First and foremost, the Lunarlon Foam provides a soft, comfortable experience for your feet, though they also maintain a highly responsive feel. Of course, as you might be able to gather based on the name, the material used in the Lunar Control’s cushioning system is Lunarlon Foam, which makes up the midsole. Nike’s proprietary Lunarlon cushioning system – another technology created in their Innovation Kitchen – is the encompassing cushioning system used not only in the new Lunar Control, but many other popular Nike running shoes. Those white lines – the Flywire – are so much more than just aesthetic decoration. Of course, a lot of those same goals are shared between golf and most other sports, so why not implement some of the innovative materials and construction technologies found in those other sport-specific shoes and apply them to a classic saddle design that appeals to most traditional golfers? The end result is the new Nike Lunar Control, which became the first Nike golf shoe to incorporate new tech like Lunarlon Foam and Flywire. The Nike Lunar Control was designed with the same goals as most other golf shoes – stability and comfort wrapped up in a lightweight design. Before we get caught up in what I thought about them, let’s take a look at the ins and outs of these new golf shoes from Nike.

Shortly after I published my article on the release of the Lunar Control along with a number of other new items from Nike, they were nice enough to send a pair of the all black Lunar Controls my way. I did find a couple of the different Lunar Control colorways attractive and immediately recognized a couple of things they had in common with the Air Max 2010s that I wear on a daily basis. Though I just hit 30, I think my head is still somewhere in the lower 20’s (and that’s being pretty generous) and I like younger styles, though maybe not quite as extreme as Fowler’s. I’ve actually never owned any, and have always honestly turned off on them just based on appearance. So with that in mind, when I saw the new Nike Lunar Control, which made it’s debut at the WGC-HSBC Champions event, I thought it would be cool to try out a saddle type of shoe. Anyway, I digress from the topic at hand.īeing a bit of a sneaker nut, I’m a little particular about what I wear, but I also like a ton of variety. When I’m wearing shorts, the golf shoes that have an aesthetic design taken more from standard athletic shoes just appeal to me more because I think they look more natural. So when I’ve looked at a lot of their newer shoes, I was a bit disappointed as it looked like the Air Rate was the likely athletic-type of shoe, and to say I wasn’t happy about it was an understatement because, well, to be honest they’re just not something I’d wear, and I’ll leave it at that. Then there’s the Air Max Summer (please bring something like these or the Air Max Edge back), which I simply loved as a lightweight, more athletic golf shoe that works extremely well when it’s hot, as it is here on the gulf coast for 10 months out of the year. Over the past few years, I’ve worn (and continue to wear) a number of different Nike golf shoes, from my Air Zoom Elites to my Air Zoom TW (2009 model). It’s almost like when a parent, a child, or a buddy does something you’re not wild about you tend to be a little more critical because you expect better. That’s not to say I’m blindly loyal – in fact, I tend to be more critical of them when I don’t like a design or something doesn’t perform like I expect.

I’ve sported the Swoosh for as long as I can remember, going all the way back to my baseball and basketball days, so it was pretty natural for me to look to Nike for my footwear when I took up golf. What makes them so great? Well, you’ll have to follow along to find out. Though this is only the first year they’ve been available, after searching the Internet a bit, it seems that they’ve already gotten quite a fan base. This year marks the initial release of the Nike Lunar Control, a shoe that, in my opinion, could easily appeal to nearly everyone, young or old, traditional or modern, those seeking comfort over anything else, as well as those concerned with appearance above all. They’ve established a great practice of producing shoes for just about anyone, no matter what their looking for. Though Nike’s line of golf equipment has expanded over the years to include for the most part, anything you’d ever need, they continue to stay true to their footwear roots year after year by offering everything from the radical to sporty to premier/ upper echelon.

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