Like several PGA Tour pros, I even have a pair in my golf shoes.

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In America ski boots attract a zero tariff, but golf shoes can face a 10% rate, and steel-toe-capped boots 37.5%.

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With Tiger off to a hot start with three early season wins and the established favorite at the upcoming Masters, Nike hopes for an equally hot start for its golf shoes, equipment and apparel lines.

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But weakening demand for once-big sellers like athletic shoes, golf equipment and licensed team apparel will make for a tough comeback.

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Kraft, wearing a blue Patriots golf shirt and Reebok running shoes, cranks one into the first cut of the left rough.

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It used to be divided into categories of products (shoes, apparel, gear like golf clubs).

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Asics evolved into a general sporting goods maker, selling skiing, baseball, swimming and golf products, and scored notable success with its running shoes, putting out a well-regarded line of high-end trainers and racing shoes.

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Competing professionally with an obsolete or even ordinary system is as ill-advised as playing professional basketball in the canvas shoes that were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, or competing in the PGA golf championship with wooden drivers.

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