Remember those tongue flaps on the old saddle shoes?
The boundaries of style and performance continue to be pushed.
Frenchman Gregory Bourdy prefers the old school traditional look with his Foot Joy Icons (replete with a glass of red wine).
Okay … I mentioned in our interview the wine shoes that Gregory Bourdy would wear this afternoon. Here they are pic.twitter.com/OAvznMzyjK
— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) June 18, 2016
The Footjoy Icon is a classic style look made with today’s technology. Players wearing this shoe, include Bourdy, Jason Dufner, and Webb Simpson.
SRP: $299
Many of today’s PGA Tour stars, however, are wearing shoes that, well, don’t look a whole lot like golf shoes.
Or at least what they used to look like.
Bubba Watson showed up at the U.S. Open sporting Crusader high-tops from G/FORE.
SRP: $225
Dustin Johnson won his first major wearing the Adidas TOUR360 Boost.
SRP: $200
And Rickie Fowler, who has been at the forefront of shoe fashion for some time, wears the IGNITE Hi-Top SE from Puma.
SRP: $200
