Building a Full Wilson Bag: Driver to Putter

Buy in the right order

Irons first. They are the most used clubs and the ones where fit changes the most. Get the family and tier right before anything else.

Wedges second. Set them off the pitching wedge loft of the irons you just bought, not off the traditional 52-56-60 pattern.

Top of the bag third. One fairway wood you can hit off grass, one or two hybrids covering the long irons you dropped.

Driver fourth. The most exciting purchase and the one that changes your scores least.

Putter whenever. Putter choice is independent of everything else and is about aim and feel rather than fitting numbers.

A worked mid-handicap example

Dynapower irons 6 through pitching wedge, Staff Model ZM wedges at even steps below, a 20-degree Dynapower hybrid and a 22-degree replacing the long irons, Dynapower Max fairway at 18 degrees, Dynapower 10K MOI Max+ driver, Infinite putter.

That is thirteen clubs with one slot spare for a fourth wedge or a third hybrid, and it is coherent from end to end.

A worked better-player example

Staff Model XB in the long irons, CB from the 7-iron down, Staff Model ZM wedges including a high toe in the highest loft, Dynapower Carbon fairway, one hybrid, and a driver chosen on fitting numbers rather than brand loyalty.

Keep shaft weights consistent

The most common fault in a bag assembled over several years is wildly varying shaft weights. A wedge thirty grams heavier than your 9-iron feels like a different sport.

Match roughly across the set, and particularly across the boundary between irons and wedges.

Leave a slot genuinely empty if you need to

Thirteen clubs you trust beats fourteen with one you never use. The fourteenth slot is best filled after a season of play, when you know which distance you keep missing.

Buying tip: Set the wedge lofts at the same time you order the irons. Doing it later, once the pitching wedge is already in the bag, is how most gapping problems start.

Model names current as of September 2026.