REVIEW
WILSON D200
DRIVER
CAN THE FEATHER WEIGHT
MIX IT WITH THE HEAVY WEIGHTS?
Wilson have always been known for their Irons and
over recent years have really taken up the mantle that
lighter is better or in their marketing speak “the Right
Light”. A lighter club allows faster swing speeds which
in turns results in higher ball speeds and more length
off the tee. The predecessor – the D100- started to
show the world that Wilson could be a serious player
in the woods market, Wilson have taken the best parts
of the range and taken it a step further.
The most obvious upgrade in the D200 is the
adjustability and the ability to set launch angels
and shape to your shots. Usually when you add this
technology to the club head it increases the weight,
but the D200 is actually 1 gram lighter than its older
brother due to weight being shaved in the shaft and
in its grip.
It can run from 9 degrees through to 11.5 in six setting
and within each of those increments it can bet set to
produce a draw, this amount of selection will allow
every golfer to find the right set up for their game.
So what’s it like out on the course? Well it’s not going
to have people staring at your bag in ore. You feel
that Wilson would like the performance of the club to
do the talking. Its matt black head doesn’t shout out
“look what I can do” like the Vapor range, but the
large footprint does make it look like it can do the job.
We had the driver out on the range for a few hits
before putting it in the bag on the course and one
thing that we found was that it was a little bit light
on distance compared to some of the new drivers that
have also been introduced this season. Now this is only
a matter of a few yards so do not be put off thinking
you will be 25 yards behind the rest of your group on
every fairway.
However out on the course it’s not all about distance
and this is where the D200 comes into its own, it came
out of the bag on 9 of the fairways and it nailed every
one. Fairway split. I would like to say that was down
to the golfer but even on the off centre strikes the
clubs low spin rate provided a nice stable flight and
the lack of weight enabled the clubs swing speed to
stay high.
Wilson is putting confidence in your hands with this
driver, a good shot sounds solid, not metallic, and
it’s louder than other new woods that have come
in during 2015. If you do not catch it smack in the
centre (as all of will) the feedback in the sounds lets
you know where on the face you were which allows
you to think about what to correct. The majority of
the shots sound hot off the face as if the club is really
coming through the ball.
The problem that Wilson have is they do not have
the marketing budgets to rival the likes of Nike and
Taylormade so sometimes their clubs get pushed to
the back of the queue. The D200 does everything it
needs to well, in fact it does it really well. It’s light
weight tech, adjustability and forgiving face will suit
most player’s needs, if the club shops get the price
point right and give it the rack space it deserves then
the D200 will show up on a lot of courses this year.
FACE MATERIAL: 455 Carpenter Steel
HOSEL DEPTH: 38mm
WEIGHT:
SPEC
The new Wilson D200 is light, as in really light, especially
for a club with plenty of tech and adjustability.
268 grams
FACE ANGLE: 0*
SIZE:
460CC
LIE:
58-60
SHAFT LENGTH: 46”
LOFT:
9,10.5,13 degrees
FLEX:
Stiff, Regular
GRIP:
Golf Pride Tour 25 - Stock Grip
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