Wilson Golf Clubs
Wilson Complete Sets and Package Bags: Are They Any Good
Wilson has covered this ground for decades, and the answer is more nuanced than the snobbery suggests.
What a package set actually is
A full bag sold as one purchase — driver, fairway wood, hybrid, irons, wedge, putter and a bag — at a price well below buying the same clubs separately.
Wilson has been doing this longer and better than most, and the sets are genuinely playable rather than the toy clubs the format sometimes implies.
Who they are right for
Genuine beginners. Someone who has never played does not know their swing speed, their miss or their preferred shaft, and a fitting captures a snapshot of a swing that will change substantially within two seasons.
Returning golfers testing the water. If you are not sure you will keep playing, spending heavily on a fitted set is a poor bet.
Juniors and second bags. Both cases where cost matters more than the last five per cent of performance.
What you are giving up
Shafts are chosen for an average golfer rather than for you. The driver will be a generation or two behind. The wedges will be basic. The putter will be a putter rather than the right putter.
None of that matters much when your swing is still forming. All of it matters once it has settled.
The upgrade path
The sensible route is to play a package set for a season or two while taking lessons, then replace clubs individually as you learn what you need. Usually the irons first, then the wedges, then the driver.
That order surprises people, because the driver is the exciting purchase. It is also the club that accounts for the smallest share of the shots that decide a round.
What not to do
Do not buy a package set and then keep it for ten years out of inertia. The point of it is that it is temporary. Golfers who never move on are usually the ones still fighting clubs that stopped suiting them years ago.
Where the money should go instead
Lessons. A beginner who spends their first golf budget on coaching and a basic set will improve faster than one who buys premium clubs and no instruction, and will then know what to buy next.
Buying tip: Buy the package set, then book six lessons with the difference. That combination beats an expensive set with no coaching by a wide margin.
Model names current as of September 2026.