[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-wilson-golf-clubs-wilson-dynapower-fairway-woods-max-vs-carbon":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"wilson-dynapower-fairway-woods-max-vs-carbon","Wilson Dynapower Fairway Woods: Max vs Carbon","Two heads with genuinely different jobs, not two names for the same club.","\u002Fimg\u002Fwilson-golf-clubs\u002Fwilson-dynapower-fairway-woods-max-vs-carbon_dynapower-fairways.png","Wilson Dynapower Fairway Woods: Max vs Carbon illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"wilson-golf-clubs","Wilson Golf Clubs","\u003Ch3>Dynapower Max\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The forgiveness option, offered in 15, 18 and 21 degrees. Variable face thickness keeps ball speed up on off-centre strikes, and the head is shaped and weighted to launch easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the fairway wood for golfers who need to hit the club off the deck and struggle to get it airborne. That is a very large group and it is the more useful of the two for most readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Dynapower Carbon\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The lower-spinning, more compact head with a carbon crown and a six-way adjustable hosel, offered from 13.5 through 21 degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carbon crown saves weight that can be repositioned lower and further back, and the adjustability lets you fine-tune loft and face angle. Aimed at faster players who launch the ball high already and want to control spin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Choosing between them\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The mistake is buying Carbon because it sounds more advanced. If your problem is getting a 3-wood up off a fairway lie, a lower-spinning head makes that considerably harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Choose Carbon if you hit the ball high and it balloons. Choose Max if it does not get up at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>The 3-wood problem\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The most common fault in a bag is a 3-wood that only works off a tee. Too little loft, too long a shaft, too shallow a face for most golfers to strike cleanly off grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 5-wood at 18 degrees is usually the better club. Shorter, deeper-faced, dramatically easier from a fairway lie. You lose a little from a tee and gain a club you can genuinely use twice a round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Use the adjustable hosel properly\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>On the Carbon head, changing loft also changes face angle slightly. Adding loft tends to close the face, which helps a slicer and hurts a hooker. Make one change at a time and hit at least ten balls before judging it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Test off grass\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The only question that matters with a fairway wood is whether you can hit it from a fairway lie. A tee and a range mat both hide the answer completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fitting tip:\u003C\u002Fstrong> If you can only hit your 3-wood off a tee, replace it with an 18-degree head. A club you can use from the fairway is worth two you cannot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Model names current as of September 2026.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",389,{"slug":15,"title":16},"wilson-dynapower-10k-moi-max-driver-who-it-suits","Wilson Dynapower 10K MOI Max+ Driver: Who It Suits",{"slug":18,"title":19},"wilson-dynapower-hybrids-replacing-your-long-irons","Wilson Dynapower Hybrids: Replacing Your Long Irons",1788335629204]