 Now it's fair to say that when we review irons of late or any clubs for that matter there's a big deal and a lot of attention paid to the price. The price that's an ever-increasing one at the moment in terms of golf products. We've got irons being released in the next couple of weeks which yet again are close to the £200 a club mark. Setting a new level everything seems to be on the way up. So I thought I'd go to the opposite end of the market and check out a product which is possibly the best value set of irons that's out there right now. And it's from the legendary golf company. It's from Wilson Golf. What a fantastic day to be out on the close reviewing golf clubs. Right anyway what are these clubs? Yes they're from Wilson and they're their D7 model. They were released in the early part of Jan 19. So I'm a little late on the scene with this one but I had read and watched some reviews and they've been very very positive and with the change in price at the moment that seems to be happening a lot of clubs seem to be going that way. I thought I'd look at a sort of value set of irons and see how they perform ultimately. Are you getting are you making sacrifices by paying at that lower price end and we'll soon find out. The price point is the easiest way doing it. £65 a club in terms of UK pounds. £3.89 is the kind of market price I'm seeing for six irons and if you put that into perspective I would say that's half the price of the standard set of irons that are being released by the other brands at the moment and a third of the price in some case to be in what's being released right now. So it's incredibly good value but the question is are you making sacrifices because you're getting you're paying that lower price point and that's what we'll find out very very soon. The specs of these clubs well they're strong lofted Wilson claim they've made a player profile with super game improvement characteristics. Again I'll give you my opinion on the looks and aesthetics very shortly. 28 degrees is the 7 iron so there's your barometer in terms of where it sits yes it's incredibly strong lofted. I've got some data that I've already collected in terms of 7 iron numbers so I know where that sits and probably you do as well. But the main thing is there's two options KBS 80 regular shaft and they've got UST recoil shaft as well so there's limitations in terms of options but two good shafts there. The product looks okay to me I'll like I said I'll give you my thoughts on it sat behind the vault very very shortly I think that's a key thing. Let's get out on the course and then come back join me and I'll give you my overall opinion of these Wilson D7 irons. Right okay so you've got your product information and we know all about the price but the reality is how do they perform on the golf course because you can forget everything else if the clubs don't perform out here in reality then it means nothing no matter what the cost is. So this is the perfect place to start things off at Conway Golf Club. We're on the 13th I'm playing a par 3 absolutely stunning par 3 by the way it's 175 into a little bit of breeze based on the loft and what I expect to get. I'm going with 6 iron let's see how this starts off for this Wilson D7 and more importantly for me. Well I'm more than happy with that I hope you got picked that up in the in the skyline there we'll try and get some ball tracer on it shot tracer on it it was always stayed out to the right hand side really interesting ball flight in that it was very very high but it was a strong ball flight as well it should have never there is a little bit of breeze into it at the moment I think it's pin high we'll go and check that one out down by the green but I think it's gone the distance I expected it to. Ball flight like I said was very very high indeed for the strong loft that's on this 6 iron but the biggest surprise in the first iron that I hit was the feel and feedback that I got out of this 6 iron I'm going to say surprise pleasantly surprised I definitely got that one out the middle but it's a real sweet and soft feel so so far that's a massive tick in the box for me because as you know feel and sound are a big deal it's only one iron in but I really like that. Right so next club up in the bag that I'm going to try is the longest iron in the bag that's available in these D7 irons they only go to a 5 iron but the 5 iron is lofted at 22 degrees so that's that's really strong I mean that's that's equivalent to most people's four irons and perhaps even stronger anyway but this is where they go to and then it's your option as to where you go next in terms of perhaps looking at hybrids which we might look at in this D7 range also but 5 iron 22 degrees I'm on a par 5 here we're going to give this one a wallop and see if we can get one chasing down the middle bit downwind this well again what's really interesting I might be slightly shaded here because we're right into the morning sun which is gorgeous to play in but not great for the camera if we pick the ball flight up I was managed to just trap that one down a little bit it goes a decent ball flight it was on the left bunkers it didn't really cut much at all which is what I was hoping for but again the ball has traveled but the interesting thing again second iron in it's the feel it's the most impressive thing and when I say feel I mean I can't quite see where I've where I've picked that one up there's a brand new club this and I can't see where I've hit that one on the club face but what I can tell you is I've managed to find either two sweet spots because it felt sweet or there's a decent itting area there which allows for average golfers to find a little bit of the club face and still get some great feel out this thing but so far two really impressive irons which I'll be more than happy with I've got to say how good Conway Golf Club is looking this morning and just a reminder don't forget that on September the 23rd we're looking to find the average golf for 2019 and that competition is being held here at Conway Golf Club and you can enter via tuplo.co.uk there's not a lot of spaces left or tea times but there are a few anyway back to the club review I got 130 into a bit of breeze I'm going to have to go with pitch and wedge because I'm brought the 9-9 out I'd probably have chosen 9 for that reason um we've tried a couple of the longer irons and therefore obviously let's go and try something down the short end the one thing that I've just noticed and on the shots that I've hit going around the course is that as a player who sort of comments a lot that he likes a small blade like iron a more compact size of iron which I always do say I then come out with a set of clubs like this or try a set of clubs like this sporadically as they are released and when I come like this I mean with a bit of mass with a bit of chunk behind the ball and the odd thing is you sort of question your mentality because you stand behind the five iron and the six iron what I've hit on the camera so far and they're sort of they're very much confidence inspiring you don't feel as though you're having to work a great deal with them that you sort of your mind switches that that bulk and mass will do all the work for you so yeah always question the mentality of golfers and mine included in that again none of you picked that one up it looked really good to be honest it was not all over the flag it was just to the right of flag and when it's done it's pitch short on the bank if you're playing in a in a medal you'd be happy with that it's just kicked me left and onto the front fringe of the green but it's probably done what I thought maybe this club is in around sort of 125-130 without playing into the breeze so for club it was definitely a 9-9 but yet again can see on this one it did sort of come out the middle some of the bottom grooves ball flight on all these again I've said this on a lot of videos over the last couple of years loft means very little to me because it's about ball flight characteristics that's the big deal and the ball flight does not it's not relevant to loft because these things are all towering in terms of the ball flight and once again with that wedge shot right up in the air it's perhaps an issue but what it's aimed at and the clubs the the golfer that these are aimed at they'll certainly give plenty of help in getting that airborne there's no doubt about that that's a surprising thing for me what I was trying to do there was just flight that one just a little bit lower and hopefully with the camera face that way you can get that because to play six sign I'm in around 150 yards it was a three-quarter swing and like I said a bit more of a punchy shot and the interesting thing is still with this type of iron we talk about player's irons our workability at the end of the day when golfers are at a level or whatever level you were at in terms of the shots that you like to play I'm pretty much sure that they can be done with any type of club nowadays and this idea that player's iron is required to a certain type of shot and days have gone well it's the first shot I've played with the sand iron and I must admit sat behind a ball it seemed a little bit clumb to some in its size it's not the normal type of wedge I would like from to play out of sand but once again and the sandy is beautiful come way it cut through it very nice indeed and seems to grab the ball believe me that's a downhill shot downwind and we got a little bit of it certainly grabbed all the what was a very firm green there they're ticking a lot of boxes these things a club goes down to a sand wedge and I've said that I played from the bunker just a minute or two ago that they're bulkier than what I would prefer perhaps a good time to talk about the overall looks of these clubs and and out of dress obviously they've got this thick top line it's what you'd expect from a this type of iron I was going to call it game improvement iron but let's just call it this type of iron it's got a thick top line and there's plenty width on the sole on every iron and there's plenty of mass at a dress I think it's good looking club I think it's a great finish that Wilson put together they've not overdone it and for me personally I think they've made this type of club look very very appealing indeed and I think it's got a bit of shelf appeal there but going back to the shot and playing so a little wedge shot I want to use sand wedge like I said these are the type of shots that normally I would look at this club and sort of push it to one side and dismiss it but anyway it's time to retire maybe I won't dismiss it what was really good about that it was a fairly tight lie and I got it really clean and straight away that you felt the sort of grip on the club I knew it was a good shot straight away in terms of like I said the response on these on this clubface and I mentioned for a third time now depending on which way I put these clips out but the feel is really really impressive and feel and sound I knew exactly where that was on the clubface and like I said I knew straight away that it was a good shot the big thing is I don't know you can hear it again but you can hear the sort of grab on the club decent enough second shot and I've got I've got to say that I keep saying this word ticking boxes but so far we've put it in a number of different situations and the irons from long iron through to short are coming out very very appealing indeed they're doing a job there's no doubt about that and at the price point it's incredible in many ways do I need to do an evaluation I think you've pretty much got it from what you've seen throughout the throughout the testing out there and of course and I think that's the reality the big thing for me on course testing is massive if I'd have tested these just in the bay would my opinion have been the same as what it is now brought them out on the course I don't think it would have been to be perfectly honest with you and I think that's where channels myself included really need to get from outside of dry ball data and get out on golf course and open your eyes because there's been such a difference like I said seeing it in reality in different situations what I can achieve with the golf club as you've seen has been quite surprising where do I start I mean if in terms of price versus performance unreal an absolute winner all the way hard to knock on looks it's bulky you know I mean that's a given whether or not your eye can take that I don't know it's a bulky club performance was unreal like I said loft and ball flight characteristics don't go the same they fly high they're lofted strong got some good yardages out the thing the ball stopped okay in terms of landing to some very firm greens here at Conway I mean what what how could I be critical of them for me personally like I said it would be overcoming the bulk and mass but the probably where this is aimed at and like I said if you're starting a game of golf or you wanted to upgrade an old set of golf clubs and you don't like the prices that being put out there at the moment then it's sort of 400 quid this is an unbelievably good value set of irons it's hard to see where you would go wrong with these irons to be quite honest with you fantastic performance well done for Wilson for coming out at this price point I think it's fantastic I'm not going to say any more I think you get the picture I could go on and on and on but you've seen from out there on the course the dry ball data I'll throw it for you now as I'm talking 170 ish 7 iron like I said it's where I expected to be spin maybe a little bit lower and more like the sort of six science spin that I would get again down to loft so like I said all things that we've seen many times before but reality out there on the course absolute stunning performer massive thumbs up to Wilson and their d7 iron seriously I'm mega impressed with that anyway I'm sat on the 15th tee I'm going to play a few more rolls here at Conway it's nine o'clock in the morning and it's absolutely stunning don't forget get yourselves down in September the 23rd and come and find see if you are the average golfer at 2019 we've got an unreal day coming and I'd love you to be part of it anyway see you soon