Adidas ZG23 Review - I know. I am late to the party.

[taylormade113]

I hate spending money and I am very picky about shoes. This is not a good combination. 

 

I have had a rotation of golf shoes for the past few years and they are all finally spent. So I had to start the process of finding a new platform that I liked and fit my swing. 

 

Yes, I am of the belief that the right platform can hurt/help your game. I am sensitive to heel drop in a shoe and find I tend to struggle with flatter platforms. 

 

Now to the ZG23.  I had tried on the new Tour 360 and was extremely impressed.  IT reminded me of older versions, which imo were better than these past iterations. 

 

But the price....Did I mention I hate spending money. 

 

SO the search continued. While searching Amazon I came across the ZG23 and thought the looks were clean and it was spiked, and the price was on sale!  Plus the reviews were amazing, both here and on other forums. So the purchase is made. 

 

Got them in and man they look better in person.  Just clean. Subtle but not bland. I was sold on the look.  

 

Fit. Perfect. Same sizing as the Tour 360 I tried on. And the cushioning was honestly, on par with the 360, different, but equal. My honest worry was the stability. Nope. This thing is locked in. The wing thing, locks your heel in and the traction is as good as it gets. 

 

Of to the range. Honestly, there were many factors, but this was my best range session I have had in 2 years. It has honestly been since I owned an early pair of 360's that I have felt this stable and locked into my swing. And it just produced confidence. I tend to struggle with a sway off the ball and could feel and correct it with how stable my set up was in the shoe. Wow. 

 

Platform makes the swing. You can steal that if your want, its so accurate for my swing. 

 

I will be buying the all black pair as my rain day pair and this is saying alot!  Remember, I dont like to spend money!

 

Thanks for the read, 

Kris

[bellken]

The ZG23 is a great shoe, and, easy to keep clean. 

[taylormade113]

2 hours ago, bellken said:

The ZG23 is a great shoe, and, easy to keep clean. 

 

 

 I pretreated them with Crep. Mainly for the tongue and laces. Should help even more keeping them like new.

[jmar87]

I have a bad habit of buying golf shoes that are not totally a good fit for me, figuring they would break in later.

 

This year I went in to the golf store and tried on lots of different brands. Adidas in the past have not been the most comfortable for me, but have not tried them on in the past 5-6 years, mostly sticking to Nike.

 

I tried on the 360s and was immediately impressed. So impressed I tried the other Adidas models as well. I walked out with white 360s and black zg23s. The ZGs were very light and comfortable and look forward to walking a majority of my rounds this year.

[scousejon87]

Best spiked shoes out there at the moment 

[taylormade113]

4 minutes ago, scousejon87 said:

Best spiked shoes out there at the moment 

And for the price, they are silly!

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09YX3W2HX/ref=twister_dp_update?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&th=1&psc=1

[bcc69]

I loved the ZG21, but the ZG23 is just as good if not better.  I was a loyal Tour 360 guy, but it's very tough to go back knowing how light, comfortable, and stable the ZG23 is.

 

[JLP_GOLF]

These are literally the perfect golf shoe pretty much.... the only thing i can remotely say that's negative is that the inner heel lining starts to fray and eventually rip a hole in after about 20 rounds of walking.  Not sure if that is specific to my foot as i seem to have issues in the heels with all shoes wether it is ripping or blisters.  the ZG 21 had the same issue for me and though the material used might be better this time around, it still happened

[Need4spd]

Great shoe by all accounts, but I have a weird gripe with them. I don't like the shape when I look down at them. Not symmetrical enough and it bugs me every time I wear them. Sounds crazy but it bugs me so much that I feel like it effects the way I play, which is never good when I wear them.

 

I also have a pair of Nike Air Zoom Victory's and feel the exact same way about them. Go figure.

Edited Thursday at 03:00 AM by Need4spd

[Minarets]

I agree with all.  Great shoes.  I was selected to review these by Golfwrx.  I typically would have never bought these and stuck with a more premium looking shoe like the 360.  
 

since being given the pair to review, I have bought 2 additional pair of ZG23. I like them that much. Thanks Golfwrx.