Wearing his trusted Tour Flex Pro spikes in Nike golf shoes, the World No.1 was at his formidable best all-week-long at The PGA Championship, securing a 5-shot victory. This win marks back-to-back Majors by players harnessing the superior traction of the No.1 Spike on Tour, Tour Flex Pro.
The advantages of wearing replaceable traction were evident by the prize money won by players trusting spikes at the season’s second Major. Players wearing spikes banked a total of $16,803,266 compared to the $1,801,072 by players choosing to go spikeless. Even more interestingly, the 39% of the field who wore Tour Flex Pro at The PGA Championship (including all of the top 4 finishers) collectively won $11,457,679 – amounting to 62% of the total purse for the event!
The World No.1’s third Major, and first PGA Championship title, marks the 21st time in the last 23 PGA Tour events that players benefitting from wearing spikes in their golf shoes have gone on to claim the victory. In addition, 26 of the top 32 finishers at Quail Hollow chose to wear replaceable spikes over spikeless shoes.
“Watching the World No.1 at his dominant best really is a sight to behold and we could not be more delighted to see him claim his first PGA Championship. Tour Flex Pro being trusted by back-to-back Major winners this year is a real testament to the performance advantages that the best players in the world are seeing when they put them in their shoes.” commented Joe Henderson, President, Softspikes.
Tour players change grips and traction regularly based on course conditions, but amateur golfers rarely think about the impact wearing spikes has on consistency and distance. To achieve optimal performance benefits, golfers should be switching up their spikes every 15 rounds.
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