do exactly that. Not sure if it was a hit or a miss, but seems like they have decided on a direction.

 

[Canadan]

alright, first thoughts;

I went straight to the website to check out how they presented the drivers by comparison to the awesome photos in the review, and holy wow what an annoying process. First I had to press and hold click to confirm I wasn't a bot, then I had to 'accept' cookie nonsense, and then a pop up offering 10% off that takes up the entire screen.

I'm not even in the door yet boys, relax.