Wilson are known as one of the top brands in the sporting world but aren’t massively well known for their golf balls. So are you overlooking their golf ball range for more well-known ball manufacturers?
Wilson Staff Model R vs Wilson Staff Model golf ball review
Wilson’s Staff Model golf ball is a tour-inspired product designed for elite players. It comes in two versions and one of them is a paint-free edition.
So why is the Staff model R unpainted? Well, it’s to give it more aerodynamic consistency which equals a more precise ball flight.
“The automated painting process can sometimes deliver balls with uneven coverage and the pooling of paint in the shallow dimples,” Frank Simonutti, Wilson’s chief of golf ball innovation explains. “This can significantly affect the trajectory and the directional stability of the ball flight. By doing away with the paint finish, we were able to eliminate all the short comings attributed to the paint process and deliver a unique product for the golf purist.”
Pretty cool, huh?
The typical gloss paint finish we see of a ball is mainly applied for visual appearance. It also prevents against staining and helps UV stability. The Staff Model R then will discolour over time but Wilson believe the performance gains merit this.
So how does it perform? I got my hands on both versions to find out.
Wilson Staff Model R vs Wilson Staff Model golf ball: Looks
Wilson has changed the game with the look and feel of one of their elite golf balls. The Wilson Staff Model R is one of the first balls that is unpainted with a urethane cover meaning the ball feels and looks matt. It was a weird sensation taking them out of the box as they felt much lighter but I was intrigued to see how it would perform especially around the greens. The Wilson Staff Model golf ball keeps it classic with a thin logoed line saving you from having to draw a sharpie line which is always helpful.