Shoes?

[Berfy]

I'm a weekend hacker but the last few times i had been shooting good for my skill level until this last saturday. I found my golf shoes i got years ago but never really wore because i didn't really golf back then and decided to put them on instead of my running shoes and the whole time i was out golfing i never felt comfortable. I'm used to my ball hooking to the right off the tee but it seemed the ball when left right up down every where but where i wanted it. I'm just wondering if you think it was my shoes or am i just making excuses?

[nyjets2806]

ive never heard of golf shoes ruining someones game before, i play the same whether i were spike shoes or not. it was probably a mental thing. i know it sounds pretty crazy but for a while i always played golf without a hat and when i started wearing one i played bad (probably just hit a slump) and from then on everytime i wore a hat i did bad because for some reason i thought i played worse in a hat. finally i just had to tell myself it was ridiculous to think that and it stopped. i guess the moral of the story is not to dwell on any negative thoughts because even if they arent swing related they can still hurt your game.

[Spectrums]

It's not your shoes.

[FIJIGolf23]

Golf shoes aren't going to hurt your game. They will help. I find that whenever I do not wear my golf shoes, I lose a couple strokes. My main theory on that is because my swing speed is pretty high causing my pivot foot to slip on my downswing/follow-through.

[Berfy]

thnx nyjets you're probally right i went to the range today and was hitting just fine in my golf shoes golf is such a touchy game i almost forgot since i'd been doing so well for myself recently