Though we've seen more casual golf shoes come into style over the last few years, I think we're all in agreement that there is still a place for what I would call a 'classic' golf shoe style. More like a brogue than a sneaker, this is probably the style of golf shoe that most non-golfers would associate with golf. While plenty of other brands try their hand at styles like this - G/FORE's Gallivanter for example - the boss has always been FootJoy. Its Premiere Series of shoes have been heralded by Tour players and amateurs alike. This year, the brand has returned with two new additions to the series, the Field LX and the Packard LX. Both, in principle, are the same spiked golf shoe, with the Field LX benefitting from detailing at the rear of the shoe with the Packard through the middle. So, when it took the Packard LX out onto the course, how did it stack up against the rest of the best golf shoes on the market?
I'll start with the looks, which absolutely blew me away the first time I took them out of the box. I knew what to expect from a Premiere Series shoe, but it was the attention to detail that FootJoy has gone into with this shoe that has elevated the Packard LX ahead of any Premiere Series shoe I've tested before. As you'd expect, the shoe is built with full-grain leather throughout, but this year there have been added details in the shape of a nubuck leather pattern running through the middle of the shoe and what FootJoy is calling bison texturing. Both have elevated what was already a stunning silhouette into an even classier overall product. The texturing on the toe area, in particular, looks incredibly premium, in my opinion.
