Golf Shoes

[Reid Jones]

Hey guys, I golf all the time. Lately, it's been about 3 times a week. I'm only 14 and this is my first year of serious golfing. I was wondering if golf shoes are that important for me to have. Because I don't wear them. I don't own them. I wear my Adidas shoes that have barely any grip on the bottom of them.

[Uber$winG]

I would venture to say that golf shoes are not unimportant.

[wrx_junki]

Do your feet slip when swinging? I've seen people play anything from sandals to worker boots. I would always wear it since it lets my feet stay planted.

[ukalum]

Yes, they are important. Even wearing golf shoes, when your foot slips it usually doesn't end up with a good result. Get a cheap pair.

[bradabco]

get them...they are important.

[Slice57]

If you're wearing some adidas running type shoes.... Check out the Adidas Power Band Sport. I just picked up a pair off e-bay for $40 total (last year's model) and they are great!

[golfheaven]

Hello Reid, When you are as young as you are, the importance of a pair of golf shoes can readily be dismissed--that is until you slip. Slipping may cause muscular pain or even damage to ligaments. Even when the weather is perfect, a solid anchor to the ground will allow the efficient transfer of energy into your swing. Don't go crazy. You don't need an expensive pair. Just comfortable.
Good luck.

[goblue107501]

It just depends if you tend to slip when you play. If you do, then yes. If you don't, then no. I watched my Dad play for the better part of 20 years and he only wore golf shoes about 10% of the time, and that was only in tournaments. He never had a bunch of lower body movement in his swing so he didn't twist his feet that much. I don't think I ever saw him slip.

You don't need to wear golf shoes to play good, but it can help. I would recommend getting some if you plan on playing a bunch, it will help in the long run since you will be able to make more movements with your lower body without worrying about slipping..

[lumpuckeroo]

I would venture to say that golf shoes are not unimportant.

I would say the same thing.

[mtsalmela80]

I bought a pair of Foot Joy Green Goys, a very plain white model that looks like a clean sneaker, for $50 from Dicks. Thought they might suffer from poor quality due to being so cheap, however I can walk a round with no issues.

[BeeZero]

I wore golf shoes for years, but I have a weird bone structure on my heel that would blister EVERY SINGLE TIME. I got tired of it and went to just plain old running shoes I had. The result, no blisters, no negitive impact of golf game at all, and more comfort. Onrainy days or early dew, I would say that gof shoes would help though. I'm not wasting the money though.

[alf174]

One of my regular golfing buddies used to dismiss golf shoes until he was hitting a shot off a slight incline in the morning dew and slipped right down onto his hip and missed a week's worth of golf because of the bruise.