Scottie Scheffler‘s shoes are finally here. The American world number one has been wearing the Victory Pro 4 golf shoes for a while now and I have been waiting impatiently for them to go on sale. Thankfully, during Masters week, they have!
You can purchase a pair with the link below but before that it is worth going into a bit of context on this shoe because it is fascinating. Scheffler himself, a man known for his unique footwork, helped give feedback throughout the 2-year design process and the result is a shoe built to help him perform.
Matt Plumb, Nike men’s sport and training footwear director, has worked with Scheffler for over a decade now and he actually went into the whole process in a piece with the PGA Tour, which the quotes below are from.
“We approached Scottie and asked him if he would be interested in sharing his insights around how we can make better-performing footwear, and he jumped at the chance,” Plumb says. “And what’s cool is, when we do this with athletes, it’s an education process on both sides. We learn a ton from the athletes about how they view their footwear as a piece of equipment and also get to educate the athletes about how we make our footwear and how we can help make them better.”
“We know that lateral stability for golfers gives them the ability to create more speed and turn faster,” Plumb said. “What Scottie said after trying the Nike Victory 4 Pro is that he felt like the fly wing braced him, and gave him the confidence to turn faster.
“Scottie’s footwork is incredibility unique, but it’s also what makes him great,” Plumb added. “If you look at Scottie through the backswing he looks like any golfer we see on the PGA TOUR. But as he pushes off and creates that speed, that’s when his footwork gets a bit unique. So, for us it was about providing the right level of stability but also allowing a level of freedom for his right foot to move and kick into that move he does.”
The whole process may not have started that well though. After testing some prototypes in Texas, Scheffler wasn’t enamored with the shoes, so Plumb and his team took some scissors to some of them, cutting away material.
“We were standing on the back end of the range, and we just started cutting away parts and pieces of the…
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