Course ban on Adidas Adizero shoes....

Hacker Khan said:
Answer B. There's no way Adidas and their fleet of highly paid corporate lawyers will let this become a trend. And can you imagine it, golf clubs already have the reputation of having too many rules telling you what you can and cant do/wear etc. And they want to make the game more inclusive by then telling you what brand of shoe you can wear? Will they come up with a list of conforming shoes? Will you have to stand in front of the starter and let them check your footware?

Not sure how much of this is some fuddy duddy clubs railing against the new trainer style shoes by claiming they damage the green more. But that ship has sailed now and it ain't going back to port, me hearties.

What next, banning high handicappers as they may damage the fairways more?

Oh, hold on, what's that, some clubs do that already??.....
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Oh dear, well it had been a while hadn't it? Strangely enough I hadn't seen it coming in this thread!
 
Hacker Khan said:
Answer B. There's no way Adidas and their fleet of highly paid corporate lawyers will let this become a trend. And can you imagine it, golf clubs already have the reputation of having too many rules telling you what you can and cant do/wear etc. And they want to make the game more inclusive by then telling you what brand of shoe you can wear? Will they come up with a list of conforming shoes? Will you have to stand in front of the starter and let them check your footware?

Not sure how much of this is some fuddy duddy clubs railing against the new trainer style shoes by claiming they damage the green more. But that ship has sailed now and it ain't going back to port, me hearties.

What next, banning high handicappers as they may damage the fairways more?

Oh, hold on, what's that, some clubs do that already??.....
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Whether you agree with it or not, or want to think this is stuffy clubs being picky, you can't deny the evidence from members of this forum who have experienced this issue with their own shoes. Several posters have said they won't wear the shoes during winter, at least one has changed half way round due to the damage he was causing. You also only have to search the Internet to find other forums full of people saying the Adizero's damage the greens.

I'm not saying it is only Adizero's but there is clearly evidence of a problem and it is in my opinion a problem that can't be ignored. If a club wants to bad certain shoes because of it then good on them, I would applaud my club if they took this stance.

The greens simply have to be protected - end of story
 
Fair enough if people think they are causing excess damage to the greens. I would love to see how people are actually walking in them, what are they doing? Michael Jackson moon walks? I refer back to post #108. I am a big lad and the greens were soft and neither myself or my playing partners noticed any excessive damage to the green by me in my adizeros
 
...and if the Adizero spikes are found to be more likely than other sorts to hold ice? Anyway - no proof or suggestion of that - just doing a bit of daily mail extrapolation when a point is to be made on the flimsiest of evidence.

But honestly - the indentation 'pitch' marks that someones shoes had made on the greens were frankly astonishing - I had never seen the likes of it before. And if any specific sort of spike is found to hold ice more then really they can't be permitted on icy days. In the first instance - a reminder - on icy days clear your spikes of ice build up before walking on a green.

At my previous club it was frowned upon (might even have been 'banned') for blokes to walk on the putting green with normal gents hard 'heeled' shoes.
 
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I noticed that my Ecco Bioms with the pimple studs leave big indentations on the greens. I assume they come out fairly quickly, but I was surprised being so light on my feet.;) I decided to get the soft spike versions which are great, except when it is icy when they can be lethal.:(
 
I'm not sure it's been mentioned, but the spikes on the Adizero's are the same soft spike type they have on many of their other shoes. If it was solely (geddit ;-)) the spikes, surely it would apply to their other shoes?
 
Never noticed any issues with my pair or any pair someone else had been wearing in comparison with other shoes. In wet, soft conditions all shoes will leave their mark.

What we need is some photographic proof! An adiZero footprint next to other shoes
 
SAPCOR1 said:
Never noticed any issues with my pair or any pair someone else had been wearing in comparison with other shoes. In wet, soft conditions all shoes will leave their mark.

What we need is some photographic proof! An adiZero footprint next to other shoes
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image.jpg I don't see what the fuss is about. It gives the green keepers something to do.
 
Is this still being overplayed ?!

Played at Whittlebury today - greens where very wet

My Adizeros made the same sort of indents as others today - one guy was wearing Puma and one FJ Icon.

Well all made idents but no "damage"


Will look forward to seeing the "clear evidence" of the "damage" the Adizeros are "rumoured" to be making
 
I remained unconvinced Adidas shoes are any worse for greens than say the rigid and wider sole on an FJ XP-S. If the greens are really that wet that huge indentations are being made then they are really too wet to be playing on. If this was such an issue then I am sure issues would have been raised, maybe even tested somewhere. I really don't think one brand is going to be the real issue
 
My vote is to ban any one who is over 11 1/2 stone, unless they bung £200 over the bar to alleviate the stress of us thinies having to put up with the lardies damaging the greens.
 
I can't believe this thread is still running! I'm not exactly a light chap, and I wore mine at the weekend. It was wet, and there were no issues. Surely if your greens are that wet and soggy, then there are other issues to try and sort out before worrying about what people wear on their feet
 
Wildrover said:
As for the Samba "golf shoe" don't get me started MadAdey, what is clearly a very successful model of trainer with a golf soul fitted does not a golf shoe make. And before I am accused of being an old stick in the mud I have no problem with the look of Adizero's, Ecco Streets etc but Samba's? Come on.
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I will hold my hands and admit to buying these with the intent of winding up the secretary after a few run ins with him regarding my golfing attire. The tiger woods shirts that do not have the traditional collars, my shoes that I wore in the clubhouse that he claims where trainers, that clearly aren't. The bloke is a total @@@@ and a lot of people do not like him anyway and everyone on the first tee thought it was hilarious when he came over to tell me off for sambas when I was about to tee off, then I just lifted up my soles and showed him. I got bought a few drinks for doing that to him.........:whistle:
 
MadAdey said:
I will hold my hands and admit to buying these with the intent of winding up the secretary after a few run ins with him regarding my golfing attire. The tiger woods shirts that do not have the traditional collars, my shoes that I wore in the clubhouse that he claims where trainers, that clearly aren't. The bloke is a total @@@@ and a lot of people do not like him anyway and everyone on the first tee thought it was hilarious when he came over to tell me off for sambas when I was about to tee off, then I just lifted up my soles and showed him. I got bought a few drinks for doing that to him.........:whistle:
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Maybe next time you should rock this look just to mess with his head
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MadAdey said:
I will hold my hands and admit to buying these with the intent of winding up the secretary after a few run ins with him regarding my golfing attire. The tiger woods shirts that do not have the traditional collars, my shoes that I wore in the clubhouse that he claims where trainers, that clearly aren't. The bloke is a total @@@@ and a lot of people do not like him anyway and everyone on the first tee thought it was hilarious when he came over to tell me off for sambas when I was about to tee off, then I just lifted up my soles and showed him. I got bought a few drinks for doing that to him.........:whistle:
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In that case you're totally forgiven:thup: Despite my dislike of the Samba I do consider myself to move with the times and dinosaurs like your secretary just drive people away from the game.
 
Since I've been using Pro Stingers in any of my shoes over winter I don't get any ice build up or any congealing of grass, mud, leaves etc.
 
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