My Stuburt Hidro Pro Glf Shoes: How Comfortable?
Number one test for a new golf shoe is comfort. Forget all the rest if you can’t walk in the things.
So my new golf shoes have arrived from Stuburt and what happens to my back! Too much paving, wheel-barrowing and moving a telegraph pole (don’t ask)! So the back’s gone and I cannot play golf for a few days and the new shoes are sitting there looking new and shiny. But a litle walk is good for the back so we’re off for about 4 miles with the dog.
The walks around here are quite muddy at the moment and the terrain on the walk is old railway line (mud, grass and whatever), the side of fields (clay, flint and grass), hills (mixed) and all the road surfaces/tarmac in between. OFF WE GO and “oh no” they didn’t feel comfortable… I wont be able to say this first out!” But hang on, an adjustment of the laces and a little bit of wiggling all round and they’re fine. Better than fine…
They are actually really comfortable – below the foot and above and around. The foot feels well held and supported and all the leathery bits feel good. So for comfort and “HOLD”, given that I’ve not swung a club in them, is 9/10. That’s really not bad at all for a good value (ie inexpensive) golf shoe.(And the back was better too.)
One complaint and it may not be fair and that is that the cleats bunged up pretty bad – see the picture. Maybe it’s not fair because I walked on a lot more mud than the average golf course has. SO TODAY – this was tw days ago – it’s out on a grassy course for the realgolf test. In other words I’m going to golf in my golf shoes as well as walk in them! (Who knows, maybe I’ll chew gum too.)
