Normal Trainers versus new type golf shoes/footwear

[rapper]

Can anyone tell me the dividing line between what are acceptable or not on the golf course,normal trainers or the new type of soft golf shoes ?you an pick a pair of good trainers for £30/40.... next year i will be wearing trainer style shoes much cheaper that £70/80 for a pair of footjoys as a higher handicapper i dont think i will be able to appreciate the difference...
Some courses say recognised golf shoes, can only be worn,will it be a local rule or who will define the difference? yes i know only fit for summer wear and dry courses......

 

[Tab373]

I bought the £50 adidas golf shoes only use them at the range at the moment. Normally wear sketchers at range but they ripped apart as not up to the job. Problem also normal trainer seem to have a bigger sole so you will stand say a 1cm taller and could effect your strike when you go back to normal golf shoes. My shoes look like trainer and I'm sure I will get pulled up in the summer by someone but coz they are made for golf I will carry on wearing them.

 

[timchump]

Do these new type of golf shoes have some sort of dimple pattern on the bottom for grip?

My friend sometimes wore trainers in the summer, but it affected his swing particularly with the driver, his feet swiveled round, often finishing 90 degrees where they started. He's gone back to golf shoes now is drving the ball much better.

 

[pbrown7582]

yeah there is a complex dimple pattern on the bottom specific design for golf rather than running/general wear ala normal trainers i can see there being issues at many courses with this trend much the same as the mock neck t shirts despite being golf specific design not having a collar.

 

[fundy]

Do these new type of golf shoes have some sort of dimple pattern on the bottom for grip?

My friend sometimes wore trainers in the summer, but it affected his swing particularly with the driver, his feet swiveled round, often finishing 90 degrees where they started. He's gone back to golf shoes now is drving the ball much better.

Depends which you buy, I have a pair of Ashworths which have just a dimpled sole and also have a pair of the Nikes (which really look exactly like a pair of trainers) but these have pretty much a normal golf shoe sole with soft spikes and a moulded sole

 

[HawkeyeMS]

If you want to play football, buy football shoes
If you want to play cricket, buy cricket shoes
If you want to play golf, buy golf shoes

Simples...

You can get a decent enough pair of golf shoes for £30 or £40 and they are designed for the job in hand. Also, the shoe has nothing to do with your h'cap, but a proper golf shoe will no doubt help.

 

[drutz]

I think you'll have to be careful as many courses will not allow running shoes/trainers so I would always advise going down the route of proper golf shoes. Also not expensive get mine from Sports Direct for £24.99.

 

[JustOne]

yeah there is a complex dimple pattern on the bottom specific design for golf in really nice hot countries and where the fairways are closely cut and bone dry, rather than running/general wear ala normal trainers i can see there being issues at many courses with this trend much the same as the mock neck t shirts despite being golf specific design not having a collar.

Filled in the bit you missed...... :thup:

 

[pbrown7582]

thanks for that!

i agree i cannot see this type of shoe is any use in this country!

 

[SAPCOR1]

I would agree that normal trainers are no use for golf whatever the course or the weather.

However the trainer style golf shoes with the dimpled soles are fantastic in all but really sodden courses. I have the adidas adiCross, very comfortable and good traction even on wet grass.

 

[Alan]

The soles on my astro turf football trainers is the same dimple effect on these new golf trainers/shoes.

 

[JustOne]

Tennis players wear dimpled soles on their trainers... and slip all over the place at Wimbledon. Nuff said really.

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

The soles on my astro turf football trainers is the same dimple effect on these new golf trainers/shoes.

just what I thought, but I think most new style golf shoes have some sort of strengthening spine in the sole rather than the flexible offering in an astro trainer

 

[USER1999]

I have a pair of Ecco streets, and have just bought a pair of Ecco biom hybrids With the same sole. Perfect for summer evening golf, and for wearing to and from the course. Useless at 7.30 on a Saturday morning though. Dew, wet grass cuttings, no thanks. Fine at the range too, although they do leave you a bit flat footed.

 

[Val]

For what my input is worth ive found golf shoes with dimpled soles normally have a firmer sole then what you would get with the likes of astro turf trainers.

 

[jammag]

I have the adidas shoes with the dimples at the bottom, I have used them in all conditions and not had a problem.

Side thought though, someone said earlier you buy cricket shoes to play cricket, this made me think as my cricket shoes are a pair of trainers that I had spiked up. What is to stop someone buying the most comfortable pair of shoes/trainers they have and getting them spiked up too, with golf spikes or just metal spikes?

Surely would provide the most comfort you can when you do a lot of walking with also the appropriate grip needed.