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hi bought new soft spikes( black widow) 3 months ago and have noticed they are starting to snap off .I've had them wear down in the past but never ,never  snap off.Asked around fellow golfers and they have never had same problem either Went to place of purchase and they didn't wont to know. By the way there's very little concrete at my course. Is this a bad batch?


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Probably are. Order some new and keep going.

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Originally Posted by jamesherb

hi bought new soft spikes( black widow) 3 months ago and have noticed they are starting to snap off .I've had them wear down in the past but never ,never  snap off.Asked around fellow golfers and they have never had same problem either Went to place of purchase and they didn't wont to know. By the way there's very little concrete at my course. Is this a bad batch?



Which ones are they?  The Tour or the Classic?  Also, when you say "snap off", do you mean you're losing pieces of the plastic "fingers" or are you losing the whole spike (with just the stud remaining)?

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915D3 / 712 AP2 / SC Mont 1.5


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I had some (Softspikes) Black Widow (non-tour) cleats do the same thing.  Some just lost their fingers, but a couple completely separated from the base.  The same thing with their  Shadow spikes (both were small thread).  I now use Champ Scorpion Stinger cleats.  I play on both soft and hardpack courses regularly, and they are quite durable.  This upcoming season will be my third year using the same set.


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Originally Posted by moparman426

I had some (Softspikes) Black Widow (non-tour) cleats do the same thing.  Some just lost their fingers, but a couple completely separated from the base.  The same thing with their  Shadow spikes (both were small thread).  I now use Champ Scorpion Stinger cleats.  I play on both soft and hardpack courses regularly, and they are quite durable.  This upcoming season will be my third year using the same set.



Small world.  I had the same experience you did with the (BW) Classics.  Missing fingers were the norm.  Luckily, when I lost a spike, I lost the whole thing, so I wasn't stuck trying to unscrew the post out of the sleeve mid-round.  However, it was bad enough that I resorted to keeping several replacements and a wrench in my bag at all times.  Also, after wearing them for a bit, I hated the way they would flatten out and stay that way on the outside of my shoes while the inside ones would "spring back" to their original shape.  I even resorted to having my feet and gait checked because of this wear pattern.  Turns out, everything was physically normal and I didn't require orthotics.  So I, too, ended up switching to Champ Stingers a little over a year ago and have had no problems whatsoever.

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915D3 / 712 AP2 / SC Mont 1.5


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