New Wishon SL clubs announced

DonM · 2020-04-09T15:51:04+00:00

Here is a web version of the email. https://mailchi.mp/wishongolf/eq1-nx-2190549?e=825676e338

HybridWood

I'm a fan of the constant offset (2 mm) in the irons...

DC300

Maybe its just me, but they look like a modern takd on the Maltby M-05 , MTF, whatever other names they came with.

sdandrea1

DC300 Maybe its just me, but they look like a modern takd on the Maltby M-05 , MTF, whatever other names they came with.

There are no shapes left. Everything "new" is bound to remind us of something from the past. Once PING came out with the Eye 2, IsI and ZINGs, and Cleveland had the VAS, I think every imaginable shape has been taken. 😁

DC300

sdandrea1 Valid point. Even the hollow blade thing has been done long before it was mainstream.

scotts33

DonM 30 grams worth of weight bores is a lot. That’s cool.

The head weights are designed by Tom as light so you can add weight.

03trdblack

scotts33

30 grams of weight added to the hosel is a lot and moves the CG a lot towards the heel.

Rickochet

03trdblack 30 grams of weight added to the hosel is a lot and moves the CG a lot towards the heel.

I thought the heads have weight ports to allow up to 20g in the head, not just in the hosel.

DonM

03trdblack It’s 9 hosel, 9 toe, 2x6 center rear. This is in the hybrids and fairways.

DonM

The irons bottom of bore to ground is 1.625”.
That is a lot. It looks like they have the weight port shifted upward, and there is a lot less material in the crotch between hosel and blade. So the shape will be much more conventional now, I think.

customgolfcenter

Anyone else think the name of these is a bit clunky/awkward? Apparently "EQ1" stands for "Equal length, 1 length" and "NX" stands for "Next Generation", according to Tom. I think they should've stuck with the Sterling name since that had somewhat became its own brand, even had its own logo (the Sterling irons don't even have the Wishon logo on them, just the Wishon name on the hosel). Maybe Sterling II? Sterling NX? Sterling Part Deux? Anything but EQ1-NX! LOL

Sparky

I think "Sterling" is it's own brand. Wishon designed their first set, but somehow was also able to sell them. But I don't think they are working together anymore.

customgolfcenter

Sparky The Sterling irons were a collaboration with Jaacob Bowden, but they were always Wishon-branded clubs and I'm pretty sure Wishon either partially or wholly owns the name, design, etc. But you may be right, there could be some sort of legal hurdle which prevented Wishon from using the Sterling name if Bowden wasn't a part of this model.

DonM

And someone said they are saying Equinox for the name.

« Previous Page