New FootJoy Freestyle Shoe

[boogielicious]

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/footjoy-freestyle-shoes-push-the-lightweight-trend-in-golf-footwear

I'll check these out.

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FootJoy Freestyle shoes continue to push the lightweight trend in golf footwear

By Marty Hackel

It's no longer a surprise but now an expectation that a newly released golf shoe will be lightweight and casual-looking. While there are still great traditional footwear options, golf shoes continue to push in this lighter, more functional direction. 

FootJoy's latest release, the Freestyle, contains a new flexible SoftMaxTM outsole, translucent Pulsar cleats used by FootJoy for the first time, and a midsole compound that the 159-year-old company calls its "softest yet."

"FreeStyle is arguably FootJoy's most imaginative and distinctive shoe ever," FootJoy's vice president of design and development Doug Robinson said in a release.

After testing these, you can certainly feel the comfort and performance elements at work. A new gripping system for the outsole uses molded rubber to match mobility with comfort. As your weight shifts at impact, these shoes are designed to help transfer energy and provide ideal grip to the ground.

The shoes will be available in six color schemes in February ($190, $210 for the company's Boa lacing system).

 

[billchao]

I like the sole wrapping around the sides of the shoe. I roll onto the side of my foot as I swing so I can see how that can help. I definitely like the BOA lacing system.

Does it only come in ugly? 

[DaveP043]

56 minutes ago, billchao said:

Does it only come in ugly? 

You mean that green orange and blue scheme isn't ugly enough?

I've had a pair of the FJ M-Project shoes for a while, and these look pretty similar.  The M-Projects are really comfortable, at least in the spikeless version.  Like Freestyle, the textured sole wraps up the sides just a bit.  In fact, its apparently made for right-hand players, since the sole wraps higher on the left side of both the left and right shoes.

 

[dkolo]

I really like FJ's sportier styles and would love to get in on them (The DNAs are only $3 more expensive than the Tour 360 M1 I'll probably get otherwise), but they have this unfortunate trend of covering their shoe in a porous, non uniform material, either a mesh or an otherwise porous upper surface. My current Tour 360s are a nightmare to clean on the rear and ankle where they are porous and I can't imagine dealing with that on the whole shoe. Mud and dirt would get into these like mad when I play in wetter conditions. I like being able to clean up a shoe and spruce it up with shoe polish. I wish they'd adopt a bit more of a Nike and Taylormade approach with their solid uppers, just with their own sleeker aesthetic (Nikes, which I love in all other clothes and equipment, makes absolute Leviathans out of their golf spikes)

I'm also very tempted to get a BOA enclosure on my next shoe. My adidas Tour 360 and Adiboost unlace the second you're sure they won't unlace again and stop thinking about it. 

[boogielicious]

4 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

You mean that green orange and blue scheme isn't ugly enough?

I've had a pair of the FJ M-Project shoes for a while, and these look pretty similar.  The M-Projects are really comfortable, at least in the spikeless version.  Like Freestyle, the textured sole wraps up the sides just a bit.  In fact, its apparently made for right-hand players, since the sole wraps higher on the left side of both the left and right shoes.

 

I've got the spike version of the M-Project and they are comfortable too. I will definitely be looking into these. Below is there intro video.

 

And @billchao, they have a few different color combos, not just this one.

http://www.footjoy.com/freestyle/

 

[billchao]

2 hours ago, boogielicious said:

And @billchao, they have a few different color combos, not just this one.

http://www.footjoy.com/freestyle/

Nothing really catches my eye. I'll have to see them in person. They look a little "kids' toy plastic-y" with that translucent material they made half the shoe out of.

It's not that I mind flamboyant shoes; they're just hard to match to everything and I'm not going to buy multiple pairs of shoes. I do have a nice neon green shirt that will go nicely with the black and green pair.

Didn't notice the soft spikes at first. Will probably pass on them.

[jamo]

They look so un-FootJoy-ish. Which I guess is the purpose. 

[saevel25]

Ugh, those are ugly. I don't like dress shoe looking golf shoes. I don't want something the Oregon Ducks would wear. 

[colin007]

Still not as ugly as the True shoes..

[caniac6]

I have had some foot problems te last few years, and if these work, they will be the most beautiful shoes I've ever seen.

[David in FL]

20 hours ago, jamo said:

They look so un-FootJoy-ish. Which I guess is the purpose. 

Guess so.  They succeeded.  Not my personal style at all.  On my 3d pair of Icons though.