Buying Golf Shoes
Author: ukibas | Category: Tips
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Golf Shoes are a very important part of your success as a golfer, we all spend hours choosing clubs, and five minutes choosing Golf Shoes. Like me you probably haven’t given much thought to the part that golf shoes play in reducing your handicap. What follows are a few guidelines you should follow when choosing golf shoes
- 1. Always wear the same socks you golf in when trying on new golf shoes
- 2. Check the fir of the shoes by standing on one foot. You should be able to wiggle your toes, and when you stand on tiptoe the shoes should bend where your foot bends.
- 3. The fit around the middle of the shoe should feel tighter than with ordinary shoes.
- 4. Loose fitting shoes cause your feet to slide when you swing the club, and you lose stability, essential for good golf.
- 5. If the shoe fits all the above criteria, but is a little loose, then use an insole to make the fit a little tighter
Remembering we all have one foot larger than the other, so you need to pick the shoe size of your larger foot when trying on a golf shoe. · Waterproof shoes are more expensive, but essential if you play in wet and muddy conditions.
· Synthetic leather golf shoes should be avoided if possible because they are not waterproof, and as they won’t allow your feet to breathe, they quickly become smelly.
· Leather outsoles are found with more expensive shoes, and they do give a more supportive fit, because leather adjusts to the shape of your foot.
By Ian Smith
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