[MGS Blog - We Tried it: Footwear Series]

On 6/20/2023 at 8:35 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

https://mygolfspy.com/buyers-guides/golf-shoes/best-spikeless-golf-shoes-2023/

From a little bit ago, but worth sharing again. 

As a spikeless fan this is where I pay close attention to what I am using and wanting. Would love to hear the memberships input on these and what they use as well!

I'm kind of curious as to if there have there been studies on the effects of spiked/spikeless shoes on a golfer's lead knee.

Only on wet days, will I even wear spikeless shoes that are as low as possible, so it's the closest to being a barefoot golfer ala Sam Snead. 

On dry days, I'll wear barefoot shoes like my Vibram V-Alpha's for a little extra grip over the normal water shoes I wear at the range.

If I ever have to wear the spikes, my left knee, will have a low ache for 2 days after and reminds me of its dirt bike wreck, root cause.

I'm looking at the Barestep Actives, because with my "Coffee Table Toe" being a little crooked, it feels weird in the individual toe section for it in the V-Alphas.

1.) Barely not Barefoot, 2.) Spikeless, 3.) Spiked

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On 12/18/2023 at 7:56 PM, cnosil said:

Still didn't follow the instructions in the first post 

Thank you. Please see the edit. 

Cheers.

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On 12/18/2023 at 9:47 PM, Josh Ross said:

Thank you for the reply. The way you've stated it, it makes me even more interested to test them, even if I'm not chosen by MGS.

Should I be selected though, I would of course test them as is, without modification other than grip, to see how they performed straight of the box, as those are the testing parameters.

Your dual-bounce-sole, could be the exact thing that would prevent me from even a little modification and that would be most excellent, because it's a process, to be sure.

Again, thanks and all the best to you and yours.

Cheers.

 

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Wedges are the strongest part of my game, so getting to test these would be telling. If only I could putt as well.

I play all kinds of shots with my 52°, 56° & 60° wedges from wide open for green side bunkers, short chips to 80-yard shots with a 10-yard draw on them with my 60° to a 100-yard shot that will drop like a butterfly with sore feet with either club, depending on the wind.

I can hit low screamers that hit and stop, check and dribble/roll out or rip back. 

Living on a few clear acres, I spend at least 2 hours a day with a wedge in my hand and it's scary good, so I'd love to be chosen to test and review these wedges that claim superiority.

I currently have Titleist wedges in 5208, 5610, 6008 in my bag, but have some Mizuno with lower bounces in the gap/lob, so I sometimes use those, depending on where I play.

I like as much heel and toe relief as I can get, so it's more scalpel, then wedge. On a used gap wedge, as a test, I went out into the driveway where it's hardpan and really sandy then hit a bunch of shots with a severely open face and some with the face closed and coming across my body, using the toe, to show the wear pattern. I then hit those scratched areas on my belt sander, then kept doing it until it was where I wanted it and apparently, I don't need much of a flat spot on the sole of my gap or lob wedge. 

Whenever I do get my next new wedges, I'll get as much heel/toe relief as I can get, then just repeat the process with foam balls, do the grinding, then start hitting real balls, so I don't crush the new grooves, before it's ready to use.

Best of luck to all who enter and thank you MGS for the chance to help in finding the best equipment out there through their every-player testing process.

To MGS and all of its readers/followers/subscribers...MERRY CHRISTMAS, a safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! and may 2024 see amazingly positive changes/growth for us all.

PEACE!

PS As per your DUH! comments that made me go DOH!!!, I added some pics of what's I'm working with at the moment. I play em because they're in WAY better shape than what I had and they were $100 for both, so how could I say no?

The SM9 has been the biggest challenge getting it to release, because it imparts so much spin, almost too easily.

Cheers.
 

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