Comfort in Golf Shoes

When looking to buy a new pair of golf shoes, how important is comfort to you guys? What does comfort mean to you?

That's a tough question. Comfort is important in my golf shoes but I also take other things into account (performance, looks, brand). These are all factors that are extremely relative towards the consumer, making them very hard to measure. However, my shoe is comfortable because it does not constrain my movements and is loose but tight at the same time.

14 of the 18 pair of golf shoes I own are all FootJoy shoes.  If they weren't comfortable, I probably would have never bought that many of the same brand anyway.  I do look at other brands.  Style is what tweaks my interest in new golf shoes.  If I find a shoe I like in style/color/the way it looks, then I will try it on.  If it fits well, then I would probably buy them.  But, I would never buy a pair of shoes online that I had not previously purchased and worn so I would know the fit and comfort level.  But, when it comes to FootJoy shoes, I have no fear of ordering those.

Couldn't disagree more. You want your foot to be very loose in your shoe. I actually recommend removing the laces, this will give a maximum of potential rotational force which can the be delivered to the ball via increase toe pressures.

That is indeed the newest candidate for clubhead speed that i have heard.  Take off your shoe laces and rotate through the ball.  Well, a spark of truth here as ole' Sam Snead recommended shoeless golf to give the proper foot feel.

But where i play, it's up and down the hills all afternoon. Not so easy when the shoe is flopping around.

Comfort is king.

I wear Nike Lunar Control II shoes that are loose enough for me to slide my feet in and out of them without untying the laces.

I look for the design of the shoe and its performance characteristics, and check out its comfort.

I wear True Linkswear ... since their inception.

Could be a sequencing issue with your toes. Need to externally rotate the big toe of your left foot (for a righty) while simultaneously allowing the toes of your trail foot to go into toenal flexion. But this is largely :offtopic: (and BS ;)), we're supposed to be buying shoes.

I want both. The look of the shoe is what draws me to it, but it has to be comfortable. I won't buy comfortable shoes if I don't like the look of them.

Luckily there are lots of shoe options these days and it's easy to find nice looking, comfortable, and quality golf shoes.