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The Wishon 979SS is not a club you would have found at a big-box golf store in 2012, and that is the whole point. Tom Wishon sold his designs as component heads through independent clubfitters, so every set of 979SS irons was built to order. Your length, your lie angle, your shaft, your grip. No off-the-rack guesswork.
As a game improvement iron, the 979SS was aimed at the mid-to-high handicapper who wanted forgiveness without giving up the benefits of a proper fitting. Wishon's argument, repeated across his books and design notes, was that a well-fit game improvement head beats a poorly fit tour blade every single time. The 979SS was one of the heads he pointed to when making that case.
More than a decade later, you will mostly find these on the used market or in the back stock of longtime Wishon fitters. That changes the buying calculus. The design still holds up, but the custom-fit experience that made it special depends on finding someone who can still build it properly.
In short
The Wishon Golf 979SS (2012) is a forgiving game-improvement iron built for consistent distance.
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Brands in this category update about every 2 years, and the 979SS is 14 years old with no successor yet, so a new model could land any time. Grab it at clearance pricing now, or wait a few weeks to see what replaces it.
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Stock steel shaft. Lofts are approximate and subject to manufacturing tolerances.
The 979SS is a stainless steel cavity back with the usual game improvement toolkit: perimeter weighting to steady the head on off-center strikes, a deeper center of gravity to help the ball up, and enough offset to give slicers a fighting chance. Nothing exotic, and Wishon would have told you that plainly. He designed for measurable performance, not marketing stories. Where it differs from a 2012 retail iron is the tolerances. Wishon heads were spec'd tighter on loft and lie than most mass-market clubs of that era, which mattered because the fitter bending your set needed a consistent starting point. That attention to build quality is why some of these sets are still in play today.
Not through normal channels. Wishon Golf sold through independent clubfitters, and the 979SS dates to 2012, so your realistic options are the used market or a fitter with leftover head inventory. If you find bare heads, any competent builder can assemble a set to your specs.
Yes. It is a game improvement design with perimeter weighting and offset, which is exactly the category beginners should be in. The bigger question is whether you can get it fit and built properly, since that was always the point of buying a Wishon head.
It refers to the stainless steel construction. Wishon used material and design codes in most of his model names rather than marketing labels.
The heads themselves compete fine on quality, and Wishon's manufacturing tolerances were tighter than a lot of retail product from that era. What you give up is resale value and brand recognition. What you gain is a set built precisely to your measurements, usually for less money.
Yes, the stainless construction takes standard bending within the usual couple of degrees. That was by design, since every set was meant to pass through a fitter's hands before reaching the golfer.
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