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clubchamp Great Member

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I'm actually more of a fan of metal spikes than I am of soft spikes for a couple reasons.

1. If it's soft conditions soft spikes leave a lot of indentations and leave spike marks on the green where anyone has walked. Metal spikes usually pull clean and if you pay attention you tap down your own spike marks.

2. Shoes with metal spikes gave you better footing plus you didn't have to change spikes a lot unlike soft spikes.

People dragging their feet whether it's soft spikes or metal is ignorant and tears up the green either way. If all soft spikes were like the ecco street premiere you probably would have less issues with greens but the footing wouldn't be nearly is as good. During summer months if the course lets there greens really dry out then soft spikes would probably better than metal. I guess next time your playing look around the cup where every puts a lot of weight on one leg to pick up their ball you will see a ton of marks. Again this is just my opinion...

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Originally Posted by clubchamp

I'm actually more of a fan of metal spikes than I am of soft spikes for a couple reasons.

1. If it's soft conditions soft spikes leave a lot of indentations and leave spike marks on the green where anyone has walked. Metal spikes usually pull clean and if you pay attention you tap down your own spike marks.

2. Shoes with metal spikes gave you better footing plus you didn't have to change spikes a lot unlike soft spikes.

People dragging their feet whether it's soft spikes or metal is ignorant and tears up the green either way. If all soft spikes were like the ecco street premiere you probably would have less issues with greens but the footing wouldn't be nearly is as good. During summer months if the course lets there greens really dry out then soft spikes would probably better than metal. I guess next time your playing look around the cup where every puts a lot of weight on one leg to pick up their ball you will see a ton of marks. Again this is just my opinion...


Agree. What I have noticed is that some people twist their feet on the green, for whatever strange reason. This twisting leaves terrible marks on the surface, such marks were never seen during the steel spike era.

Soft 'spikes' are good only for walking indoors and on asphalt. Then again, on those surfaces one rarely needs to take one's stance, so why on earth did this soft 'spike' revolution begin in the first place?? Could it be possible that the enormous business of manufacturing and selling these softies compared to that of steel spikes has got anything to do with it...? I used to have spikes made of hardened steel and they lasted for many years. Current softies last for maximum 10 rounds. Good business for someone.

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If they made the greens hard enough you'd never see a footprint. Bay Hills' greens looked soft as sand! Too many courses have shit, soft greens. They gotta firm under foot!

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Originally Posted by Lofty Lefty

If they made the greens hard enough you'd never see a footprint. Bay Hills' greens looked soft as sand! Too many courses have shit, soft greens. They gotta firm under foot!



I thought that bay hills greens were to hard. no one could stick it.

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