Golf Shoes

With a round of golf taking approximately 4 hours to play and, if you are a decent player, a walking distance of 5 miles give or take the occasional detour into the rough, and you can understand the importance of a good , reliable pair of golf shoes.

In common with many sports, golf has benefitted from advances in technology that have seen new innovations impact on clubs, balls, and irrigation methods and even on the golf shoes on your feet.

The comfort of golf shoes have vastly improved from the start of the 20th century where it was not uncommon for the metal spikes to gouge into the wearers own feet, ouch. The modern day golf shoe comes with cushioned heels, collars and insoles, with greater flexibility and incorporating breathable materials so you should never have to think about your feet on the course.

The present day golfer views their golf shoes as a standard piece of golfing attire and, indeed, the majority of golf clubs would refuse permission to participate without the appropriate golf shoes but it was not always the case. In 1857, H.B Farnie using the pseudonym A Keen Hand, wrote The Golfer’s Manual (a descriptive and historical depiction of the game in Scotland), stating that “Let the novice invest in a pair of stout shoes (boots constrain the ankle too much), roughed with small nails or sprigs, and he will march comfortably and safely over the most slippery ground that can be turned out by the meridian sun in the dog days.” Henry Brougham Farnie would be amazed and astounded by the range of golf shoes available to his counterparts over 150 years later.

Conversely, offering to improve the traction of a modern day golfer’s shoes with the aid of a nail would result in discovering a new use for a 5 iron or a driver.

Golf shoes have certainly come a long way from William Park’s 1917 US patent for the first (men’s) golf shoe. Today there are many different styles, from the casual trainer-type shoe to the more formal Oxford-style golfing shoes.

Golfbuyitonline stock an impressive range of golf shoe in an assortment of styles, weights and colours but all offer great traction, breathability, flexibility and most importantly, comfort of the golfer in mind.