As promised yesterday when I reviewed my first pair of new golf shoes I’ve invented the Golf Shoes Blog REVIEW & RATE scoring system to try and  judge fairly the worth of a golf shoe – or even a pair of golf shoes! (And I’m not calling it the Whole FOOTwear© Whole Golf (WFWG®) Xtreme Test rating-i-rank (R-i-R®) – as that was just a joke to take the mickey out of those registered, tademarked  and copyright-ed golf shoe functions or materials.)

The Stuburt Hidro Pro Golf Shoes scored 29 points in the new system but what does that mean… Is it good or bad?

The GSBR&R Golf Shoe Criteria

If you re-visit my main study of what counts in a golf shoe you’ll see six main headings and although I’ve commented and added peripheral thoughts on top, I haven’t really changed the key points.  But for the GSBR&R scoring system I’ve added how you personally feel about the golf shoes and that may be subjective.  When I say “you”, I really mean “me/I” because although I hope to get other golfers’ reviews, I’ll always add my twopennyworth.

1: Comfort & Fit   2: Dryness & Breathing   3: Grip & Spikes/Cleats   4: Performance & Contribution to swing   5: Style & Design   6: Price & Value For Money and  7: Personal Feel & Happiness.

In each of the seven categories your golf shoes get marks out of 7.  So the imposssibe maximum is 49!  The lowest is 1 point in every category so you could get 7 points if everything about them was the worst imagnable.  The average, mean mark would be 4 in every category which would be 28.  BUT to get four points your golf shoe has to be average~as you’d expect for a QUALITY golf shoe.  So 28 is a GOOD mark – nt fntastic but good because it’s based on a decent golf shoe’s average.  (Does this make sense?)

Scoring as follows 1: Complete Rubbish   2: Poor   3: Below Average   4: As Expected for a Quality Golf Shoe  5: Better than Average for a Quality Shoe  6: Fantastic and  7: Absolutely Unbelievably Good!

* I’ve got three pairs of Callaway Golf Shoes coming my way for the GSBR&R test!  The trio of beauties includes Hyperbolic X (like no shoes according to Rocco Mediate), XTT Comps (a modern saddle golf shoe) and Exotic Chev’s (Classic traditional golf shoes) – as pictured here.  What GSBR&R score will they get?