Lightweight Golf Shoes?

[Oxfordcomma]

I've just seen one of the articles that are around this week about Ecco's new shoe, the BIOM Zero. One of the main points they seem to be making about it is that it is "just 283 grams (10 ounces) - 15 grams lighter than the new Adidas adizero".

I was a bit intrigued at what this meant, so I waited until Mrs Comma was in bed, got the kitchen scales out and weighed my shoes and also a couple of pairs of football boots, as it's the lightweight boots that the adizero especially are getting compared to.

(all measurements include a small amount of mud!)
Adidas Tour 360 ATV - 590g
Nike trainer style golf shoes (£25 Sports Direct pair, exact model unknown) 425g
And the football boots:
Adidas Copa Mundial (best boots ever) 370g
Nike Mercurial (my older son) 300g

So, up to 300 grammes difference, and the Mercurials are very similar to the Zeros/Adizeros. Now old-style shoes maybe were heavy, restrictive, and left the wearer sighing with relief as they were pulled off the end of the round, I know I once had a pair like that a long while back before I took up the game seriously. But is there really anyone out there with a pair of relatively modern shoes who walks off at the end of the round thinking "oh, if only my shoes had been three hundred grammes lighter"? Of the 4 pairs there, my 360s were by far the heaviest but I barely notice them at the end of the round. For football boots, we want them light to sprint in, but surely this doesn't apply when you're walking round a golf course?

So my question is - Why? Why are manufacturers pushing this? Is it just because they can, and they know we'll fall for it?

 

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[/FONT][/COLOR]So my question is - Why? Why are manufacturers pushing this? Is it just because they can, and they know we'll fall for it?

Because they have run out of decent marketing ideas, and thought lets just make them really like and use this as a selling point incase someone wants to sprint in them!

Pointles imo after all whats a shoe thats 15grams lighter going to do for your game. I looked at the adizero in AG the other day and hated them. I'm off Adidas shoes anyway due to the poor manufacturing in the heels and how they break up, but the Adizero seems light yes but offers naff all support for your feet.

 

[duncan mackie]

for me, with no calf muscles, it's a huge issue.

I buy all my shoes on the combination of weight and shock absorbtion - but also need support for balance. So there's still a compromise in there somewhere.

I wouldn't claim to notice the 15 grams, but 300, or more comparing these with FJ Synr-G (fantastic comfort and support but really heavy) makes a massive difference and may well enable me to play 36 again (without a buggy!)