Footjoy

Footjoy is one of those brands which designs its golf equipment with comfort and style in mind. FootJoy is a golf apparel company and recognised as a number one seller in golf shoes and gloves. FootJoy products are trusted by top golf players from across the world and nearly two-thirds of PGA Tour Professionals wear FootJoy shoes to the game.

FJ was founded in 1857 as Burt and Packard Shoe Company in Massachusetts. In 1927 the line of golf shoes became the official shoe for American Ryder Cup team. Their excellence in shoe business continued as it won it's first shoe count on U.S. PGA Tour in 1945. The company became officially known as FootJoy, Inc in 1970.

They entered golf glove business in 1979 and it introduced Sta-Sof gloves which quickly became number one selling golf glove. In 1981, FootJoy launched its socks business and this was third core category of FootJoy's businesses after shoes and gloves.

FootJoy, Inc. was later acquired by Acushnet Company in 1985. Today, Achusnet Company comprises three of the most important brands in the industry - Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra. Over the past few years, FootJoy has entered into outwear, spikeless shoes and accessories. The accessories include shoe bags, shoe care kit, winter headwear, mitts, umbrellas and holdall.

They have continued to bring revolution in golf shoe industry by introducing newer technologies and exciting range of products. The DryJoys golf shoes were introduced in 1989 and have set the standard for non-membrane waterproof shoe technology. The other revolutionary technologies from Footjoy include Laser Last, AQUAf.l.e.x. Leather System, OPTIFLEX, Platform Responsive Outsole (P.R.O) and ReelFit. MyJoys is another innovation from FootJoy which allows the men and women to buy custom golf shoes.

The introduction of Icon and Sport range of shoes in 2010 is another superior product offering from FootJoy The Sta-Sof gloves have continued to impress the golfers and celebrated 25 years of number one golf glove in 2008. Other leading golf gloves from FootJoy include CabrettaSof and SofJoy, a leather-synthetic combination glove. 2012 brings the new XPS-1 shoe that is designed to represent the next generation in ultimate stability and solid ground contact.

FootJoy's innovation and creativity extends beyond it's core shoe, glove and socks businesses. Over the period of time, FootJoy introduced number of new technologies such as Sta-Dry Grip System for waterproof jacket and Prodry Superlite waterproof golf shirt.

They have continued to maintain it's leadership in golf shoe, glove and socks businesses. It's number one golf shoe and glove on every major professional tour and now they have a complete range of waterproofs and a custom made shoe called Myjoys The top-ranked professional golf players, including Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy, wear FJ golf shoes.