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Posts from ‘November, 2008’

More on Champs Spikes for golf shoes

They say they’ve sold more golf shoe cleats!
From the Champs website: MacNeill Engineering Worldwide is the world’s foremost & largest designer & manufacturer of Traction Technology for athletic and industrial footwear.
Nobody in the world has designed, engineered, or sold more athletic cleats.
A privately owned corporation based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA with locations in the UK, Japan, and Hong Kong, they [...]

Champs Spikes for Golf Shoes

Golf shoes and apparently most sports shoes
Champ spikes were seen across leaderboards this last year – though there’s no new press on this since June!Back then they claimed in ne tournament, an amazing seven of the top ten finishers chose Champ Spikes. In total, 62% of the field chose to have Champ on their feet as the [...]

Slow down in golf shoe news!

Is this the golf shoe credit crunch?
I’m busy searching for stories about a new shoe or a new shoe story and it’s gone quiet out there.  Now we know that there’s a seasonal element in all this and that things are getting quiet on the retail front before the winter shop-fest but is this year exceptional?  [...]

Etonic Powerplay Golf Shoe

Etonic Golf Shoe gets a big digital & technical push!
Visit Etonic’s website and see the  Etonic Powerplay golf shoe in all it’s technical and technicolour glory!
Big on technical blurb – as follows -  I think the shoe looks pretty good with it’s colourful spikes (”inside-out”?).  The little video is well worth a watch though as [...]

Warren Edwards Red Golf Shoes

Sexy Millenium Golf Shoes
These golf shoes by Warren Edwards, were photographed by Gary Goldberg in 2000 for the New Yorker Magazine.  He says that he has had so many calls and requests for the image as a print.  Obviously they are gorgeous looking things and they are beatifully photographed.
For information about the photographer go to www.garygoldbergphoto.com
As [...]

Searching for golf shoes…

Top 10 searches: Nike Shoes; Nike Golf Shoes; Nike Golf; FootJoy Shoes; FootJoy Golf Shoes; FootJoy; Adidas Shoes; Adidas Golf Shoes; Adidas Golf; Ecco
There’s a great tool on Google that lets you see and rank searches.  The above list are the related searches, comparative to the search for “golf shoes” – in that order.
Funnily enough there’s more [...]

Ultra Lightweight Adidas Golf Shoe

Clima Control Adidas Oasis Lite II golf shoes
For around $80 (or less I’m sure if you shop around) you can buy yourself what is described as an “ultra light-weight” golf shoe weighing in at 10oz.  (Is a US ounce more or less than a UK oz?)
With a composite upper including mesh and moisture-wicking lining and [...]

Golf Shoe Spikes Better Technology

Golf Shoe Soft Spike – sounds like a dance…
… but it’s quite an informative video… from YouTube.  All part of the progress of the soft spike and the arguements for.  I’m convinced!

Nike TW ‘09 Golf Shoes Update…

Pro’s in 2009 Nike Air Zoom Golf Shoes already!
Even though it’s only 2008 the AirZoom 2009s are out on the course already. And these babies are claiming 100% waterproofing, which at this time of the year is becoming more important every day!
Pictured here unusually, a white pair.  I don’t think any of the below-mentioned are in white?!
(From [...]

Practise your swing without golf shoes

No Golf Shoes: Part #72b
If you can swing in shoes with no grip or tractionor in no golf or in no other shoe at all, then you can then play in your shoes with increased control and balance.  So people say! Master the shoe-less, grip-less swing and then it’s upwards and onwards after.  That’s what some people [...]