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Wilson Staff Model ZM wedges

Wilson Staff Model ZM wedges are designed to create more spin and enhanced feel around the greens.

Gear: Wilson Staff Model ZM wedges
Price: $149.99 each with True Temper Dynamic Gold Spinner stock shaft and a Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips
Specs: Forged 8620 carbon steel with face-roughening treatment. Even lofts from 50 degrees to 60 degrees, with 46, 48 and 64-degree versions available through custom order.
Available: April 2 (pre-order March 19)

Who it’s For: Golfers who love the look and feel of a traditional wedge with enhanced spin generation.

The Skinny: Wilson has made the grooves in the Staff Model ZM wedges sharper to complement the soft, forged feel while also adding a high-toe option.

The Deep Dive: For several seasons, Wilson offered a wide variety of clubs made to appeal to a broad audience, like the D Series and the Dynapower woods and irons. However, in recent years, the Chicago-based brand has turned out some of the most admired clubs for accomplished golfers and low-handicap players, like the recently released Staff Model Blade and Staff Model CB irons and Staff Model putters. These clubs are not for everyone, but they demonstrate that Wilson knows what elite golfers want to see, hear and feel on the course, and with the release of the new Staff Model ZM wedges, Wilson is continuing that trend of offering aspiring club champions and good ballstrikers short game tools that look and feel like they belong on tour.

Forged from 8620 carbon steel for a soft feel at impact, the Staff Model ZM wedges have a straighter leading edge and gentle heel relief so golfers can open the face and get the leading edge under the ball when chipping and pitching from a tight lie.

Wilson designers kept the center of gravity (CG) location relatively low in the gap wedges (50 and 52 degrees) by leaving the area behind the topline thin, but extra mass was added in that area in the sand wedges (54 and 56 degrees) to lift the CG, and even more, mass has been added in the lob wedges (58 and 60 degrees). This progressive CG location helps golfers flight their approach shots lower for more control.

Wilson Staff Model ZM wedge — With sharper grooves, updated milling and a surface-roughening treatment, the Staff Model ZM wedges help golfers generate more spin. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The addition of a new face milling and surface-roughening treatment helps the grooves grab the cover of your golf ball more effectively and keep it on the face longer, which should result in increased spin, especially in wet conditions.

The standard Staff Model ZM wedges have a very traditional look and are available in lofts from 50 to 60 degrees, with 46 and 48-degree clubs available through custom order. Wilson is also offering a high-toe version in 56 and 60-degree options, with a 64-degree club available through custom order. The high-toe model gives players extra hitting area when they open the face on shots around the green.

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Wilson Staff Model golf balls

Learn all about Wilson’s new four-piece, urethane-covered balls for better players that will only be sold on the company’s website.

Gear: Wilson Staff Model golf balls
Price: $40.99-$49.99 per dozen
Specs: Four-piece construction with a cast urethane cover
Available: Pre-order April 20

For the past several seasons, Wilson has focused most of its attention in the golf ball category toward the creation of softer-feeling, low-compression products like the Staff Duo Soft+ and the Staff Duo Professional. Now the Chicago-based company is shifting gears, offering a new ball and a new way of getting it.

The Wilson Staff Model golf ball was created with better players in mind and with the help of Wilson’s tour players like Gary Woodland, Brendan Steele and Kevin Streelman. It’s a four-piece ball that features a synthetic rubber core that is encased in a dual-mantle system. The inner mantle is designed using the same soft, DuPont-created HPF material found in the Wilson Staff Duo Urethane ball, while the firmer outer mantle is made from an ionomer material. Working together, the core and dual-mantle system help to create more ball speed, especially with woods and long irons, for increased distance.

Wilson Staff Model balls — The Wilson Staff Model is a four-piece ball with a urethane cover. (Wilson)

Wilson designed the Staff Model ball with a soft, cast urethane cover. The material can easily be gripped by the grooves in wedges and short irons for more spin and better control around the green.

Instead of buying the balls in stores, Wilson is offering the Staff Model balls exclusively on its website, Wilson.com, as part of its new Baller Box program.

In essence, it is a subscription service. Golfers enter how many dozen balls they want to be delivered each month, subscribe for either three, six or 12 months and then select from the free customization options. The more balls you buy each month, the lower the price per dozen, from $49.99 per dozen for a one-month trial to $40.99 per dozen when you buy a 12-month subscription.

Wilson selling Super Bowl edition Staff DUO+ balls

Wilson is selling a special version of its new Staff DUO+ golf ball on its website that commemorates the Chiefs win in Super Bowl LIV.

Fifty years is a long time for any fanbase to wait for a championship, but now that the Kansas City Chiefs have won the Super Bowl, it’s time for their supporters to celebrate.

Wilson is selling a special version of its new Staff DUO+ golf ball on its website ($29.99) that commemorates the Chiefs win, complete with the team’s logo and the officially licensed Super Bowl LIV logo.

Wilson Staff DUO+ ball — Limited-edition Wilson Staff DUO+ Super Bowl golf balls. (Wilson)

Like the standard Staff DUO+ ball, the commemorative edition is a two-piece ball designed to provide golfers with more distance thanks to a new core formulation. Wilson claims the Staff DUO Soft+ produces 1 to 1.5 mph more ball speed than the previous version, and that should give players about 4 to 6 more yards of distance.

With an overall compression of 36, the Staff DUO+ also feels extremely soft at impact, which many golfers like.

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Wilson Staff DUO+ golf balls

The Wilson Staff DUO+ golf balls combine a new core with low compression to provide golfers with more distance and softer feel.

Gear: Wilson Staff DUO+ golf balls
Price: $19.99 per dozen
Specs: 36-compression, two-piece ball with Surlyn cover
Available: Jan. 27

Wilson has made some of the lowest-compression, softest-feeling golf balls for several seasons, and for 2020 the Chicago-based company has released another: the Staff DUO+ Soft.

The Staff DUO+ Soft is a two-piece ball designed to provide golfers with more distance thanks to its new VelocitiCor, a new core formulation. The company said it helps the Staff DUO+ Soft produce 1 to 1.5 mph more ball speed, which translates to about 4 to 6 more yards of distance.

Wilson Staff DUO+ golf balls — The Staff DUO+ Soft has a new core formulation to provide more distance. (Wilson)

Wilson also said the Staff DUO+ Soft is the lowest-spinning two-piece ball on the market. That could make it ideally suited for golfers who battle a slice or a hook because lower overall spin should translate to decreased sidespin and straighter shots.

While the Staff DUO+ Soft does not produce as much greenside spin as other Wilson offerings, it does produce a higher launch angle off irons and wedges, so approach shots should come down with a more vertical angle of descent, which will add stopping power.

Wilson Staff D7 Forged irons

Wilson’s newest irons for better players are designed to create more distance without sacrificing looks or feel.

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Gear: Wilson Staff D7 Forged irons
Price: $999 (4-PW) with KBS $-Taper Lite steel or True Temper Catalyst Black 80 graphite shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips
Specs: Forged 8620 carbon steel, urethane-filled inner chamber and slots in the sole
Available: Jan. 21

For elite golfers with powerful, repeatable swings, such as 2019 U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, Wilson offers the Staff Model blade irons. For players with slow swings who struggle to hit the ball consistently, the company has the Staff Launch Pad irons.

There is plenty of middle ground between those clubs, and for golfers who like the look of a better-player iron but want enhanced distance, Wilson will offer the Staff D7 Staff Forged.

Wilson debuted the standard Staff D7 irons last season, and they are distance-enhancing, game-improvement clubs with good looks. Instead of placing the primary emphasis on distance in the Staff D7 Forged irons, however, Wilson engineers’ first goal was to make a club that would visually appeal to better players, then get more distance from it.

Wilson Staff D7 Forged irons — At address, the Staff D7 Forged has a traditional look. You can’t see the Power Holes designed into the sole. (Wilson)

With that in mind, when golfers look down at this cavity-back design in the address position, they will see only a touch of offset, a modest topline and a very clean look.

The distance-boosting technology is in the sole, where two rows of Power Holes were designed behind the leading edge. They are small slots, each covered by a polymer to stop grass and debris from getting inside the heads, that allow the face to flex more efficiently at impact to create more ball speed.

To enhance feel, Wilson created an area inside the lower portion of the back of the head and filled it with vibration-dampening urethane. It’s called a Power Chamber and should help produce a more solid feel when golfers strike the ball.

Designers also added extra mass to the topline, making it firmer to reduce twist and support the face more effectively. The extra mass pulls up the center of gravity slightly, but Wilson is fine with that because the Staff D7 Forged is made for more-accomplished players who have some speed and may be looking to shape shots. Moving the center of gravity fractionally higher and increasing spin will not be a problem for those players.

Being distance-enhancing clubs for better players, Wilson made the lofts of the Staff D7 Forged irons stronger than the Staff Model blades’ lofts but weaker than the standard Staff D7. The 7-iron is 30.5 degrees and the pitching wedge is 43 degrees. With that in mind, golfers may want to work with a custom fitter to ensure the gapping between their irons and their first wedge is appropriate to avoid excessive distance gaps.

Wilson Staff Model wedges

Designed with input from players like 2019 U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, Wilson’s new wedges for 2020 blend classic loos and extra spin.

Gear: Wilson Staff Model wedges
Price: $129.99 each with True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip
Specs: Forged 8620 carbon steel (Standard) and cast 431 stainless steel (High Toe). Available in 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 and 60 degrees (Standard); 56, 60 and 64 degrees (High Toe).
Available: Feb. 3

As with previously released Staff Model blade irons and Staff Model utility irons, Wilson’s new Staff Model wedges were designed with input and feedback from the company’s tour players, including 2019 U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland. The wedges are intended to have a look that elite golfers demand and the game-enhancing features they expect.

The standard Staff Model wedges are forged from 8620 carbon steel for an exceptionally soft feel at impact. The 16 grooves milled into the face are packed together more tightly, which Wilson said helps improve performance on softly struck shots because more grooves come into contact with the ball to generate spin.

The sole has a moderate amount of heel and toe relief to give players versatility both from the fairway and around the green.

The Wilson Staff Model HT wedge. (Wilson)

Complimenting the standard Staff Model wedge is a High Toe version developed with the help of three-time major winner Padraig Harrington. Cast from 431 stainless steel, the High Toe has a wider sole and, as the name implies, its toe section rises significantly higher than the toe in the standard club.

High toe wedges have gained popularity on the PGA Tour over the past few seasons. When golfers open the face to hit greenside shots from sand and rough, the High Toe models present a larger hitting area to the ball. Wilson’s Staff Model High Toe wedges have 18 grooves placed across the entirety of the face to generate more ball-controlling spin, and their wide soles help golfers avoid digging into the turf.

Wilson Staff Launch Pad irons

Combining hollow heads and progressive sole widths, Wilson’s newest max game-improvement irons target mid- and high-handicap golfers.

Gear: Wilson Staff Launch Pad irons
Price: $699.99 (4-PW) with KBS Tour 80 steel shafts and Wilson Staff 2 Crossline Mid grips; $799.99 with UST Mamiya Recoil 460 graphite shafts
Specs: Hollow-bodied irons with variable sole width
Available: Jan. 17, 2020

For high-handicap golfers, the most common problem when hitting tee shots with a driver is a slice. With irons, it’s hitting shots fat and making contact with the ground behind the ball before impact. It robs them of distance and consistency.

Wilson’s newest maximum game-improvement irons, the Staff Launch Pad irons, were designed to help golfers who shoot in the 90s and 100s get more distance and avoid hitting fat shots.

The soles of the Wilson Staff Launch Pad irons become progressively thinner from the long irons to the short irons. (Wilson)

The key to helping these players make consistently better contact is the combination of a progressive sole design and an increased bounce angle. The Staff Launch Pad’s long irons have an extremely wide sole, much like a hybrid club, that skims over the turf. The sole width becones progressively more narrow through the mid-irons and eventually reaches a traditional game-improvement width in the short irons.

Wilson’s engineers also lifted the height of the leading edge by increasing the bounce angle, so the Staff Launch Pad irons are less likely to dig into the ground at impact.

To help golfers generate more ball speed, Wilson made the Staff Launch Pad irons hollow so the thin stainless steel faces can flex more efficiently at impact. The hollow design also helps place more weight low and back, away from the hitting area, to encourage a higher launch angle and a steeper angle of descent to help shots stop faster on the greens.

While the Wilson Staff Launch Pad irons are large, in the address position a players’ eyes naturally focus on the chrome topline, and surprisingly the large back section fades and does not become a visual distraction. In other words, at address the big club looks reassuring but not huge.