Below Armour has introduced the launch of its new Drive Professional Sequence, designed for golfers which can be in search of that aggressive edge.
Designed with direct suggestions from three-time main winner Jordan Spieth and UA’s different PGA Tour athletes, together with Maverick McNealy, UA works intently with its golf athletes to create performance-enhancing merchandise that meet the wants of golfers of all ability ranges in each spiked and spikeless fashions.
The brand new Drive Professional and Drive Professional SL ship golfers the last word stability, traction, and efficiency by the revolutionary Swing Help System. Developed with world-renowned biomechanist JJ Rivet, the revolutionary 3-layer Swing Help System helps the pure movement of the foot, with biomechanically right diagonal and lateral help for golfers to unlock the ability of their swing.
The Swing Help System is made up of three key developments to take efficiency to new ranges, whereas being lighter than frequent tour footwear available in the market.
Ranging from the bottom up, smarter traction is delivered by a mixture of UA’s new customized S3 Spikes and the Tour Flex Professional Spike. Developed completely for Below Armour with CHAMP MacNeill Engineering, the S3 Spikes are utilised within the medial heel and lateral forefoot on the optimum angle to withstand rotation within the golf swing, permitting you to harness extra energy.
Within the midsole, UA has developed the one dual-density midsole in golf. That includes Below Armour’s HOVR foam and extra supportive Charged Cushioning the place it’s wanted to assist information the foot within the golf swing. Through the use of softer HOVR foam within the medial aspect, your foot is ready to sink into the shoe if you apply your peak pressure and helps transition your weight extra effectively by the ball.
Within the higher, UA’s Swing Help Strap is totally linked to the with the S3 Spikes and built-in lacing system, offering optimised 360-degree lock-in from lateral ball to medial instep.
Drive Professional SLThe Drive Professional SL replicates the identical improvements within the midsole and the higher however with some notable improvements in its spikeless outsole. With a traction management plate and a hybrid outsole using rubber and TPU, the Drive Professional SL offers floor penetration and torsional rigidity by the usage of TPU, with rubber including flexibility and friction to make sure there’s no compromise in efficiency by transferring from a spiked to spikeless outsole.
Each spikeless traction level has been mapped to totally different heights and positions all through the only real to ramp up efficiency additional. By eradicating uniformity, UA has been ready develop an outsole that actually performs on the similar degree as spiked tour footwear.
Jake Haley, Below Armour’s Senior Product Line Supervisor for Golf Footwear, stated: “We’re excited to kick the brand new 12 months off by releasing industry-leading footwear that assist golfers take their recreation to the subsequent degree. The Drive Professional Sequence is years within the making, and we’re excited to get golfers’ reactions as they take a look at them out on the course. Utilising Below Armour’s distinctive applied sciences, similar to HOVR and the Swing Help System, we have been in a position to create a golf shoe that pushes the boundaries of efficiency innovation to face out available in the market.”
UA ambassador Jordan Spieth stated: “Being a golfer isn’t a standard 9-5 job. You’re in your ft strolling the course for such a very long time, so it’s so vital to be outfitted with footwear that may assist your physique obtain its finest on the course. I’m ecstatic that Below Armour has developed the Drive Professional, that mixes consolation, type, and efficiency all through the lengthy days that we endure on the inexperienced. I stay up for displaying first-hand the impression that Below Armour makes on the course with the discharge of the Drive Professional.”
The Drive Professional Sequence could be discovered on UA.com and at golf retailers all through the UK. The Drive Professional and Drive Professional SL retail for £150 (€170) and £130 (€150), respectively and carry a one-year waterproof guarantee.
