The Best Golf Shoes of 2025: Tested, Scored & Ranked

Except for your score, and maybe your playing partners, nothing can make or break your round of golf quite like the shoes on your feet. 

The best golf shoes keep you dry, comfortable, and grounded, and maybe even elicit a few compliments. The wrong golf shoes, however, make you achy, soggy, and grumpy.

We’ve put more than a dozen models of golf shoes through our rigorous on-course testing and scoring methodology to pinpoint which shoes perform the best in every category.

This is more than just a list of the best golf shoes of 2025. It’s your complete hub for finding which type of golf shoes fit your style of play the best, and which shoes performed the best in that category in our testing.

Here's a quick list of some of our favorite golf shoes in every category:

The TRUE OG3 Pro delivers the best combination of comfort, traction, style, and waterproofing, with the fewest sacrifices, of any golf shoe I tested in 2025.

If you know anything about the shoes from TRUE Linkswear, you know they favor zero-drop, wide-toe box designs. Those features create next-level comfort, and that’s TRUE’s ultimate goal. 

The two-year waterproof warranty is the gold standard for a waterproof golf shoe. Some offer a token one-year waterproof warranty, and if the shoe is under $100, that’s a nice gesture. While most premium waterproof golf shoes come with a two-year warranty, I’ve still only seen one brand, ECCO, beat that with a three-year warranty on its waterproof golf shoes.

The TRUE OG Cush are among the most comfortable shoes I own, and that includes the non-golf shoes. The Zero Drop OG Cush is designed for comfort, and even before I studied the specs on these shoes and read that TRUE officially gives the OK to wear them off the course, I was wearing them off the course.

The outsole aligns with the shoe’s mission to be a lightweight, breathable, and comfortable golf shoe. The cross-life tread works great on the course in dry or damp conditions, but it’s not designed to be your go-to for the wettest rounds of golf of the year.

The Heathlander golf shoe is somewhat of a hybrid between the more traditional, classic-looking golf shoes and the modern made-for-walking golf shoes that could pass for running shoes or sneakers.

I took them straight out of the cardboard-free box and wore them on the course for three consecutive rounds, and never had a break-in period. No blisters, soreness, or achy feet afterwards.

While the 9mm tread makes the Heathlander golf shoe an on-course shoe only – not an all-day option that can transition off the course – the soft inside, cushy insole, and padded heel pillow make for a welcoming environment for your feet during any trek of the golf course.

The PUMA Ignite Fasten8 golf shoe is as comfortable as any other shoe I’ve tested. It’s lightweight, breathable, and easy to clean, which makes it a great shoe for walking, not to mention the one-year waterproof warranty.

The Eighty Seven SC delivered all the comfort that I’ve come to expect from Payntr. They’re wearable straight out of the box, and I never had any discomfort, rubbing, blisters, or anything of the sort. My legs and feet were pain-free in the hours and days after playing in them.

The seven spikes kept me connected to the turf even on wet and soggy lies. My feet also stayed dry and warm throughout each round.

The ECCO LT1 is backed by ECCO’s 3-year waterproof warranty. It’s touted for combining its lightweight design with breathability and guaranteed stability. In other words, it feels good, plays in any weather, and keeps you grounded. 

In our testing, the LT1 is indeed lighter than any other ECCO shoe I’ve tried, so there’s definitely something to the lightweight technologies ECCO has incorporated into this package.

The waterproofing, as I’ve come to expect with ECCO, is flawless. I would wear these shoes in any conditions that I’m willing to play golf in, which I’d wager is more than most people. This is one area where ECCO separates itself from its competitors.

After walking a full 18 holes in some soggy and muddy fall-in-New-England conditions, it was clear that the BIOM Tour delivers on its promise of a premium spiked golf shoe. The additional balance and connection to the ground throughout every swing, regardless of the surface I stood on, was evident, and will be a welcome benefit in exchange for a little extra maneuverability for many golfers.

Style, performance, and versatility. The Nike Air Jordan 1 Low G delivers all three. 

On the course, these spikeless golf shoes provide ample comfort for walking and plenty of traction and stability you need for normal conditions. They even come with a one-year waterproof warranty.

Off the course, you’ll never feel like you’re wearing a golf shoe. I hoofed more than 20 miles over four days in these golf shoes at a recent PGA Show, and it was one of the best footwear decisions I’ve ever made. My feet, and my style, stayed fresh.