At Golf Monthly we are constantly looking to help people make informed buying decisions, this is why our buying advice content seeks to be transparent with our testing process, give proper honest advice, and make very clear that no manufacturer can pay for a good review. Another avenue we have decided to go down is to try and hear from you, the reader, more about what you are looking for in your golf gear. As such we recently conducted some polls on the Golf Monthly website on golf shoes and a couple of other equipment categories.
The reason for this is we wanted to find out how much you would be willing to spend on a new pair of golf shoes and we split the poll into up to $100, up to $125, up to $150, up to $175 and over $200. The results are very interesting indeed as you can see below...
Up to $100 |
46% |
Up to $125 |
10% |
Up to $150 |
19% |
Up to $175 |
12% |
Over $200 |
13% |
The big takeaway from the data was that golfers love a bargain - who doesn't? Nearly half of you said your budget was around the $100 mark, meaning the best budget golf shoes are on the wish list rather than a newly released model costing upwards of $200. For this reason, I've partnered with our resident shoe tester Dan Parker to search for some of the best golf shoes for around that price point, venturing over it ever so slightly for the additional numbers of pollsters who had a slightly higher budget.
Another task I set myself was that I could only choose golf shoes that we've tested and reviewed. If I didn't, that wouldn't be very informative buying advice, would it? Most, if not all, feature in our best golf shoes buying guide, our north star when it comes to our favorite golf shoes on the market. Top models from adidas, Under Armour and Puma are heavily reduced in lots of sizes and colors so given the poll data, I figured it best to point you in the direction of our favorite models at this price.
