http://lyndsaycambridge.com/wp-content/themes/mero-magazine/ws.php In recognition of my services as an unpaid shill for their products, True Linkswear sent me a pair of their newest golf shoes, which are shown in the photo above and will be available to the world at large on November 4. I subjected them to the severest shoe test I know: wearing them in front of my wife. She said, “Those are nice.” (Her No. 1 golf-related footwear rule is “no saddle shoes on overweight middle-aged men.” Her No. 2 rule is “no red laces.”) I then took them for a test walk with the dog. They passed.
I now own five pairs of True golf shoes. I also still own three or four pairs of non-True golf shoes, which I wear occasionally so that I can use them up and get rid of them without feeling guilty about throwing them away. On Wednesday, the course was so muddy that I wore an old pair of Nike shoes, which I used to love, and halfway through the round I noticed that the sole of one of them was starting to come loose: Out they went as soon as I got home.
Six or seven members of my club now own True shoes—including our superintendent. Over the summer, I got to play a round at Quaker Ridge, in Scarsdale, New York, as the guest of the father of the husband of a friend. One of our caddies, a young woman from Germany, was wearing Trues. She said she was worried they looked dorky—and they do, generally, although they didn’t on her—but that she was going to keep wearing them anyway, because they were so comfortable.
Angela the caddie, Quaker Ridge, summer, 2012.
Comfortable shoes are going to take over the game the way spikeless shoes did. There are more choices all the time, from FootJoy, Ecco, Nike, and others. There is no reason, anymore, to own golf shoes that don’t feel good the moment you put them on, or to walk for miles over uneven ground in what are essentially wingtips. My friend Hacker (real name) has a pair of golf shoes that he says he’s been breaking in for four years. Enough!
Seasonal clearance on ’em at Rockbottom. Already got my next season pair so have at it!
The rockbottomgolf.com website is worth visiting not only because it has excellent clearance prices on True golf shoes but also because the entire site looks like it was designed by the artist in residence at a used-car dealership. They just don’t make websites like this anymore. Lots of bargains, though.
I completely agree regarding comfortable shoes. I once had the opportunity to play Winged Foot in the morning and then Quaker Ridge in the afternoon. I knew it would be quite difficult walking 36 holes so I went out and bought the top of the line Ecco. After playing 36 my feet felt fine so now I will never go back to uncomfortable shoes.