![]() Courtesy FootJoyġ928: Johnny Farrell, a member of that 1927 U.S. Walter Hagen and the 1927 American Ryder Cup team (and their FootJoys). ![]() captain of the first Ryder Cup team, to have his players wear the brand during competition at nearby Worcester CC. ![]() A FootJoy timelineġ923: The FootJoy name comes into being via a naming contest at the Field and Flint Company.ġ925: “FootJoy Features” debuts “Features” is soon dropped and the tagline “A shoe that’s different” added.ġ927: A local FootJoy rep convinces Walter Hagen, U.S. 1 since the PGA Tour took its first golf shoe count in 1945, FootJoy has earned the love and trust of extraordinary and ordinary players and - as the brand embarks on its next hundred years - this special look back at its remarkable first century. More than 8,000 worldwide wins later, and 77 years straight at No. This proved the beginning of what would become golf’s longest-running shoe brand, and one of the game’s most successful and innovative brands, period. These new modern classics raise the standard with exquisite craftsmanship, premium waterproof leathers and classic wing tip detailing. Alas, the name of the woman in the stitching room who came up with the winning moniker has been lost to history, but she took home a then-whopping $50 prize for, yes, “ FootJoy.” (Actually, those being fussier times, the original spelling was “Foot-Joy.” The hyphen was dropped in 1997.)Īll of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team. So, in 1923, a century ago - a world war, a depression, more than a dozen recessions and a global pandemic ago - the company conducted an in-house naming contest for a new feature being considered for an upcoming line of shoes. Shoes and features with names like the “Anatomik,” “BurroJap,” “Burtine,” “Korrect Shape” and “Skreemer” just weren’t catching on. A passionate golfer, Flint loved to tinker with new, sport-specific designs, from shoe shapes to spike patterns to weight reduction.īy the early 1920s, the company, then Field and Flint, had a well-established reputation for innovation and quality. There’s a name you’d remember, right? In 1910, this young Harvard graduate joined the venerable Burt and Packard Shoe Company of Brockton, Mass., the footwear production capital of the world. Walk with us on a stroll down style and innovation lane. FootJoy, the shoe-manufacturing stalwart, hits the century mark this year.
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