The Shoe Ho thread

[TheTrueReview]

Okay, time to show off or talk about your golf shoe collection; especially your newbies that you bought in 2010.

I'll lead off. I'm a 'dyed in the wool' Ecco guy. Two pairs. One I've retired for use on the practice driving range & the other, my gamer which looks something like this.

Then in 2010 I picked up some Puma golf shoes including their top model - the Puma Cell Fusion, which I'm extremely happy with (now my other gamer). Presenting the Cell Fusion Shoes [Update] | PUMA Golf

My shoe tally = 4 pairs.

Tell us about your collection - good the bad & the ugly?

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

I hear a lot about Ecco shoes but I've never had any. I've been wearing FJ's and Nike since I started playing. I hate to badmouth Accushnet, but FJ's are junk, if you ask me. You recommend Ecco, TTR?

 

[Wi-Golfer]

Thanks for the shoe thread JB

 

[Rockford35]

I have 4 pairs of Eccos. Three are Flexor series (all waterproof and Gore-Tex) and the 4th pair is The GTX series in Blue Tribal pattern.

I used to wear Nike and Footjoybefore buying a pair of Eccos. I'll never change. Best golf shoes out there. The Footjoys are junk, fall apart in one year. The Nikes were nice, but since El Tigre wears them, they're bloody expensive for the Gore-Tex versions.

R35

 

[TheTrueReview]

...You recommend Ecco, TTR?

Definitely, the quality is top notch. I know they're a bit more expensive but if you hunt around you can get a sale bargain.

Thanks for the shoe thread JB

 

[Augster]

I have two pairs of ECCO's, 2 pairs of Dryjoys, an older pair of Adidas that I use when it's muddy.

But all of 2010 I rocked the Footjoy Reelfits. One white/black one in all black.

If I have my druthers, I'll never have another golf shoe with laces. The Reelfits are awesome.

Sadly, Footjoy has dicontinued that line, but started up another line with the "BOA system" which is the same thing but rebranded. I hope to slip into some of those in 2011. Not that I need to. My reelfits are still going just fine after 150 rounds walking.

 

[xamilo]

I've turned my attention to GEOX Shoes lately, since I use them for dress shoes and just discovered they have a golf shoe line

 

[Stanters]

Eccos are great and Footjoys are great, if they fall apart after a year you must be walking funny.

My most comfortable are the Ecco Street Premier (a la Freddie) and I am thinking a pair of the TrueLinks ones for next springtime. The Eccos are like hen's teeth over here. Winter time the dryjoys and my other eccos come out to play.

 

[Stanters]

Wi-Fi - clear out yr PM box man, I can't reply to you.

Shoe threads rule - certainly on some forums anyway........

 

[shep3470]

One pair. All black FJ's. Had them for 4 years. They sure are beat up but comfortable as hell.

 

[N.V.M.]

just got home from my round, wearing my Bites . almost got 50 rounds on them now, a lot of that in the muck and wet grass. one of the few shoes that fit my wide feets.

 

[Wi-Golfer]

Wi-Fi - clear out yr PM box man, I can't reply to you.

Shoe threads rule - certainly on some forums anyway........

Cleared up.

 

[Bignose]

The most comfortable pair of golf shoes I owned were from a company called Alias golf. I really liked the first pair I got, and was going to buy like 2 or 3 more pairs, but I think that the company has went out of business. Their website has had a note about "restructuring" on it for 10 months now or so.

So, I started looking for something similar, and stumbled upon a brand called Kikkor. These were pretty similar, and they too are comfy. I have hope that Kikkor will last at least 1 more year, since their website currently is touting their 2011 models. Kikkors don't really look much like traditional golf shoes, but I really don't care about that. They fit well and the feet aren't sore after walking 18 or more. I also have a terrible problem with some brands of shoe digging into my heel -- this is why I try a pair for a while, and if I don't have that problem with them, I try to buy several pairs as finding shoes that don't chew up my heel can be difficult and painful sometimes.

 

[LBlack14]

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[TheTrueReview]

After walking 18 holes on Wednesday wearing the Eccos & 18 holes today wearing the Pumas, I can definitely say that the Pumas won the comparison test. Although comfortable to wear, my feet were tired after 18 holes with the Eccos. No such feeling with the Pumas today & my feet would've been fine for another 18 of walking (don't know about the rest of the body). The Pumas are one mighty shoe.