{"id":179818,"date":"2026-06-23T11:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mygolfway.com\/?p=179818"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:03:07","slug":"softspikes-the-perfect-major-run-extended-with-the-u-s-open-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/softspikes-the-perfect-major-run-extended-with-the-u-s-open-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Softspikes \u2013 The perfect Major run, extended with the U.S. Open victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June 23, 2026 – Softspikes<\/strong> continued one of the most dominant performance stories in professional golf with another major championship victory, as the winner of the U.S. Open, Wyndham Clark<\/strong>, trusted replaceable spikes on the way to a dramatic one-shot win at Shinnecock Hills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Open champion, wearing FootJoy<\/strong> shoes fitted with ProStinger spikes<\/strong>, held firm during a tense final round to secure a second U.S. Open title and deliver another major moment for Softspikes in 2026.<\/p>\n

The result also extends an extraordinary run on the PGA TOUR, with spikes now worn by the winner in 24 consecutive PGA TOUR weeks.<\/p>\n

It continues a perfect major championship record this season, with Softspikes worn by the winner of every men\u2019s and women\u2019s major championship contested so far in 2026. That continues the pattern seen in 2025, when Softspikes were worn by the winners of all four men\u2019s major championships, further underlining the long-standing trust placed in replaceable spikes at the very highest level of the game.<\/p>\n

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In one of golf\u2019s most demanding tests, the importance of stability, balance and control underfoot was again clear across the leaderboard, with 45 of the top 52 finishers choosing replaceable Softspikes over spikeless and tennis-style shoes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMajor championships expose every part of a player\u2019s game, and Shinnecock Hills provided exactly the type of test where control, balance and confidence underfoot become critical,\u201d<\/em> said Joe Henderson<\/strong>, President of Softspikes. \u201cTo see the U.S. Open champion win wearing ProStinger, and to have 45 of the top 52 finishers choosing replaceable Softspikes over spikeless and tennis-style shoes, is another powerful statement for the category.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty-four consecutive PGA TOUR weeks with the winner wearing spikes is a remarkable run, but when you add in every men\u2019s and women\u2019s major championship contested so far this season, following all four men\u2019s majors in 2025, the evidence becomes impossible to ignore. At the highest level of golf, the evidence continues to show that spikes are not a preference \u2014 they are a performance choice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The U.S. Open victory adds further momentum to a season in which replaceable spikes have not only been worn by winners but consistently represented across the very top of professional leaderboards.<\/p>\n

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From regular PGA TOUR events to the biggest championships in the game, Softspikes continues to be trusted by the players competing for the most important titles in golf.<\/p>\n

Tour players routinely change spikes based on course conditions, but many amateur golfers overlook traction’s impact on consistency and distance. For optimal performance, golfers should replace spikes every 15 rounds.<\/p>\n

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June 23, 2026 – Softspikes continued one of the most dominant performance stories in professional golf with another major championship victory, as the winner of the U.S. Open, Wyndham Clark, trusted replaceable spikes on the way to a dramatic one-shot win at Shinnecock Hills. The U.S. Open champion, wearing FootJoy shoes fitted with ProStinger spikes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":179811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,102,129],"class_list":["post-179818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf-companies","category-golf-shoes","category-majors-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}