People Keep Asking Why Do You Need Golf Shoes…
You see the questions all over the tinternet (drumming up business for someone, with a link, no doubt).
So let’s answer the question of why golf shoes… from at least one angle: Because when you play golf you are realtively stationery (given your swing) but the ball is completely at rest – like snooker/billiards/pool. (Are there other games with a stationery ball?) You have to stay firmly on the ground because you’re making a comparatively big swing (compared to snooker for example) and you want maximum control and staility. When you read about golf shoes they talk about stability a lot -whilst allowing the movement of your feet, legs and weight distribution.
This is very different to tennis, football, hockey etc where the ball is travelling often toward you at a rate and you are running to get to it. (In some of those games there are penalties/free kicks when the ball is still but that’s not really the main strike in a game.)
Maybe the closest – apart from the moving ball but for the stability and grip - would be cricket or baseball. Cricket shoes cetainly have (had?) spikes as do baseball boots (as left with some nearly-seen odd-looking bar style spikes). And they are probably the most similar spikes. Could you play golf in cricket or baseball boots? Probably but….
