Arccos may soon track golf shoe impact on performance
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jul 1, 2026, 12:04 AM
Last updated Jul 1, 2026
On July 1, GOLF's Fully Equipped podcast featured Arccos CEO Sal Syed, discussing the potential for the app to analyze how different golf shoes affect player performance. Syed revealed that he tested spiked versus spikeless shoes, finding an 0.8 strokes-gained improvement with the spiked shoes. The capability to isolate strokes gained based on shoe choice is not yet available but showcases future possibilities for the app. Such technology could impact golfers' decisions beyond clubs and balls, emphasizing apparel's role in scoring.
- •Arccos app may assess impact of golf shoes on scoring
- •Syed found improvement using spiked shoes
- •Current tracking for shoe choice not yet available
- •Analysis could influence golfer's apparel decisions
- 12:04 AMYahoo Sports — Are your golf shoes costing you strokes? Arccos data might soon tell you
"On this week's episode of GOLF's Fully Equipped, Arccos CEO Sal Syed explains the potential for the app to track shoes' impact on scoring.
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