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Womens Golf Shoes – What’s Your Style?
When they first started being made, the amount of selection available for womens golf shoes was negligible, to say the least. Now, with more and more women playing golf and the sport becoming popular for both sexes, there are far more choices available for women who like to head out to the fairway.
When selecting golf shoes for your game, there are a number of things that should play a role in your purchasing choice. Firstly, do you want spikes or not? If spike-less, which brand and how much traction do you want? If spiked, do you want metal or “soft” spikes (and what does your course allow)? Will you choose standard, boot, or sandal style shoes?
But beyond overall structure and technical details, the recent boom in womens golf shoes has created another choice for you: what style of shoes do you want?
Of course, traditional golfing shoes are relatively plain. They were largely the same as traditional men’s golf shoes: two-tone saddle-shoe style shoes, in white with black or dark brown and a dark sole, generally spiked.
Now, though, there are a huge range of women’s shoes styles to choose from. Traditional saddle shoes and wing tip shoes are still widely accepted, particularly at high end or very old golf courses.
But as the sport becomes more widely played (and as more shoe companies get in on the business), the number of styles really has started to pan out. For example, you can get Nike golf shoe’s with a very modern style and the signature “swoosh.” FootJoy makes a narrow, lace-less shoe with a very feminine contour and in all white. And Ecco even makes women’s golf shoes that are shiny gold and silver with metallic laces.
From traditional to contemporary, the varying styles of ladies golf shoes that are available are as diverse and stylish as the many women who are playing the sport. No matter what style you choose, remember that your shoes should make you feel good—physically, as well as mentally—when you’re on the course, to put you in excellent condition to play your best game.