Equipment
New ultra-lightweight Wilson D7 driver features 192-gram clubhead, RE-AKT Technology
Wilson Golf has unveiled its latest driver, the Wilson D7, which with its superlight design, aims to provide golfers with a driver that produces greater clubhead speed with added forgiveness.
The Wilson D7 driver contains a clubhead which weighs just 192 grams and features RE-AKT Technology plus a combination of superlight design and reactive face technology, the combination of which aims to deliver faster clubhead speeds and ball speeds for added distance.
The new Wilson D7 driver features a (K)omposite lightweight crown design, which has helped the company to lower the CG position of the driver. The composite crown is made with a layer of Kevlar sandwiched between layers of carbon fiber, which aims to offer improved sound off the clubface while dampening any unwanted vibration.
This 2019 Wilson driver contains a fixed hosel and weighs in at just 280-grams total weight. The idea behind the lightness of the driver is to offer slower-swing speed golfers the chance to increase their club speed significantly.
Speaking on the new release from Wilson, Jon Pergande, Global Innovation Manager at Wilson Golf stated
“The process of creating the D7 driver started with designing the head shape and then stripping out all available weight, almost 25 grams. This weight was strategically returned to the head with the goal of improving the sound of the driver and optimizing ball flight with Dynamic Launch Control.”
In the Wilson D7 driver, golfers will have the opportunity of choosing between three different lofts (9, 10.5, 13 degrees).
The 9-degree driver is targeted for players with a faster swing speed, with internal weights moved forward in the aim of reducing spin and offering a lower launch. The 10.5-degree option is designed for golfers with a moderate-to-fast swing with weighting towards the middle to provide for more spin and a higher launch, while the 13-degree option is aimed at those with a slow-to-moderate swing speed with weighting further back for a high launching and spinning driver.
The Wilson D7 driver contains the new UST-Mamiya Helium Series shaft, which is available in A-flex (45 grams), R-flex (46 grams) and S-flex (57 grams). The new release also contains Wilson’s Staff MicroLite Lamkin grip, which weighs just 28 grams.
The driver will hit retail stores on January 21 and will cost $299.99.
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- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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TLW
Jan 16, 2019 at 7:38 pm
Finally, something to replace the old Cortex!
jgpl001
Jan 15, 2019 at 1:28 pm
I don’t know how Wilson are still operating in the golf world, but its time they gave up gracefully and slipped away
From a once great company they now a joke and mixing it with the likes of Dunlop, Spalding, Benross, etc.
Before the bashing starts I learned to play golf with an old set of Staff Blades, now there was a club to mix it with the best
Tim
Jan 15, 2019 at 8:58 am
It seems that evey non-golf related ‘Wilson’ product is a high quality, no nonsense item. From footballs to tennis equipment, everything else is just good product. At one time in history, Wilson was synonymous with sincere quality.
Wilson Staff, on the other hand, churns out gimicky garbage. Watching their show, its clearly just a bunch of old dads trying to come up with the next slick thing that the kids will like. Like the chevy guys trying to peddle thier dorky Camaros to us.
I wonder if Wilson had taken a different rout in the early 90s, they would have been a company similar to Titleist. Perhaps a significant competitor of no bs golf equipment.
coops
Jan 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm
You can open a copy of “Search For the Perfect swing” by Cochran and Stobbs to find out why making a driver head lighter and lighter (from the usual 200gm) does NOT result in greater distances for most people.
This was researched and written in the 1960’s!
This link refers to that section in the book
http://probablegolfinstruction.com/PGI%20Newsletter/news02-12-04.htm
“Ball speed actually peaks when using a clubhead with mass 0.210 kg or 210 g. This result is for a kinetic energy of 227 Joules. Different players with different swings and strengths would all have a slightly different optimum clubhead mass. For most, it is around 200 g, thus most drivers have clubhead masses that correspond to this.”
Tom
Jan 14, 2019 at 6:07 pm
Wow! at 192 gram club head weight, this driver will have little feel and the player won’t get much feedback thru the swing. This has been tried before, without success at the player level. Reminds one of the Dave Pelz feather lite concept which failed miserably in the 80s.
Daryl Verbanic
Jan 15, 2019 at 12:43 am
Seems much to lite seems like an attempt to get the old theory of lighter is faster and longer no sense ..the Cortex driver I bought I have all Wilson drivers over last 6 years have 7 sets of there better player irons great irons only one driver seems to be close to my Epic .Rougue or the other thirty drivers I own I am certiable club addict can shoot even par with any set of clubs I own …seem to hit all the irons the same distances with in a few yards the Wilson Cotex is a great looking driver great shaft BUT BEING THE D 7 IS JUST THE OPPOSITE TO LITE CERSUS TO HEAVY WAKE UP WILSON YOUR ENGINEERS ARE MISSUNG THE BOAT REACH OUT TO ME ILL GET YOUR DRIVERS TO SELLLOWER RETAIL ..GOOD SHADT LESSEN THE CORTEX WEIFHT GET THE LOFTS VORRECT THE CLUBS LOFTS ARE OFF THE CLUB GROUNDED DOES NOT SIT AT ACTUAL LOFT OF CLUB THEY ALL ASD LOFT ??? CHECK THIS OUT WILSON ,one extreme to another sad great irons balls are even good drivers suck as I said I bout the last 6 years of drivers and the F5 olis a great driver to much roll and buldge on their drivers oh well u need good insight
Thomas A
Jan 15, 2019 at 11:04 am
Could you please write this again in English? Thanks.
Bryan from Boston
Jan 15, 2019 at 7:16 pm
Wow, honestly I don’t drive the ball as far as that run on sentence… On a good day… Downhill… With the wind at my back.
TLW
Jan 16, 2019 at 7:41 pm
I couldn’t stop laughing at this comment.
Go home, Daryl! You’re drunk!