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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
Sport
Katie Dawkins

Why I Refuse To Play Golf In Spikeless Shoes

Female golfer holding a pair of spiked golf shoes.

For years I wore spiked golf shoes because that was how all golf shoes were designed. You really had no other option. The thought of wearing trainers to play golf was absurd, you’d lose traction and control.

The very mention of spikes triggers a nostalgic memory of a familiar clatter of metal spikes across the golf club car park. This is likely how many golfers remember spikes, but my word, how times have changed, and so have the materials used on the soles of golf shoes.

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