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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | New golf footwear |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 60, 1984, p. 101-102. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "A number of our members now favour the newer non-spiked type of golf shoe. The subject is becoming rather a controversial one at the club as our Head Greenkeeper feels that the rubber soled shoes cause more damage to putting surfaces than conventional spikes. Have you any comments?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The only scientific study of this problem was one carried out in California USA in 1963. Three of the newer type of shoe styles were tested against the normal spiked shoe under both dry and relatively wet ground conditions. The conclusion reached was that less damage was caused by the newer soles, the least damage being caused by shoes with a high surface contact area and 750 smaller rubber cleats. Unfortunately similar research has not yet been carried out in the country. However, we have during the course of advisory work, asked a number of experienced greenkeepers for their opinion as to which type of shoe caused least damage. In general opinions tend to contradict the American study entirely, i.e. most greenkeepers seem to feel that the conventional shoes cause less damage. The main objection to the smoother, non-studded modern soles seems to be that the golfer has less grip and, therefore, tends to slip and slide leaving scuff marks on putting surfaces. Perhaps this is a result of generally damper surfaces in this country as compared to the location where the American studies were carried out." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Evaluations; Footwear; Golf shoes; Injuries; Membership relations; Perceptions; Spikeless golf shoes
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1984. New golf footwear. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 60:p. 101-102. |
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