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Hawk said:
How would you describe center contact? I'm using a softer ball most of the time, so that influences things, but it's almost like you can feel the ball smooshing into the face. Really nice.
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I think it’s a perfect happy medium. The TM drivers have a soft/dead feeling to them bc of the carbon face. The DS-Adapt LS is pretty firm off the center. The core Carbon was a perfect medium between those 2 drivers I own currently whereas the DYNAPWR LS felt pretty firm similar to the Adapt LS

I use a TP5x and prefer firm feeling ball. I dunno if it’s the face or the ball but I did feel a satisfying compression off the center that I don’t get with either TM or Cobra.

When I center the TM I don’t feel much of anything. The Cobra when centered is very firm but feels powerful. DYNAPWR is just satisfying and felt the best
 
jfrigo1003 said:
I think it’s a perfect happy medium. The TM drivers have a soft/dead feeling to them bc of the carbon face. The DS-Adapt LS is pretty firm off the center. The core Carbon was a perfect medium between those 2 drivers I own currently whereas the DYNAPWR LS felt pretty firm similar to the Adapt LS

I use a TP5x and prefer firm feeling ball. I dunno if it’s the face or the ball but I did feel a satisfying compression off the center that I don’t get with either TM or Cobra.

When I center the TM I don’t feel much of anything. The Cobra when centered is very firm but feels powerful. DYNAPWR is just satisfying and felt the best
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Definitely has that goldilocks thing going on.
 
Thrillbilly Jim said:
Is comparable enough to make people take a chance on Wilson? Price and looks help.
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That’s the million dollar question. To the average consumer I don’t think so… but to those on golf forums that do the research I think it is

If club champion or true spec can get these in more people’s hands who are unbiased then I think they can do very well. They won’t take over top 5 wood sales but I’d have to believe they sell better than the previous generation
 
jfrigo1003 said:
That’s the million dollar question. To the average consumer I don’t think so… but to those on golf forums that do the research I think it is

If club champion or true spec can get these in more people’s hands who are unbiased then I think they can do very well. They won’t take over top 5 wood sales but I’d have to believe they sell better than the previous generation
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If the Carbon listed at $499 and not $549, does that help or hurt sales? It’s an interesting conundrum.
 
Hawk said:
Finally took some swings with this today indoors and am planning on getting it outdoors later. I hate freaking swinging drivers indoors - beech. Still, not too bad for a first pass and the first driver swings I've taken since December.

Set this at +2 degrees. Pleased to see it wasn't overly closed or weird looking at that setting. Very useable visually.

Anyway, a few quick thoughts.
  • Sounds amazing and feels amazing. Really nice.
  • Seems to be substantially more forgiving than the original DYNAPWR. The miss isn't so deadly at least. Even some decent results from swipey contact.
  • Predominant ball flight for me was a fade back to center or a slight pull. A couple true wipers out right. A couple big yanks. Mostly what would be in the confines of the golf course though. Could not say that about the original.
  • Ball flight ranged from a little too low to what I consider mid height. Spin and launch were both on the low end for me at times, but towards the end as I warmed it wasn't too bad at all. 12-13 degrees/2500.
  • Seemed quick enough for what I was giving it.
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What drivers would you compare the feel to? It looks like it sets up very nicely behind the ball, does that help with your aim at all?
 
outlawx said:
What drivers would you compare the feel to? It looks like it sets up very nicely behind the ball, does that help with your aim at all?
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Sorry I meant to respond to this yesterday and got sidetracked.

Haven't really noticed any aim help, but I am happy to see that the +2 loft setting isn't so ridiculously closed that I refuse to use it. Probably will look closed at some level to most people, but it's not terrible to me.

As for sound comparisons, we discussed it a little further up the page, but I'd say @jfrigo1003 described it really well as a perfect middle ground. Not dead and not too boisterous. It's really pleasant.
 
@Hawk Can you share a picture of the driver at setup view?
 
I hit a whole bunch of balls with this yesterday after speed training. I was 100% not trying to worry about dispersion or strike. Purely trying to just swing faster. As you can imagine, that resulted in a wide variety of impact points. Again, I came away impressed with the forgivingness, especially in comparison to the previous generation. It basically a completely different driver imo. Very few balls off the map.

For me, I'll say again that it launches a tick lower than is probably ideal for me, but it's not like 8-9 degrees or anything. I like to be in the 14-16 range and it's closer to 12-13. Spin isn't crazy low, but low enough.

Miss is predominantly left for me, but left of center if that makes sense. I'm not seeing running hooks.
 
I gotta try these out one day. I love the looks.

At my last fitting I mentioned Wilson and he stopped and talked for about 3 minutes recapping 4 people that he fit them into the Wilson woods in the last couple weeks. He said they are seeing great performance out of them. These may be a gem of a lineup this year.
 
Hawk said:
Finally took some swings with this today indoors and am planning on getting it outdoors later. I hate freaking swinging drivers indoors - beech. Still, not too bad for a first pass and the first driver swings I've taken since December.

Set this at +2 degrees. Pleased to see it wasn't overly closed or weird looking at that setting. Very useable visually.

Anyway, a few quick thoughts.
  • Sounds amazing and feels amazing. Really nice.
  • Seems to be substantially more forgiving than the original DYNAPWR. The miss isn't so deadly at least. Even some decent results from swipey contact.
  • Predominant ball flight for me was a fade back to center or a slight pull. A couple true wipers out right. A couple big yanks. Mostly what would be in the confines of the golf course though. Could not say that about the original.
  • Ball flight ranged from a little too low to what I consider mid height. Spin and launch were both on the low end for me at times, but towards the end as I warmed it wasn't too bad at all. 12-13 degrees/2500.
  • Seemed quick enough for what I was giving it.
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I had a feeling it was going to sound pretty impeccable. That’s good to hear confirmation of.

That 2500 range is rock solid.
 
Hawk said:
I hit a whole bunch of balls with this yesterday after speed training. I was 100% not trying to worry about dispersion or strike. Purely trying to just swing faster. As you can imagine, that resulted in a wide variety of impact points. Again, I came away impressed with the forgivingness, especially in comparison to the previous generation. It basically a completely different driver imo. Very few balls off the map.

For me, I'll say again that it launches a tick lower than is probably ideal for me, but it's not like 8-9 degrees or anything. I like to be in the 14-16 range and it's closer to 12-13. Spin isn't crazy low, but low enough.

Miss is predominantly left for me, but left of center if that makes sense. I'm not seeing running hooks.
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Left of center isn’t a bad place to be if there’s no low hooks involved.

I love love love hearing that the playability is much improved, because it def needed to be from last years.
 
JTinMO said:
I gotta try these out one day. I love the looks.

At my last fitting I mentioned Wilson and he stopped and talked for about 3 minutes recapping 4 people that he fit them into the Wilson woods in the last couple weeks. He said they are seeing great performance out of them. These may be a gem of a lineup this year.
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It’s impressive how stacked the release deck is for 25
 
Jman said:
Left of center isn’t a bad place to be if there’s no low hooks involved.

I love love love hearing that the playability is much improved, because it def needed to be from last years.
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Yea just a little pully more than anything, which I can't say I dislike (as long as the fairways aren't swamped).
 
Hawk said:
Yea just a little pully more than anything, which I can't say I dislike (as long as the fairways aren't swamped).
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Do you have the 10.5 lofted up?

Im noticing alot of this years drivers are launching lower than I like. I had to go with 10.5 in DS Adapt LS. My Qi35 core is a 9* but its launching around 10. I should have gone with a 10.5 there

My miss is left so if i do pick up a DYNAPWR I would go 10.5 and open it one notch
 
jfrigo1003 said:
Do you have the 10.5 lofted up?

Im noticing alot of this years drivers are launching lower than I like. I had to go with 10.5 in DS Adapt LS. My Qi35 core is a 9* but its launching around 10. I should have gone with a 10.5 there

My miss is left so if i do pick up a DYNAPWR I would go 10.5 and open it one notch
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It's the 9 degree lofted up.

Companies seem to send 9 degree drivers more often than not, at least on the "non-Max" models.
 
Hawk said:
It's the 9 degree lofted up.

Companies seem to send 9 degree drivers more often than not, at least on the "non-Max" models.
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ah ok. so the 10.5 would probably be more ideal for you than. Less lofting up and less closed face
 
jfrigo1003 said:
ah ok. so the 10.5 would probably be more ideal for you than. Less lofting up and less closed face
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Yep for sure. Gotta roll with what we get sometimes. Not a huge deal with this one, but with the old version in 9 degree it was pretty rough.
 
Hawk said:
Yep for sure. Gotta roll with what we get sometimes. Not a huge deal with this one, but with the old version in 9 degree it was pretty rough.
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old version was super low spin and unplayable. This lineup is probably the best upgrade from old model to new model of all the OEM's
 
jfrigo1003 said:
old version was super low spin and unplayable. This lineup is probably the best upgrade from old model to new model of all the OEM's
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Absolutely.
 
Would love to hear a direct sound comparison between last years Carbon and the 2025.
 
73monte said:
Would love to hear a direct sound comparison between last years Carbon and the 2025.
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I can't give you a recording if that's what you're looking for, but the 2025 comes off far less firm to my ears.
 
I moved the heavy weight forward today when I was practicing on the SkyTrak+. That was a big old mistake lol. Made me feel like I was hitting the 2023 DYNAPWR Carbon. I hit a couple that didn't crack 1200 rpms of backspin. Had to test it though.
 
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