Back in late 2016, Wilson released their Tour V6 irons and they have been the mainstay for their players on the PGA Tour since that time. While the company has come out with numerous options since then, their stable of players including Paddy Harrington and Kevin Streelman have opted to continue to use this set. Today, they are announcing the Wilson Staff Model CB irons, which is inspired by the Tour V6.
Nearly 4 years in golf equipment release time is an eternity. Wilson is hopeful that the Staff Model lineage becomes more defined with the extension of a cavity back player’s iron to match the muscle back that has been out for a couple of years and used by Gary Woodland. That brings us to the new Wilson Staff Model CB irons and the evolution of the Tour V6.
“Wilson continues to strive to the make the best, most respected irons in the world,” said Jon Pergande Manager of Golf Club Innovation. “The Staff Model CB Irons are aesthetically pleasing to the elite player and with the new Tri-Brace stabilizer providing a structural connection between the topline and the central impact mass we have stabilized the topline enhancing the energy transfer to the ball while also providing improved sound and feel .”
The club head is 8620 carbon steel and the face is backed by what Wilson calls Impact Mass Area. Sound familiar? It was featured in the Tour V6 as well. This provides muscle back like feel with the cavity back design to give you a little added forgiveness and consistency without the loss of impact feel that is cherished in an iron this size.
The Tour V6 featured 20 grams of tungsten split heel in and toe in the long irons and centered in the mid irons to lower the center of gravity. The Staff Model CB changes that up a bit. Moving all 20 grams of tungsten to the toe of the long and mid irons to enhance stability.
Mentioned above from Jon Pergande, the Staff Model CB has something that immediately catches the eye in the cavity. It is what they call Tri-Brace stabilizer and we have seen that in a few different irons as of late in various forms. Having a more structurally sound club head is a good thing in an iron this size. The connection from ideal impact location to the top line will definitely alter sound and feel in a positive way.
For the loft peepers traditionalists out there, you will be happy to note that Wilson has kept the lofts that you are seeking. One interesting point is that the set is 7 pieces, meaning 4-PW only, but a 2, 3 and GW are available in custom orders.
This is a pretty early look however, with the Wilson Staff Model CB irons not slated to hit stores until January 15th of 2021. When they do, you will be able to pick them up at Budget Golf and use the THP Coupon on the right hand side of the screen for 15% off your order.
The Details
In Stores: January 15th, 2021
Cost: $999 for 7 pieces
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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I do feel a little guilty, but I don’t want to be the only one to get a good deal!????
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How long until the cancelled order? Over or under by Wednesday?
Well, it’s Labor Day weekend, so no one is in the office until Tuesday. It’s Wilson/Staff so, they’re slow on the uptake….Thursday propbably!
they’ll catch it AFTER they ship…
Maybe they honor the sales to try and get the clubs in more people’s hands which may lead to word of mouth sales from players who end up raving about the irons
That would make too much sense.
And cost them too much.
When your biggest knock by people is being a big box brand, going with 300.00 iron sets probably doesn’t help that
You know you can just say Srixon, right?
Maybe the decided to embrace that brand image now ?
At least they’d be embracing any kind of image. They’re so lost.
Could just write it off as a grassroots marketing campaign, probably show better results from that than their current marketing campaigns
Lol.
Something along the lines of including a note in the box saying “We know there was a pricing error on our site, but we decided to honor all orders. All we ask is that show them off to your playing partners and friends on social media, and/or let fellow players know what you think of them via online golf forums.” The customers who took advantage of the pricing error could also end up becoming repeat Wilson customers.
As soon as the pricing error was posted on Facebook groups in the 150k territory any chance of shipping these out was dead. I would wager that they don’t even have the inventory to fulfill all of the orders that came in even if they wanted to. And that’s fine by me. Never really expected to get them when I placed the order.
Can you imagine the person who got the phone call that people were buying hand over fist. Kinda like “Office Space” checking the account balance at the ATM.
Pricing of the set vs. single club was just a Monday detail!
I wonder if they’ll honour any sales at all… I’d be surprised, to be honest.
Good looking iron by my eye.
Haha yeah but why be boring…
Ove the comments on all the buyers who are butt hurt about buying into a fake price and never recover unless wilson delivers. They are threatening to bought the product. Pretty sure, myself included outside of dozen balls and a wedge, no one has bought a Wilson product. Even more Wilson will be better off if they never do buy vs taking the L on these irons.
This stunt got me interested again.
exactly. I was up their mistake give the people who put in some purchases a break if they can handle the amount of orders and it’s a win-win. You make money on your product and you’re getting good reviews. Plus people are getting your clubs at a good price which they are amazing. Very good iron as they usually make.
Samsies. Even so aren’t these still sub $1k irons when others are $1200 plus for the same configuration?
$1100 for set of 7
I have to imagine they received a ton of orders based on the number of people in the groups this pricing error was disclosed to
at 149 or whatver it was, they’d be losing a ton on irons. Way more than just refunding. But that’s why I can see them trying to get people to buy in at a different price to keep some of the sales. At least, that’s what I would do.
I believe they are around 999?
The markup for golf equipment in retail is not 100%. In fact it’s a fraction of that.
You would be wrong, doing that would be a complete waste of your time
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I bet it would depend on state and how aggressive they would be. I’d be sure to not purchase anything from them in the future.
I don’t really understand that line of thought, so not getting an 8 iron set for the price of 1 iron is whats going to cause you to never buy from Wilson again?
They set a price, someone paid, they backed out of the deal. Its the same as buying a car. If I agree on the deal and then they back out afterwards I walk, no talk. Not my problem they priced it.
I always use the thought process of "If I don’t pay will they provide service?" It works both ways. They have become a niche in the market with little direction. This error really doesn’t surprise me very much.
Agree I. 100% fine walking away when I receive the whoops email this week. No hard feelings. 100% price error. Feel bad for the approval person in charge of this site/update.
When you buy a car you discuss price. This was a pricing error on a website. They didn’t agree to sell you anything for a certain price.
With these things it’s always, hope they honor it because you got a screamin steal, but expect them not to and that’s ok.
Shaking my damn head at you
My guess is refunds for everyone and the only consolation is a “sorry for the inconvenience” email lol
no such thing as a free lunch..
Id guess they aren’t sending people shite for trying to take advantage of an error.