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Inside the Leather They bear one of the toughest jobs in footwear: look elegant enough for the Old Course at St. Andrews, yet stay strong and flexible on all manner of terrain. Regardless of where your good walks are spoiled, these six shoes combine the best in golf fashion with technology to boost your game. September/October 2007 , Page 102
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1. As Old Tom Morris would surely say, “Gowf courses, laddie, ayre meant ta’ be walk’d.” One simply cannot give those 18 holes their due diligence from behind the wheel of a whining, belching golf cart. But given the recent trends in minimalist course design — complete with untrammeled slopes and more bunkers than Omaha Beach — such walking requires shoes of a sturdier (yet still comfortable) standard. Enter the Classics Dry Premiere. With WaterLoc outsoles that employ leather for support and thermal plastic urethane for added flexibility in the forefoot and heel, they afford a reduced risk of blisters and arch fatigue, regardless of whatever rugged terrain you’re traversing. The sleekly shaped calfskin leather uppers also keep things stylish, while their softness precludes the need for those painful break-in rounds.
2. As we all know by now, it’s not the heat. . . it’s the humidity. But whatever it is, there’s no denying that, by round’s end, it often leaves you sweating like John Daly at a yogilates class. And let’s not even talk about your feet. No longer constrained by nonporous leather and linings, today’s shoemakers are fighting perspiration with inspiration, as with this Footjoy Classic Tour. Its IntelliShield Extreme membrane opens as the in-shoe temperature increases, allowing heat and moisture to escape; when the temperature lowers, the pores shut again. (Creepy? Yes — but effective.) To help relieve some of the stress that leads to sweating in the first place, the midsoles are made of ethyl vinyl acetate, which resists setting to the shape of your foot — the cushioning continues to cushion, in other words, for the length of this shoe’s life.
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