Category: Shoes
As essential as clubs and balls, golf shoes provide traction and stability during the golf swing. For walkers, a good pair of golf shoes are your best friends. And for those of you who are styling, shoes can complete the outfit. Doug Sanders, the PGA Tour legend known as the Peacock of the Fairways, had many hundreds of shoes in all the colors of the rainbow. You could too.
Footjoy Classics Tour Golf Shoes
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 II Golf 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.
Nike Revive Junior Golf Shoes
My eldest wants a pair of golf shoes for Christmas. And these Nike Revive shoes look like just the trick. They look like a pair of sneakers (do people even use that term any more), but have the golf spikes. I’m more of a traditionalist when it comes to shoes, but I can’t imagine him in a pair of saddle shoes.
There’s just one problem. The boy is growing like the proverbial weed. Any shoe that I buy him in December is going to be too small by summer. My best bet may be to buy a pair two sizes too large.
Adidas Torsion Euro Golf Shoes
Adidas Torsion Euro Golf Shoes
While I think that Adidas sometimes goes overboard with their three stripe logo, these are quite tastefully done. This is a very good looking golf shoe with a lot of tech built in.
The “torsion” in the name refers to the shoe’s Torsion system, which is supposed to control the rotation of the heel and foot with a mid-foot support system. Lugs in the sole are designed to optimize weight distribution by increasing ground surface contact.
The shoes also feature Adidas’ ClimaProof system—their version of GoreTex. While remaining waterproof, the material allows moisture to wick out to the surface of the shoe. That way, your feet stay dry inside and out.
Moisture control is especially important in cold weather golf. It’s ok if your feet sweat in the summer—the worse that can happen is that the dogs feel a little unconfortable. But moisture in the winter will cool off your feet, sapping overall body heat.
In winter, dry is the key.
Team MyJoys
FootJoy offers a custom shoe program where you can get your footwear done with the colors and logo of your favorite college or pro team.
They don’t have West Virginia. Too bad.
