Golf equipment geeks can recite the top players' clubs right down to the wedge lofts, driver length, and shaft torque. But how many are familiar with the golf shoes worn by the world's greatest players?
Here's a look at the golf shoe choices of the world's top 5.
1. Tiger Woods – Nike Air Zoom TW 2010
Nike's TW line stretches from head to toe, culminating in these lightweight leather kicks. The Air Zoom TW earns raves in the comfort category, and the styling is sharp too (although some complain that the shoe is on the narrow side).
2. Phil Mickelson – Callaway HX Tour
The HX Tour incorporates Comfortemp material, a non-woven textile originally developed by NASA in the 1960s. (And you wondered what, exactly, we learn from space travel.) Comfortemp's temperature-regulating properties adjust as necessary to prevailing conditions, hot or cold.
3. Steve Stricker – FootJoy SYNR-G
FootJoy's pride and joy, the SYNR-G is lauded for its superb fit and finish. The shoe's most enticing feature may be its Memory Foam collar and tongue; as anyone who has slept on a Memory Foam bed can attest, it's comfortable stuff.
4. Lee Westwood – FootJoy Icon
FootJoy considers the Icon its flagship shoe, for good reason. It's built from a combo of full-grain and calfskin leathers, with a distinctive asymmetrical pattern that's anything but stodgy. Like the SYNR-G, Icons cradle the feet with Memory Foam and are warranted waterproof for two years.
5. Jim Furyk – adidas Tour360 4.0
The company's iconic stripes aren't for every taste, but the ever-consistent Furyk makes it work. The Tour360 4.0 – meaning it's the fourth version of this line – emphasize balance and footwork. Adidas credits the shoe's “360Wrap” unibody construction for making the 4.0 its most stable product to date.
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