MEMBER REVIEWS: Wilson DYNAPWR Fairway Woods & Hybrid Testing | See What Members Are Saying

[Red4282]

20 minutes ago, ColdOkieGolf said:

It's good to know it isn't just me.  With the low/low shaft in the 3 wood, it was a bit too low/low - but MAN when I made a good swing was it long! 280-290 wasn't off the table. 

Having played a round now after throwing the Tensei Blue in there, it's been a great improvement.  Seems like a more mid shaft profile is the perfect combo for the carbon woods.

Yea, I have WBs in mine, and with the 16.5, I pretty much get 15* 3 wood numbers, which isnt what Im looking for in my gapping. The WB has been such a good shaft for me overall, I didnt really want to switch if I didnt have to, so opted to loft up. Its worked really well so far.

[ArcticSound]

Excited to see the feedback on the new woods. I've been playing the 2023 Dynapwr 3 wood and 3 hybrid for a while now and just can't get away from them (in a good way). I've tried to kick the 3 hybrid out of the bag with a PING G430 hybrid and I've found that I vastly prefer the Wilson. Both the hybrid and wood are easy to hit, feel great, sound great. Truly point and shoot clubs for me.

 

Love the look of the new woods in particular, especially the crown with the matte leading edge and gloss top. Strangely, I actually prefer the all-matte crown on the 2023 Dynapwr hybrid to the all-gloss crown on the 2025 hybrids.

 

 

[eric61]

39 minutes ago, ArcticSound said:

Excited to see the feedback on the new woods. I've been playing the 2023 Dynapwr 3 wood and 3 hybrid for a while now and just can't get away from them (in a good way). I've tried to kick the 3 hybrid out of the bag with a PING G430 hybrid and I've found that I vastly prefer the Wilson. Both the hybrid and wood are easy to hit, feel great, sound great. Truly point and shoot clubs for me.

 

Love the look of the new woods in particular, especially the crown with the matte leading edge and gloss top. Strangely, I actually prefer the all-matte crown on the 2023 Dynapwr hybrid to the all-gloss crown on the 2025 hybrids.

 

 

What are the differences you've seen with the DYNAPWR hybrid vs. the G430 hybrid? In terms of launch, carry distance, any draw/fade bias? 

 

I'm making the same comparison and will get into it more as I get more experience with the Wilson hybrid ... but just curious to see how what I've seen so far matches up with others!

[golfinbrad]

I went to my buddy's club yesterday to get some Trackman data.  Unfortunately there was no one there to help me with the setup I wanted.  I was hoping to get the fitting data with the spreadsheet style layout with the different colors.  So I ended up doing each club in it own session.  I took the average of the 5 and took a pic.  It was not ideal, but a start.  I will go to my club this weekend or early next week.  We have an older Foresight GC2, but at least I can get the proper layout.  We were also on limited time, so only able to compare the hybrid and 5 wood.  I will get to the 3 wood, along with hitting the 5 wood and hybrid on the GC2.  Anyway, I was able to hit them, get a few numbers and form some early opinions.

 

Hybrids - Wilson Hybrid

 

 

Hybrid - Tour Edge Exotics C721

 

 

Hybrid Summary - Both clubs had my typical shot shape with a little fade, which I like.  The biggest thing that jumped out at me was the jump in overall distance with the Wilson.  It was a lower spin of the 2 overall, but nothing concerning.  The Wilson does have a firm feel across the face than the C721, but still provides great feed back.  Again it will be nice next time when I can compare all the data points for each shot.  

 

5 Wood - Callaway UW 17*

 

 

5 Wood - Wilson DYNAPOWR Carbon

 

 

 

5 Wood Summary -  HUGE jump in numbers between the Callaway UW and Wilson 5 wood both distance and dispersion.  Absolutely no question the 5 wood will be going in the bag.

 

Summary so far - First off I feel both the hybrid and fairways look great.  I would argue the fairways might be one of the best looking fairways on the market.  They have a shallow face, but do not look like it standing over it.  I think this has to do with the design of the top line.  Well done.  The faces are little on the firmer side, which I can't say make a difference to me.  They still provide excellent feedback.  I'm really curious about the 3 wood.  I'm not sure if I'll see better numbers than the 5 wood.  The Wilson 5 wood are better than what I've seen with my current 3 wood.  These have me pretty excited.  Great job Wilson.  More to come in the next couple of days with some outside range time and another simulator session.  I do plan on getting them on the course at least twice next week.  Sorry again for not exactly getting the details I had hope, but not done yet. 

 

 

Edited June 20 by golfinbrad

[eric61]

Just a quick update -- I had a small window of free time and got to the range today to hit a small bucket and test out the lead tape I'd put on the bottoms of the Carbon 5W and the 4H. 

 

Much, much more consistent with both. So, getting the swing weights up from D0 and C9.5 to D3 on both of them made a big difference. 

 

I started with the 4H and striped six straight shots that all looked pretty much exactly the same. The seventh one was a little bit of a chunky hook, and I figured that was enough for the day to confirm the lead tape was doing what I hoped it would. Then I hit the 5W and it was a similar story -- a bit less consistent with it, but much better strikes overall and it just felt like I could control the head much better. 

 

I hit the 3W some as well and the story remains the same. The Carbon fairway woods are LONG and PENETRATING. They have shallow faces but they are not high-launching clubs. 

 

I was seeing the 4H draw 10-15 yards -- a bit more than I'd like. The Carbon fairway woods have no draw bias at all, as far as I can tell, and just wanted to mostly go straight, unless I mishit them. 

 

I'm playing 18 holes tomorrow afternoon, so I'll have these on the course for the first time and will report back.

[Jdavenp3]

So I’m fresh off driving 7 hours from vacation and just wanted to give my initial impressions on the looks, fit, and finish since I just got in and was able to put my hands on them. 

These clubs lack NOTHING in the looks department. As impressive looking as any fairway wood I have held. The only thing I could see a consumer not being drawn to on the rack is the sole isn’t as busy as all the bigger players in the game. It’s by no means a negative to me, the opposite actually, but the sole has a very subdued approach to it. 
 

The crown is great looking. The carbon fiber pops in the sun and I’m glad they opted for gloss carbon vs matte-some companies have made their carbon fiber look very 1999 auto decal-ish with the crowns recently. Wilson’s are not that at all. The lipstick/racing stripe on top is a welcome touch that adds to the overall looks without taking away from the natural head shape. 
 

At address the clubs look great. Separated scoring lines frame up the ball nicely and there is nothing that distracts you away from the ball. All of my clubs seemed very square (on level ground) to a smidge open. The hosel is small and non obtrusive-out of the way as it should be. Great looking fairways at address. 
 

If I had one complaint, or really just a suggestion/preference, it’d be over the alignment marker on the crown. The DYNAPWR “D” looks fine, it’s not distracting at all, and isn’t off putting. However, the Wilson “W” is ICONIC in the sports world-especially coming from a baseball coach. The “W” circle patch on A2000 gloves, especially the older encircled “W”, is great to look at. I would’ve put that as a small alignment marker to just capture that iconic logo but that’s just me and my preferences from the brand coming from a baseball background. 
 

I posted a couple of comparisons of my 3+ to my Taylormade Stealth 2 3wd. Wilson is less triangular looking down with a slightly smaller footprint but by no means scary to look down at. Face is shallower as others have noted but I’ve always liked fairway woods that are on the shallow side. It’s nothing extreme. 
 

Also, they look sick paired with the Ventus TR shafts. Great compliments to each other. 

I tried to capture some decent pictures quickly but I live on 100 acres of woods/fields and haven’t been able to cut the grass since I’ve been on vacation. My plan is to take them straight to the course tomorrow evening and see how they perform in real scenarios and I’ll report back with some better pictures and info on their performance then.

4wd

 

 

7wd sole

 

3+/TM Stealth

 

 

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[golfinbrad]

25 minutes ago, Jdavenp3 said:

So I’m fresh off driving 7 hours from vacation and just wanted to give my initial impressions on the looks, fit, and finish since I just got in and was able to put my hands on them. 

These clubs lack NOTHING in the looks department. As impressive looking as any fairway wood I have held. The only thing I could see a consumer not being drawn to on the rack is the sole isn’t as busy as all the bigger players in the game. It’s by no means a negative to me, the opposite actually, but the sole has a very subdued approach to it. 
 

The crown is great looking. The carbon fiber pops in the sun and I’m glad they opted for gloss carbon vs matte-some companies have made their carbon fiber look very 1999 auto decal-ish with the crowns recently. Wilson’s are not that at all. The lipstick/racing stripe on top is a welcome touch that adds to the overall looks without taking away from the natural head shape. 
 

At address the clubs look great. Separated scoring lines frame up the ball nicely and there is nothing that distracts you away from the ball. All of my clubs seemed very square (on level ground) to a smidge open. The hosel is small and non obtrusive-out of the way as it should be. Great looking fairways at address. 
 

If I had one complaint, or really just a suggestion/preference, it’d be over the alignment marker on the crown. The DYNAPWR “D” looks fine, it’s not distracting at all, and isn’t off putting. However, the Wilson “W” is ICONIC in the sports world-especially coming from a baseball coach. The “W” circle patch on A2000 gloves, especially the older encircled “W”, is great to look at. I would’ve put that as a small alignment marker to just capture that iconic logo but that’s just me and my preferences from the brand coming from a baseball background. 
 

I posted a couple of comparisons of my 3+ to my Taylormade Stealth 2 3wd. Wilson is less triangular looking down with a slightly smaller footprint but by no means scary to look down at. Face is shallower as others have noted but I’ve always liked fairway woods that are on the shallow side. It’s nothing extreme. 
 

Also, they look sick paired with the Ventus TR shafts. Great compliments to each other. 

I tried to capture some decent pictures quickly but I live on 100 acres of woods/fields and haven’t been able to cut the grass since I’ve been on vacation. My plan is to take them straight to the course tomorrow evening and see how they perform in real scenarios and I’ll report back with some better pictures and info on their performance then.

4wd

 

 

7wd sole

 

3+/TM Stealth

 

 

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100% agree on the W or Wilson shield.  Never had a A2000.  My college glove was that other company 

[Jdavenp3]

Couldn’t resist. Had to hit a “pasture” ball. My version of a range ball at home. These feel great. More to come. 

[Red4282]

2 hours ago, Jdavenp3 said:

So I’m fresh off driving 7 hours from vacation and just wanted to give my initial impressions on the looks, fit, and finish since I just got in and was able to put my hands on them. 

These clubs lack NOTHING in the looks department. As impressive looking as any fairway wood I have held. The only thing I could see a consumer not being drawn to on the rack is the sole isn’t as busy as all the bigger players in the game. It’s by no means a negative to me, the opposite actually, but the sole has a very subdued approach to it. 
 

The crown is great looking. The carbon fiber pops in the sun and I’m glad they opted for gloss carbon vs matte-some companies have made their carbon fiber look very 1999 auto decal-ish with the crowns recently. Wilson’s are not that at all. The lipstick/racing stripe on top is a welcome touch that adds to the overall looks without taking away from the natural head shape. 
 

At address the clubs look great. Separated scoring lines frame up the ball nicely and there is nothing that distracts you away from the ball. All of my clubs seemed very square (on level ground) to a smidge open. The hosel is small and non obtrusive-out of the way as it should be. Great looking fairways at address. 
 

If I had one complaint, or really just a suggestion/preference, it’d be over the alignment marker on the crown. The DYNAPWR “D” looks fine, it’s not distracting at all, and isn’t off putting. However, the Wilson “W” is ICONIC in the sports world-especially coming from a baseball coach. The “W” circle patch on A2000 gloves, especially the older encircled “W”, is great to look at. I would’ve put that as a small alignment marker to just capture that iconic logo but that’s just me and my preferences from the brand coming from a baseball background. 
 

I posted a couple of comparisons of my 3+ to my Taylormade Stealth 2 3wd. Wilson is less triangular looking down with a slightly smaller footprint but by no means scary to look down at. Face is shallower as others have noted but I’ve always liked fairway woods that are on the shallow side. It’s nothing extreme. 
 

Also, they look sick paired with the Ventus TR shafts. Great compliments to each other. 

I tried to capture some decent pictures quickly but I live on 100 acres of woods/fields and haven’t been able to cut the grass since I’ve been on vacation. My plan is to take them straight to the course tomorrow evening and see how they perform in real scenarios and I’ll report back with some better pictures and info on their performance then.

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7wd sole

 

3+/TM Stealth

 

 

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Wow, thats a sick setup, the tr red looks amazing with those heads. Very curious to see the performance you get from the 4 and 7 woods

[Jdavenp3]

1 hour ago, Red4282 said:

Wow, thats a sick setup, the tr red looks amazing with those heads. Very curious to see the performance you get from the 4 and 7 woods

Well I definitely don’t swing it like I used to. Age and injuries have slowed me down a good bit. I don’t think I’ll be able to do them justice but man do they look damn good. 
 

I’m a super high spin guy and can go ahead and tell from 3 swings that the 3+ with the TR Black is lowwwww spin. Probably going to be tee only unless perfect condition in fairway to green but that’s exactly what I got it for. 

[Red4282]

30 minutes ago, Jdavenp3 said:

Well I definitely don’t swing it like I used to. Age and injuries have slowed me down a good bit. I don’t think I’ll be able to do them justice but man do they look damn good. 
 

I’m a super high spin guy and can go ahead and tell from 3 swings that the 3+ with the TR Black is lowwwww spin. Probably going to be tee only unless perfect condition in fairway to green but that’s exactly what I got it for. 

The 3+, I found to be really excellent in the wind. Absolute max distance (not necessarily carry) off the deck. 

[golfinbrad]

I went to my home course to get on the simulator.  Was told it died so heading back to the trackman on Monday.  Did hit them on the range.  Have to dial in the settings but so far love the looks and feel.  I will say with the shallower face anyone who gets steep could easily put an idiot mark on the top.

[Jdavenp3]

Will be taking them out late this evening for a trial run on the course. Going to be the last group off so hopefully I’ll have time to test them all from different scenarios and lies. I’ll grab some videos to get the sound of them because they’re great sounding clubs. Has a very solid whack like a composite baseball bat. 
 

On a side note, I’ve shown them to all of my golfing buddies just to give me some true feedback on the looks and shelf appeal. 
 

Couple of quotes from them. We’re pretty vulgar so some of them were left out haha. Needless to say they’re all jealous. Like I mentioned earlier, Wilson killed it in the looks department. 
 

“Looks good as F- I wouldn’t think those were Wilson, they look better than anything I’ve seen at PGA SS”

 

”Damn those are sharp, the shaft and head combo is perfect”

 

”That carbon fiber is slick looking, better than majority of clubs I’ve seen”

 

“Man those are sweet. You lucky son of a…”

 

“I can’t wait to hit those things, they look like rockets”
 

 

[eric61]

"Bet that's staying in your bag, isn't it?"

 

That's what my playing partner -- a guy I've played a ton of golf with, who knows my game and knows I'm constantly tinkering with and testing equipment -- said after my tee shot with the DYNAPWR Carbon 3 wood on the par 5 15th hole on Sunday. 

 

Typically a well-struck 3 wood carries 230 for me. Maybe a touch more off the tee, but not much. Even when the fairways are dry, 260 is as much as I can hope for with carry and roll. This one, somehow, went 285. I hit a decent second shot laying up just short of a stream right in front of the green, actually hit the flagstick with my pitch, and made the putt from about six feet for birdie. 

 

I hit the Carbon 3W off the tee for most of my round Saturday, at first because I wanted to test it out, and after a while, because I was just hitting it really well. 

 

For the most part, I was seeing a very penetrating ball flight -- a low draw, starting a little bit left (I'm a lefty) and finishing either back on target or just a little left of target. There were a couple swings where I got quick in transition and over the top, shut the face and pulled it. That's just me, it's gonna happen no matter what golf clubs are in my hand. But even on those bad swings, I was seeing straight pulls, not hooks. They were all in play. 

 

The ball flight I was seeing was definitely low. Lower than my 14 degree G430 Max by quite a bit, and lower than my 15 degree GT3. My driver is set up to hit high draws (it's a GT3 10 degree lofted up to 10.75 with the weight in the H1 position) and only high draws, so having a tee option that can hit low, penetrating bullets without much movement on them is actually a great second option off the tee, and it came in handy yesterday because the wind picked up for a while and we had a 4-hole stretch to start the back 9 that was basically straight into it.

 

This is a somewhat shorter course, so I didn't have any 3W shots off the deck. Honestly, though, I'm not sure the ball flight on this Carbon 3W is high enough for it to be viable for me off the deck anyway, unless it's a very specific situation where I want the ball to run a long way.

 

As a lefty, the 13.5 degree head wasn't an option for me anyway, but after what I've seen so far, I'm confident in saying I wouldn't have been able to elevate it.

 

I didn't have many shots with the other DYNAPWR clubs in yesterday's round. I hit the 5W twice, and both times missed the green right but was pin high. I hit the 4H three times, and all three had a lot more draw on them than I would have liked. That's what I was worried about, with the relatively upright lie angle. (I know on paper, their specs aren't too far out of line with other OEMs' hybrids. But in person, these hybrids do appear more upright to me.) I think to test the 4H on the course, I'm just going to need to aim well left of target.

 

Overall, my impression from my first round with these DYNAPWR woods in the bag is just being extremely impressed with the 3W, and loving the different ball flight it gives me off the tee.

[robbie91]

I really like the look of the fairways. Face angle looks perfect and a really nice footprint. Might have to take a look at these. 

[golfinbrad]

Got to get them on the course today.  I hit the 3 wood off of most tees to get a good review.  Only got to hit the 5 wood once.  Positives across the board.  I don't think they are the longest woods on the market but they were straight.  The set up really eliminated the left side which I love.  I'm finding them to launch a tad higher but not ballooning or over spinning.  I did get to hit the hybrid 3 times and only 1 was good.  Still need to work with that on.  Hope to get on the Trackman tomorrow so more to come.

[Jdavenp3]

So. Got them on the course today. I went for a late round with my wife, best friend and his girlfriend. 
 

His first reaction was “bro those things are sick”. 

The course is around 6700 yards and slope of 133. 
 

First hole is a par 5- I had around 235 in and had not warmed up at all prior, this was 2nd swing of the day in 100 degree weather. A very nice cut 4wd that flew about 225 right to the front edge of green. Nothing spectacular but felt great and good first impression especially not being loose with my swing. I love the sound of them. 
 

Next hole is a shortish par 4 back uphill, took the 3+ and almost missed it but it didn’t go off the planet. Definitely didn’t hit it long but for where I hit it on the face, it being 230 and on the planet was a HUGE win. Again, this is the 3rd swing of the day. 

5th hole I used 7wd off the tee. Severe dogleg left with water left and if you run through the fairway you have large mounds and rough to deal with. So 7 for security here. Teed it barely above the ground so I wouldn’t balloon it. Great shot, ended up being about 224 off the tee. I used the 7 multiple times today from 220 to 190 trying to create shots and it seems like it’s going to be a fun club to have in the bag. 
 

So I continue the round and get to some holes that call for the longer woods off the tee and get to find out what these clubs are really made of. I know exactly where my balls typically end up on good shots and poor shots. 15/16 are two very short par 4s but narrow fairways and water where driver would come into play. 

15- Hit the 3+, and I’m going to be honest here-  I have never hit a fairway wood this far in over 20 years. 262 with probably 260 carry since I could see the imprint it made on landing. This thing creates laser beams off the tee with the Ventus Black TR. Again, im a high spin dude and this club just creates a beautiful ball flight. 

16 is a similar hole. Narrow and trouble long, left, bunkers right. I hit my Stealth 2 3wd in front of those bunkers typically so I figured that a 4wd would leave me around 140-145 in which is fine. Nope, rocket off the face 242 yards. 
 

Ok so I lied about not knowing how far the 4wd would go because remember the first hole being 235 out and getting 225 out of it? Well same exact scenario but on hole 13. 236 into an elevated green. 4wd gives me a 20 foot eagle putt a yard past the hole to the left. It’s got juice in the tank off the deck as well. 

 

 

I know I’ve been given these clubs to review and we got hooked up with awesome shafts and our pick of the litter for heads and grips but I seriously was going to critique and criticize when needed and give the WRX community an actual report from a hack like myself. 
 

These are good guys. I’m a club ho. I hit things and change up stuff and am always looking at new tech and new shiny toys. My stealth 2 are just not keeping up with them. The Wilson 4wd is carrying past the Stealth 3wd. It could be that these just fit me better for my swing and I’m getting great optimization-and that’s fine with me. 
 

Do yourself a favor and seriously give these a go when you’re looking at new fairway woods. It can’t hurt you to try them. They look damn great, feel as good as anything, are long by my standards in my hands, and sound awesome. There’s just nothing really lacking with them. 
 

Im going to keep throwing these into the deep end and seeing if they will sink or swim. See if this was honeymoon or consistent results

 

Also, I shot a 78. For me that’s good. Not my lowest round this year but anytime I’m in the 70s I’m happy. 

[jwhite86]

Was struggling with my swing last time I had these out. So, I went to the range yesterday to give it another go.

 

3 Wood: On average 10 yards longer than my trusty 915F. Hitting my typical mid-high draw.  Launched lower with less spin which is to be expected when going from 16.5º to 15º.  Did feel like I was unable to fade the ball easily.

 

7 Wood: This is now one of my favorite clubs in my bag.  The honeymoon continues. It does everything I need and more.  I can control the height and I am able to move it both directions. 

 

4 Hybrid: Hit this much better yesterday. 194 average carry, which fits my window.  Similar to the 3 wood, felt like I really had to try to hit a fade.  Easy to elevate off the deck, and is very easy to hit off the tee.  

 

I am playing again Tuesday, so I'll have more info then.  I am a huge fan. 

[golfinbrad]

I went to another club today for a Trackman session only to be disappointed.  The pro wasn't there, but they set me up.  I thought I was good until I saw all the numbers.  I think the issue is they use good balls when they do their fittings.  However, today all they gave me were those yellow generic balls.  I was told Trackman normalizes they numbers, but that is not what I saw.  Last Trackman numbers trended with what I saw on the course.  I just went there to get the nice spreadsheet to report.  My hybrid, 5 wood, 3 wood and the 3 Wilsons all few within in yards of each other.  Absolutely made no sense.  I know I hit my 3 wood and the Wilson 3 wood a lot further than my hybrid.  I will go to the range this week and use my VoiceCaddie.  It isn't Trackman, but closer than what I just saw.  I will also get some more real numbers while on the course.  Sorry for the delays in more info, but this was not how I planned it.

 

Anyway, I at least got another session with the Wilsons.  Not sure if it is the heads, shafts or combo, but I'm seeing a major anti-right setup and I'm not complain.  Hitting a nice soft fade with fairway woods was great on the course yesterday.  They are all launching plenty high, even the 3+, so they will hold the greens.  Love the look and feel of the clubs.  Not 100% sure is the exact shaft I need in those, but not giving up yet.  I'll get them on the course a couple times this week and will start messing with the settings.  So far I've been pleased.  The fairways will be in the bag.  I'm hoping to say the same about the hybrid when all said and done.

 

My only suggestions would be:

 

1.  (as stated before) change the site mark D to the iconic W or Wilson Staff Shield.  

2.  Give more details to the clubs available including hosel adjustments when comes to lie and face angles.

3.  When I look at the Wilson Demo Days there only like 6 (none within 12 hours from me) and most at GolfTecs.  Based on these woods I would love to hit the driver.  

 

More to come.....

[eric61]

I hit 150 range balls and played 18 holes today. Came home absolutely soaked. It was 90-something and humid; I looked like I'd jumped in a pool or something at the end of my round.

 

Wilson's DYNAPWR Carbon fairway woods are so impressive -- and the more I hit them, the more I'm finding they occupy what strikes me as a unique spot in the market. They have qualities that would serve really high-speed players very well. And they have qualities that make them excellent options for mid-handicappers like me.

 

I'll get specific on each of those observations. 

 

What low-handicap and high-speed players would love: 

 

-- The DYNAPWR Carbon fairway woods are low-launching. The 30g stock weight is pretty far forward in the head. My 3 wood at standard 15 degrees launches lower than my 15 degree Titleist GT3, and launches and flies in a different window altogether than my G430 Max 3 wood at 14 degrees.

 

-- The lie angle is quite flat. I've found these to be very, very neutral. My miss is a hook, so draw-biased clubs can cause me problems, and these have shown no tendency to exacerbate that miss whatsoever. 

 

-- The sound and feel are powerful. Not as deep as the GT3, but certainly not as loud or high-pitched as my Ping. I think just "solid" would be an appropriate word. I really like the sound and feel, and I don't think many people would find it objectionable. 

 

What mid-handicappers would love: 

 

-- Despite the low launch and spin, I've actually found the DYNAPWR Carbon fairway woods to be much straighter than my GT3 overall. It's like they've somehow cracked a code on how to keep ball speed up and spin down as well as any brand in golf, without allowing the ball to gear all over the place on misses. I can't even guess how Wilson does this, but it's impressive. 

 

-- More specifically, the miss I absolutely dread is the toe strike, no-spin duck hook. Don't get me wrong -- these do lose ball speed and they do fall out of the sky on those strikes. But I have not seem them go as far offline as other fairway woods I've played while doing so.

 

-- They're low-profile. Even though they do launch low, they give you confidence you'll be able to elevate them off the ground because of that low profile. 

 

I swing a 3 wood between 95-97 MPH on days my body isn't cooperating, into the very very low 100s MPH when I'm warm and loose. I'm able to elevate the 3 wood and get a ball flight I really like out of it ... but I would say if you're any slower than that, you might really struggle with the Carbon 3 wood. However, one really great option might be to just go straight to the 5 wood! I ordered mine at 41.75" so that it would gap better with the 43" 3 wood. But the 5 wood's stock length is 42.5", and I think a lot of people would be really happy with that as their longest club after driver. If I only had room in the bag for one fairway wood, that's what I would do. But I've been loving the low-launching 3 wood as a secondary tee option, and plan to stick with it for now.

 

With the cut-down 5 wood, I'm getting a mid-trajectory flight -- I'm not sure there's such thing as a "low-launching" 5 wood, but this certainly flies a little lower than others I've played in the past. But it's high enough to stop on greens. I'm seeing a straight to slight draw ball flight, and while the decision to shorten it by 3/4" and bump the loft up to 19 degrees when I ordered mine was just a guess on what would gap well with the 3 wood, it's turning out to have been a good guess! This fits perfectly between a 3 wood and a 4 hybrid. I'll get on a launch monitor soon and get some data on the exact gaps.

 

I did hit the DYNAPWR 4 hybrid quite a bit today. I think it's one of the best-sounding and feeling hybrids on the market. I like the sound and feel better than the Pings that have been in my bag. It also launches surprisingly high -- very, very easy to get it up in the air. The 22 degree gaps just fine from my 25 degree 5 hybrid. However, I'm finding it does have a LOT of draw bias, and I'm struggling to find any accuracy with it because of that. This, unfortunately, is a drawback of woods and hybrids that don't have adjustable hosels: there's no way to flatten them out. For a huge percentage of golfers, I totally realize this characteristic will be a positive, not a negative. I hope my honesty about why I'm struggling with it will allow others to see this and think "oh what that dude's describing is not my problem, I'm actually looking for something that helps me turn it over" -- and I'd tell those people that if that's what they're looking for, this is a must-try.

[jwhite86]

I got another 9 in last night.  I hit the 3 wood in place of driver everywhere I could.  I think I've found my groove with it because I was out-hitting the others in my group while they were using driver.  I still can't get over the sound. Sounds so solid, especially when you're hitting it well. Would like to try to find a place to demo the carbon.  Just to see the difference. 

 

Like the poster above stated - the toe-miss doesn't go off the planet.  I hit 2 of them off the tee and they just rolled into the rough, not OB or too horribly offline.

 

The 7 wood is still my favorite club.  Off the tee, off the deck, it just goes straight.

 

I hit the hybrid really well a couple of times as well.  My one problem with it is that I can't seem to fade it.  Would love to see some kind of adjustability. 

 

I got some feedback on looks/ initial thoughts from those I was playing with.  They loved the head weight of the hybrid and the looks of the woods.  The actual conversation we had on the first tee:
"New FW wood?"
"Yeah, and it's not what you'd expect"
"Oh, those look really good, didn't know they made non-walmart stuff"

 

Overall, I think the 3 wood and the 7 wood are just about locks to make my bag going forward.  The hybrid is good, but it's going to have to fight against the UW or a driving iron for the last spot.
 

 

[MillerLowLife]

Black Desert was one of the windiest days I can remember. Gusts up to 35-40 mph. This was one of the only holes I can remember having helping wind and just wanted to throw something up in the air. (video below)

 

The following day I played 109 holes from 6 AM - 10 PM at Sand Hollow. Wind wasn’t really an issue all day compared to the day prior. Had one hole on the back nine playing about 280 yds on a par 4. Hit the green twice. Will confirm that the  woods go far (mine is 5 at 18* with Ventus Blue TR). Will be important to match the right head and shaft with these depending on your goal. Wish I could’ve tested the max as well. Really requires a shallow swing plain if you want higher launch on approach shots.

 

I had a two hour swing lesson when I got back on Monday. Want to book an hour on a sim to get numbers after the lesson and submit my final review.

 

Overall, neither of these will be leaving my bag for a while!!!

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Edited June 25 by MillerLowLife

[Rbsiedsc]

Question for the testers. How is the off center performance of these? Are toe strikes punished massively? Are you able to tell where strike is on the face easily?

[golfinbrad]

I would say pretty forgiving in that I'm not seeing any toe hooks like with other clubs.  I'm seeing some distance lose but not direction.  No question the feedback is plenty good.  You will know where the strike was. 

[eric61]

27 minutes ago, Rbsiedsc said:

Question for the testers. How is the off center performance of these? Are toe strikes punished massively? Are you able to tell where strike is on the face easily?

I’d agree with @golfinbrad. I mentioned this in my last post in a bit more detail, but I’ve been really surprised with the DYNAPWR Carbon fairway woods how well heel and toe misses have held their lines. Considering that these are low-spin heads with lots of weight forward, I have absolutely no idea how they accomplish that … it’s been a really pleasant surprise for me.

 

The DYNAPWR hybrid has very little distance loss anywhere on the face. However, if I catch one in the toe, I am seeing huge hooks.

[Rbsiedsc]

3 minutes ago, eric61 said:

I’d agree with @golfinbrad. I mentioned this in my last post in a bit more detail, but I’ve been really surprised with the DYNAPWR Carbon fairway woods how well heel and toe misses have held their lines. Considering that these are low-spin heads with lots of weight forward, I have absolutely no idea how they accomplish that … it’s been a really pleasant surprise for me.

 

The DYNAPWR hybrid has very little distance loss anywhere on the face. However, if I catch one in the toe, I am seeing huge hooks.

How do you like the 4H over your gamer 7w?

[Jdavenp3]

1 hour ago, Rbsiedsc said:

Question for the testers. How is the off center performance of these? Are toe strikes punished massively? Are you able to tell where strike is on the face easily?

It’s much better than I anticipated for the DynaPWR Carbon. Feel is great, you can definitely pickup where you struck the ball on the club. 
 

Heel strikes with the 3+ stayed on the planet which surprised me a lot. Toed was very controllable just a drop off in spin. 
 

Id say they’re as forgiving as my Stealth 2, if not more. Ball speed across the face was maintained better than the Stealth 2 for sure. In my opinion they’re better clubs in every facet compared to Stealth 2. 
 

[jwhite86]

1 hour ago, Rbsiedsc said:

Question for the testers. How is the off center performance of these? Are toe strikes punished massively? Are you able to tell where strike is on the face easily?

 

I haven't had much experience with heel strikes. But toe strikes have surprised me.  I hit some hooks (but kept them on the planet), and distance has still been good.  

 

Agree with the above posters. The feedback is very good. You know where on the face you hit it.

[Jdavenp3]

I took them to the range to test them out again. The story is the same…

 

What I anticipated for the set makeup is exactly what is happening on course.
 

3+ is a bomber off the tee and I am getting more confident with it off the deck. 

 

4wd is close to becoming my favorite. The ease of launching it off the deck with the distance of my old 3wd is just laughable. I have a lot of confidence with this club right now.  
 

7wd is just a jack of all trades. Off the tee and fairways it’s dumb how easy it is. Out of the rough is a treat too.

 

At this point they’re already firmly in the bag replacing all of my previous fairway woods. I think the testing now will look at the consistency of them throughout the rest of the year and how well they hold up durability wise. 

[MillerLowLife]

2 hours ago, Rbsiedsc said:

Question for the testers. How is the off center performance of these? Are toe strikes punished massively? Are you able to tell where strike is on the face easily?

Probably depends on the swing path? I can get more steep and over the top, so toe strikes for me usually end up being a slice. I notice and do this a lot more with a wood compared to hybrid. I thought the distance on those wasn't bad, but on a windy day in the desert, it was not a shot you'd want to hit. Not sure how the Max version would've compared, could've probably benefited me. I've always found fairway woods to be difficult. I'll be testing on a trackman soon and will pay attention to toe strikes on there.