Seniors Tour Support For Softspikes

The European Seniors Tour will soon be a steel free zone judging from some recent research in that area.

The research shows that an amazing 95% of European Seniors Tour members are now using cleats as opposed to steel spikes in their golf shoes and the vast majority of those are Black Widow cleats by Softspikes®.

More and more Seniors Tour members are starting to rely on Black Widow cleats by Softspikes, not just for the traction they offer, but also for the extra comfort they provide and the result is that spike marks are becoming a thing of the past at European Seniors Tour venues.

"In the last season or so it has been very noticeable that the greens we play on have cut up much less than they used to and that's got to be down to the fact that most of us now use cleats rather than spikes," said a winner on this year's Tour. "I switched about 18 months ago and I don't think I will ever change back because my cleats give me greater comfort as well as all the traction I need."

Usage figures on US Senior Tour are almost as high as on its counterpart in Europe. Last month Tom Watson wore Black Widow cleats by Softspikes when he won the Senior PGA Championship at Ridgewood GC and he was by no means alone.

Altogether a total of 114 out of the 144 competitors used Softspikes cleats at the season's second senior major and that figure rose to 126 out of 156 at the subsequent US Seniors Open where a remarkable 91% of the field used cleats rather than steel spikes.

Bruce Fleishers victory in the US Seniors Open meant that all three of this year's Senior majors have been won by golfers wearing Black Widow cleats. Doug Tewell became the first when he won the Countryside Tradition in April followed by Tom Watson’s victory in the Senior PGA Championship.