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So you decided to start playing golf, and be the next Tiger Woods?

Golf’s popularity is exploding, and not only in the US. This great game is one of the most challenging and rewarding ones around.

If you are starting out with golf, after you get your clubs and balls, the next thing you should be looking at is getting a good pair of golf shoes. If you think you can stroll into the golf course with a pair of tennis or basketball shoes, you will soon find out that most of the golf clubs won’t allow you to enter the course with anything other that a good pair of golf shoes.

You see, the heart of the game is the swing, and in order to get a great golf swing you need to be standing properly. Golf shoes are especially designed to provide you with a great ground grip while you swing.

You can find golf shoes with soft spikes as well as hard spikes. The hard spikes shoes may provide better traction, but in mast cases they are less comfortable. Choosing your golf shoes is as easy as going to a golf equipment store or even going online and ordering it via the Internet.

Golf shoes used to have a very boring look, but in the last years golf shoes manufacturers have gone a long way to improve their look and make them much more appealing to the eye.

It you’re going to walk, make sure your new pair of golf shoes are comfortable.

By Gill Reese

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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