Wilson is Back! Almost.
So close. Wilson Staff golf is just a nice hop in the fairway from being the beast it was. For years, Staff Fluid Feel irons ruled amateur and professional golf with a forged fist.They were as dominant then as Titleist golf balls reign today.
Now, Wilson has very good ball -- the Staff Model X (for faster swing speeds). Tour good, perhaps. It feels great on the putting green, and it's highly responsive around the green and from the fairway.
The rub is off the tee. It's distance, though reasonably close, doesn't match up to balls marked Pro V et al. The Staff doesn't have that pop off the club face that immediately tells you "that was ripped."
Still, with Golfballs.com offering logo overruns at a great price -- a price that makes the loss of 5-10 yards more than acceptable -- the Model X is more than plenty good for low- mid handicaps across this great land.