{"id":227534,"date":"2019-03-20T17:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:50:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:50:41","slug":"wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wilson Golf has launched a <em>D7 <\/em>iron Challenge, inviting golfers from major markets in Europe to put their own 7-iron up against its new <em>Wilson Staff<\/em> model to see how much more distance they can gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero-1024x871.jpg\" alt=\"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge\" class=\"wp-image-117042\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nChallenge, running for the next five months, has a \u2018ours versus theirs\u2019 theme and\nencourages golfers to hit three shots with both clubs to see which one gains\nthe most yardage. A random draw will take place each month for golfer\u2019s who\ngained yardage for a chance to win a year\u2019s supply of <em>Wilson Staff DX2 Soft<\/em> golf balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently\ntrialled at the PGA Show in Orlando, more than 97% of the 295 golfers who took\nup the Challenge gained an average yardage increase of 15% using the <em>Wilson Staff D7<\/em> iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\ndistance gains we saw at the PGA Show were just incredible,\u201d said Doug Wright,\nGlobal Commercial Director at Wilson Golf. \u201cAlmost three-out-of-four golfers (74%)\ngained more than ten yards, with a third gaining over 20 yards. The results\nwere so impressive in the US, that we\u2019re excited to see what golfers across\nEurope can achieve,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dates and venues where the Challenge will take place can be found on the constantly-updated <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilson.com\/events\/golf\/en-gb\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"D7 Challenge page via the Wilson website (opens in a new tab)\">D7 Challenge page via the Wilson website<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 To take part, golfers in the UK &amp; Ireland, Germany and France can text the figure of their average gain to a number provided by a Wilson representative on the day. Those engaged in other countries will be invited to fill out an online form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n<em>D7<\/em> Challenge is being backed by a\nmajor marketing campaign featuring prominent point of sale material, email\ncampaigns and prominent consumer advertising in both print and digital media,\nplus featuring across Wilson\u2019s social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\nultimate aim for the <em>D7<\/em> Challenge is\nto generate awareness around the best distance iron we\u2019ve ever produced,\u201d said Wright.\n\u201cThis is the perfect opportunity for those who haven\u2019t had a hit with them to\nreally put them to the test and see the distance they can gain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson has taken the aesthetics from its award-winning <em>FG Tour V6<\/em> and <em>C300<\/em> irons and combined it with ground-breaking super game improvement technology with the launch of its revolutionary <em>Wilson Staff<\/em> <em>D7<\/em> distance irons for the 2019 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clubs couple the thinnest iron face ever produced by the brand in any distance model with the addition of more exclusive Power Holes under the umbrella of the new RE-AKT Technology, creating greater ball speeds for longer distances for both centre and off-centre impacts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contest theme pits other irons against the new Wilson Staff D7 model<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[688,522,161,2917,2846,2319,2930],"class_list":["post-227534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","tag-19th","tag-equipment","tag-europe","tag-launch","tag-march-2019","tag-wilson-golf","tag-wilson-staff-model"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge - Golf Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Contest theme pits other irons against the new Wilson Staff D7 model\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golf Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-20T17:50:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-06T11:50:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"871\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/\",\"name\":\"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge - Golf Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-20T17:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-06T11:50:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":871,\"caption\":\"Wilson Staff D7\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pro Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pro-shop\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Equipment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pro-shop\/equipment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Golf Today\",\"description\":\"Golf News and Lifestyle\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189\",\"name\":\"The Editorial Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"The Editorial Team\"},\"description\":\"The editorial team at Golf Today strives to provide readers with captivating content that celebrates the rich heritage and exciting developments in the world of golf. Their collective expertise and dedication ensure that Golf Today remains a premier destination for golf enthusiasts seeking the latest news, insightful analysis, and engaging stories from the world of golf.\",\"jobTitle\":\"Editor\",\"worksFor\":\"Golf Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/author\/aurelie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge - Golf Today","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge","og_description":"Contest theme pits other irons against the new Wilson Staff D7 model","og_url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/","og_site_name":"Golf Today","article_published_time":"2019-03-20T17:50:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-06T11:50:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":871,"url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Editorial Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Editorial Team","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/","name":"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge - Golf Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg","datePublished":"2019-03-20T17:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-06T11:50:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019_D7_Iron_Hero.jpg","width":1024,"height":871,"caption":"Wilson Staff D7"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wilson-golf-launches-new-distance-iron-challenge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pro Shop","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pro-shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Equipment","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pro-shop\/equipment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Wilson Golf launches new distance iron challenge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/","name":"Golf Today","description":"Golf News and Lifestyle","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189","name":"The Editorial Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg","caption":"The Editorial Team"},"description":"The editorial team at Golf Today strives to provide readers with captivating content that celebrates the rich heritage and exciting developments in the world of golf. Their collective expertise and dedication ensure that Golf Today remains a premier destination for golf enthusiasts seeking the latest news, insightful analysis, and engaging stories from the world of golf.","jobTitle":"Editor","worksFor":"Golf Today","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/author\/aurelie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}