Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 Driver

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Wilson doesn't get much airtime in the driver conversation, and the 2016 Staff FG Tour F5 is a good reminder that it should. This was Wilson's tour-tier driver, part of a line that traces back to the FG Tour irons a lot of low-handicappers still remember fondly. The F5 kept that same intent: a 460cc head built for players who want to hit it low and hard, not high and floaty.

The headline here is spin, or rather the lack of it. Wilson tuned the F5 to launch on a flatter, lower-spinning window, which is exactly what a golfer with decent speed wants when their current driver balloons and stalls out in the wind. Pair that low-spin bias with an adjustable hosel, and you get a driver you can actually dial in to your swing instead of buying off the rack and hoping.

A decade on, the F5 is squarely a used-market club, and that's the fun of it. You can find one for a fraction of what a new tour driver costs, and if you've got the speed to use a low-spin head, the performance holds up better than the price tag suggests.

• You swing with enough speed to benefit from a low-spin head and tend to balloon your drives with higher-spinning models.
• You want a genuine tour-shaped 460cc driver without paying current-year money for it on the used market.
• You like to tinker with hosel settings to fine-tune launch and shot shape rather than playing a fixed setup.
• You already trust Wilson's players gear and want a driver that matches the FG Tour pedigree in the bag.
• Slower swingers looking for easy carry and high launch should look elsewhere, since this head rewards speed over help.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 a low-spin driver?

Yes. Wilson built the F5 to launch on a flatter, lower-spinning window, which is why it suits faster swingers who want a penetrating flight instead of a high, spinny ball that stalls in the wind.

Can you adjust the loft on the FG Tour F5?

It has an adjustable hosel, so you can change loft and lie to move your launch and start line. That flexibility matters on this club because a low-spin head needs the right loft to carry properly.

What size is the FG Tour F5 driver head?

It's a full 460cc, the largest volume allowed under the rules. You get the big footprint and the address confidence that comes with a maximum-size head.

Is the FG Tour F5 a good driver for high-handicappers?

Not really its target. The low-spin design and tour shaping favor golfers with speed and a repeatable strike. A high-handicapper chasing easy launch and forgiveness would be better served by a more draw-biased, higher-spinning game-improvement driver.

Is a 2016 FG Tour F5 still worth buying today?

If you have the speed to use a low-spin head, yes. It's a used-market club now, so you can pick one up cheap, and the flat, low-spin flight holds up fine against the price. Just get the hosel set correctly before you judge the carry.

Alternatives to the Wilson Staff FG Tour F5

Other tour driver models from different brands, closest to its model year.