The new Wilson Dynapower irons are many things.
For Wilson Golf, the hope is the new Dynapower irons are a solution to a long-standing problem.
Wilson considers itself to be, first and foremost, an irons company. You want forged blades or cavity-backs? Wilson has you covered. You want a forged player’s distance iron? Few OEMs, if any, do it consistently better than Wilson.
You want a really good game-improvement iron? Well, that’s where the trouble starts.
The 2023 Wilson Dynapower irons hold the distinction of finishing a distant dead last in MyGolfSpy’s game-improvement iron testing in 2023 and 2024. Their predecessor, the Wilson D9, did slightly better in 2021, finishing next to last.
One thing the old Dynapower had going for it was that it was a friggin’ rocket launcher. It was the longest iron in our testing both years and not by a little. The problem was it finished at the bottom of the barrel for forgiveness and accuracy, also not by a little.
For a game-improvement iron, that’s not a recipe for success.
Will the 2025 Wilson Dynapower buck that trend? Here are five things you need to know before you demo.
#1: Adios to Power Holes
Feel free to rejoice if you haven’t been a fan of Wilson’s Power Hole technology. Power Holes are no more.
Wilson introduced Power Holes in 2016 as its face-flexing technology to enhance ball speed. The 2016 Wilson C200 irons had Power Holes on the topline, toe and sole and looked, frankly, ridiculous. However, they did, frankly, work. Wilson has modified Power Holes over the past decade with AI’s help to produce the longest game-improvement irons we’ve ever tested.
For the 2025 Dynapower irons, however, they’re gone.
“Power Holes had been our vehicle for ball speed,” Wilson Golf Club Innovation Manager Jon Pergande tells MyGolfSpy. “For the new models, we’ve taken those away and put in a cup face to create ball speed.”
A cup face is what it sounds like: a very thin face that cups into the sole. The combination of shape and thinness gives it the flexibility it needs to produce ball speed.
“The PKR (Peak Kinetic Response) 360 cup face has gone through our AI simulations to deliver enhanced ball speed through flexibility and a variable-thickness face,” says Pergande. “The simulation world says we can do a whole lot more with thick and thin areas of the face where the hinges occur and how the face rolls over the leading end into the sole.
“Those are all critical things to create ball speed that we can work with now. We couldn’t manipulate those as well with Power Holes.”
The Dynapower Forged player’s distance irons, released last January, are the last Wilson irons to feature Power Holes. Those are due for replacement next year.
#2: There are TWO new Wilson Dynapower irons
The 2025 Wilson Dynapower family is, without question, the biggest single-year launch in Wilson’s 111-year history. Three new drivers, two new fairways, a new line of hybrids and two, count ‘em, TWO Dynapower irons.
There’s the standard Dynapower, which we’ll simply call Dynapower, that replaces the 2023 model. There’s also a new Dynapower MAX. As the name suggests, it’s MAX all the way around: bigger, wider, more forgiving.
“Dynapower is our pure ball speed play,” explains Pergande. “If you struggle to get the ball up in the air or if you struggle to hit the center of the face consistently, the MAX is right up your alley.”
As you’d expect, the standard Wilson Dynapower irons feature less offset, a thinner topline (it’s all relative, of course) and a narrower sole than the Dynapower MAX. Wilson does not, however, consider Dynapower MAX to be a super game-improvement iron.
“We’re calling it ‘Game Improvement Plus,” says Harry Nodwell, Wilson’s Pro Performance Equipment Manager. “It does have a larger head but it’s still more pleasing to the eye for the consumer who doesn’t quite like the big hybrid iron look. It allows that golfer to get the most enjoyment out of the game while still looking like a golfer.”
#3: Channels, chassis and catchy names
New irons have new technology which invariably need catchy names. To go along with hollow-body construction, the new Wilson Dynapower irons feature a new Energy Transfer Chassis. It’s an internal supportive frame that Wilson says provides stability and efficient energy transfer while reducing vibration to optimize sound and feel.
Then there’s the Velocity Optimization Channel which appears to be a fancy name for the hollow body itself. Unlike some hollow-body irons, Wilson isn’t filling the channel with urethane, foam or any other vibration-dampening material. Instead, it’s using a carbon fiber medallion to close off the hollow body and dampen sound.
“The chassis has changed considerably over the previous model,” says Pergande. “We’ve cleaned up the top line and straightened out the leading edge. We’ve flattened out the sole a little bit, too.”
#4: About those lofts …
Before you go all medieval over “jacked” lofts, there’s something you need to know.
The standard Wilson Dynapower irons are actually weaker lofted than the 2023 models.
Not by much, mind you (only one degree), but the combination of the newly designed cup face and hollow-body construction gave Wilson some room to improve forgiveness and accuracy, the original Dynapower’s fatal flaws.
“There’s a huge focus on descent angle,” says Pergande. “We’re maybe one degree weaker but we’re comfortable in terms of ball speed. The launch angle is a little higher and we’re getting more spin. All these help the precision aspect but still with a whole lot of ball speed.”
The new Dynapower MAX follows an industry trend of even weaker lofts to help slower swingers get the ball up in the air.
“With MAX, we’re not concerned about getting the highest ball speed we can get with middle-face contact,” Pergande explains. “We give them a wider sole, keep the weight really low and then rock back the loft a couple of degrees. Whatever swing you get, if it’s not pure, at least you’ll get the ball up in the air higher and the better off you’ll be.”
#5: Data-driven design
For the past year, Wilson has been using its unique Wilson AI Fit system as a machine learning-driven fitting tool. Wilson AI Fit measures a slew of swing metrics and makes shaft, clubhead and grip size recommendations in an instant. Fitters can then modify those recommendations based on their experience and what they’re seeing.
“We get a real-world snapshot of how our products are being used, what shafts are being selected, what specs are being generated as well as all the swing information,” says Pergande. “This puts us face to face with elite players, average players, single-digit and double-digit handicaps.”
All major OEMs have some form of data collection from what we would call “regular people.” It could be leveraging Arccos data (that’s why so many offer free Arccos trials) or through a proprietary fitting app like Wilson Fit AI. The data is helpful for any club but can be particularly useful with drivers as well as player’s distance and game-improvement irons.
If you wonder why any major OEM features three or four different drivers and as many non “Tour-level” irons as they do, this is why. They have enough data to understand different needs and, with artificial intelligence, they then have the ability to design to those different needs.
Wilson Dynapower irons: Final thoughts
As mentioned at the top, Wilson is very good at making game-improvement irons that go a long, long way. Historically, however, those same irons have struggled badly with forgiveness and accuracy, at least in our testing.
Fitting can go a long way toward improving forgiveness and accuracy and we are seeing an industry trend toward more custom fitting for game-improvement irons. It’s no accident Wilson is looking at loft structures and other means of achieving ball speed. If the new Dynapower irons can maintain ball speed and distance while increasing launch and descent angles while adding more spin, that can only be an improvement.
One other note, because it’s sure to come up. Looks like doesn’t equate to copy of or even same as. At first glance, I’m sure most of you see a resemblance to the TaylorMade Stealth irons. Look, game-improvement irons are designed to launch high, not spin very much and be forgiving while also going a long way. There are only so many ways to do that so there are bound to be similarities between OEMs.
That black carbon fiber badge on the back isn’t just for decoration. It caps off the hollow body while dampening the inevitable sound and vibration a foamless or urethane-less hollow-body iron will create. You can give TaylorMade credit for the Stealth but it doesn’t mean Wilson “copied” the design. A carbon fiber badge is going to look like a carbon fiber badge.
Wilson Dynapower irons: Specs, price and availability
The standard Wilson Dynapower irons and the Dynapower MAX irons will be available in six-club sets (5-PW) for righties and lefties. An optional gap wedge will be available.
The standard Dynapower irons feature the KBS MAX Ultralite steel shaft as stock in both R-flex (90 grams) and S-flex (95 grams). The UST Mamiya Recoil Dart 65-gram is the stock graphite shaft.
The Dynapower MAX irons will have the 80-gram KBS Max HL shaft in R- and S-flex as stock. The KBS MAX Graphite will be the graphite option.
The Lamkin Crossline 360 is the stock grip for both models.
Both irons will retail for $899.99 in steel and $999.99 in graphite. They hit the stores Feb. 12.
For more information, visit the Wilson Golf website.
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