As the biggest sports brands in the world have started converting their sneaker range into purpose-built golf shoes, very few have opted for a spiked outsole. The Nike Air Jordan 1 Low Gs, the Adidas Samba and Nike Air Pegasus '89 G are all built on spikeless examples as brands want to give golfers as much on and off-course versatility from a pair of the best golf shoes/sneakers. So, when the new Nike Air Jordan 1 Nu Retro G shoes arrived at my door with a spiked outsole, I was excited to try them out.
Styling-wise wise this is very much a Jordan Low 1 with a few extra details for this new version. You can see the Air Jordan logo has been embossed onto the side of each shoe, which is a new detail I'm less sure about. Some people I've shown the shoes to have loved it; others have thought it's made what is a clean silhouette a little too busy. I'm in the latter's camp and wish they'd just left the silhouette as clean as possible. It's subtle, though, so I don't mind that Nike has opted to add some detail.
