Golf Shoes Info
Pros' Golf Shoes
Which golf shoes do PGA Tour pros use? Which is the most popular golf shoe on the PGA Tour / DP World Tour? These are two common questions we hear a lot. Interestingly enough, the answers aren't easy to find. Until now. Please allow us to applaud ourselves for putting all this informatino in one place! Joking aside, this information is useful knowledge, because, well, if the best players in the world wear these shoes, they must be good enough for us. Below you'll find a weekly update of the winner of the tournament that week and which golf shoes they wore. We've also compiled a list of the top 20 golfers in the world, based on the official world golf rankings, and their shoe of choice.
What Golf Shoes do the Pros Wear?
Ryan Fox was the latest winner on the DP World Tour with victory at the BMW PGA Championship, which was held at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, England. He went on to shoot a final round 67 despite a triple on the third hole wearing the FootJoy Pro/SL. This has been one of the most popular golf shoes on professional tours for a long time now. Ladies and gentlemen, here are Ryan Fox's golf shoes:
Golf Shoes of the Best Players in the World
(Top 20 in the Official World Golf Rankings)
Since we're shoe nerds, we couldn't just put up a list without dissecting it further. First, we'll break it down percentage-wise as to the most popular golf shoe brands among the best 20 players in the world (the percentage of how many top players are using the particular brand):
1) Nike 30%
1) FootJoy 30%
2) Adidas 15%
3) Cuater by TravisMathew 10%
4) Under Armour 5%
4) Skechers 5%
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Interestingly enough, when you expand from the top the 20 to the top 50 players in the world, FootJoy comes out head and shoulders above the rest in terms of popularity, with roughly 40% of of the top 50 wearing their golf shoes. Second is Nike, with about 20% of the top 50 sporting their shoes.
In regards to the specific golf shoe of choice among the best players in the world:
1) FootJoy Premiere Series - 4 of the top 20 players wear it = 20%
2) Nike Air Zoom Tiger Woods - 2 of the top 20 players wear it = 10%
2) Cuater THE RINGER - 2 of the top 20 players wear it = 10%
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An interesting observation is that although the FootJoy Pro/SL is easily among the most popular shoes on the PGA and DP World Tours, it isn't worn by any of the top 20 players in the world.
This list is constantly changing, as do sponsorships and world rankings. However, at this moment, we can say that Nike and FootJoy are the most popular golf shoe brands among the best players on the PGA and European Tours. It's worth noting that FootJoy's long-lasting quintessential golf shoe, the ICON Black, has slowly given way to the new Premiere Series, which is becoming one of the most popular for the elite players on the PGA/DP World Tour.