Adidas ClimaCool Flylite Golf Shoes

For those hot, sweaty summer days, Adidas offers the ClimaCool Flylite Golf Shoes. Designed for breathability, they feature a synthetic mesh upper, ventilation holes and moisture wicking.

Needless to say, they’re not in the least bit waterproof.

They’re also designed to be lightweight, which appeals to the walker in me. The midsole also offers something called adiPrene, which is supposed to improve response in the footbed, for better weight transfer and balance.

These are on my short list for purchase this summer.

BITE Golf Trekker Spikeless - Aztec / Wheat / Black

The Bite Golf Trekker spikeless shoes are designed to be an all-in-one solution to golf travel. Not only can you wear these on your day trips; you also can use them on the course, thanks to the strategically placed, angled lugs that offer traction both on the course, and on the trail

I wish I had a pair of these when I took the family to California last summer. I could have saved packing the extra shoes.

Bite Golf Boot 2.5

A couple of background thoughts:

A couple of years ago I bought a pair of Snake Eyes branded golf shoes manufactured by Bite Golf. They were on sale, and I liked the way they fit. And after wearing them on the course, I liked the way they felt when I walked the course, too. They’re made of a sort of neo-leather, however, and get a bit hot on the feet, so I mostly wear them in the spring.

Then there were the Adidas Mudskipper golf boots that I saw online a couple of years ago, but was never able to find at a retailer. They looked like the perfect thing for a Michigan spring. But

Then I accidentally ran across these Bite Golf boots when looking online for information about the new Callaway HX Bite balls.

These look like they might do the trick for that early spring league I’m playing in.  They’ve got a waterproof exterior and a waterproof liner. The collar and tongue are well padded—I could tuck my pants in when its muddy. And they’ve got all the usual golf shoe features, like FastTwist spikes, traction teeth and lateral support.

Footjoy Classics Tour Golf Shoes

In a world where golf shoes are increasingly looking like those overblown and tacky basketball shoes from the 1990s, the Footjoy Classics Tour are a refreshing change. I like their classic European looks.

The shoes feature FootJoy’s Intellishield Extreme membrane, which is supposed to provide temperature responsive waterproof protection and breathability. When the in-shoe temperature rises, the pores of the Intellishield Extreme membrane open to allow heat and moisture vapor out. When in-shoe temperature falls, the pores close to insulate. All this temperature responsive action happens while remaining totally waterproof.

Cool.

Adidas Tour 360 Shoes

Adidas’ trademark three stripe logo comes from the original track shoe design of Adi (Adolph) Dassler, who founded Adidas in 1920. The stripes were a part of the shoe design which helped support the foot and offer stability.

Its not surprising, therefore, that the new Adidas Tour 360 shoes also feature a foot support system called the 360 wrap, which is supposed to promote a stable, tour-caliber hitting platform. The shoe’s high traction split outsole features tapered, kidney shaped lugs that are supposed to avoid clogging while still providing a strong grip on the turf.

Adidas continues the theme by including what it calls a “3D FitFoam” sock liner that has three densities of foam. The polyurethane base layer provides outstanding support from heel to toe. A cushioning layer in the heel absorbs shoes, while memory foam adapts to the contours of the forefoot.