Back in March, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, Wilson staff player Brendan Steele was spotted hitting a prototype driver that appeared to have a carbon fiber crown and red trim. We can now see that club appears to have been a prototype of a club that just hit the USGA’s Conforming Driver Head list, the Wilson Staff DYNAPWR Carbon. Also hitting the list this week is the standard Wilson Staff DYNAPWR.
If you are relatively new to golf, the DYNAPWR name likely doesn’t mean anything to you, but for golfers who are old enough, it harkens back to the days when Arnold Palmer was swinging Wilson clubs, Cadillac’s had massive tail fins and the radio waves were filled with Elvis Presley. DYNAPWR irons were extremely popular in the 1950s and ’60s and the name adorned several generations of woods as well.
Having been added to the Conforming Driver Head list, the new DYNAPWR drivers are now legal for play, but they look nothing like their predecessors.
While Wilson has not released any details about the clubs, the standard DYNAPWR driver appears to have ad adjustable hosel and at least one large carbon fiber piece on the toe side of the sole. There also appears to be an L-shaped weight in the back of the head.
The DYNAPWR Carbon also appears to have a large carbon fiber piece in the toe second of the sole, an adjustable hosel and an L-shaped weight in the sole, but the sole shaping is different. It has a crease in the back section that the standard DYNAPWR lacks.
According to the USGA’s website, there is only one loft currently available, 9 degrees, but if these drivers make their way to retail in 2023, there will certainly be more loft offerings available.
