Kikkor New Heights shoes

[ditchparrot19]

Before taking my 12-year hiatus from golf, I used to walk the vast majority of my rounds and enjoyed playing that way. But after coming back to the game early this past summer, I quickly realized that there's no way I could make 18 holes on my feet. I have a badly damaged left leg (long story, but my femur once became dislocated and went straight down through my knee, shredding everything in there and damaging some nerves to the point that the leg and foot will never work right again). Things have worsened over time, and I've also gained a considerable amount of weight during the past decade, although I'm now in the process of taking that back off.

I started out in June with the same pair of Foot Joy athletic-type shoes I'd had when I quit. Some of the molding on the bottom had rotted over time, though, so I bought the current pair of the same style, which were nowhere near as comfortable. I began playing in the same high-top basketball shoes I wear every day (except when I'm bird-hunting or fly-fishing, when I wear lace-up boots). I basically have no left ankle, so shoes that go above that point are a must.

I did a Google search for "high-top golf shoes," which I had no idea if there even was such a thing, and the only result was the Kikkor New Heights. I was pretty jacked to find them, but I held off ordering them for a couple of months because I'd just bought quite a bit of new stuff (including the Foot Joys).

I finally pulled the trigger last week. The shoes arrived on Wednesday, and I walked 9 holes in them this morning (that's all I had time for).

They're absolutely the most comfortable pair of golf shoes I've ever worn, and the support in the ankle area is outstanding (20 years after my injury, I'm a bona fide expert in that department). I can't believe how good they felt on the course, and how good my feet felt when I got off.

They only come in two colors: the hideous "Crowd Pleaser" version shown below, and pure white. I got the white ones, but I'm going to order a pair of the other ones, too. I want people to notice them and ask me about them.

I highly recommend them for anybody who has ankle issues.

http://www.kikkor.com/products/New-Heights-Crowd-Pleaser