Equipment
Adidas Tour360 Boost: The culmination of a decade of golf shoe innovation
“What is this?” Jason Day said.
On his face was the huge, genuine smile that golf fans became used to seeing at the end of the 2015 PGA Tour season. And on this Tuesday after the Tour Championship, how could he be anything but smiles?
Jason Day, holding the original Tour360, with Sergio Garcia.
In his last five tournaments, Day had won his first major championship, two FedEx Cup Playoffs events and became the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. He was technically working, but standing next to Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson, the moment felt more like a Tuesday practice round with friends than an Adidas photo shoot.
The topic of conversation among the top-ranked golfers was the items in front of them, Adidas’ Tour360 golf shoes. Day was holding the original Tour360, now a decade old, and couldn’t help but laugh.
“They look like bowling shoes,” he said. “And how heavy they are.”
Off camera but within earshot was Masun Denison, who was on the team that developed on the original Tour360’s. Now the director of Adidas’ Golf footwear, he couldn’t help but interject. Denison was far from offended, but he made sure to say — loud enough so that Day could here — that the shoes were “revolutionary in their day.”
He had a point.
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- Adidas Tour360 (original)
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- Adidas Tour360 II
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- Adidas Tour360 3.0
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- Adidas Tour360 LTD
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- Adidas Tour360 4
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- Adidas Tour360 ATV
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- Adidas Tour360 ATV M1
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- Adidas Tour360 Boost with Boa
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- Adidas Tour360 Boost
Ten years ago, athletic-styled golf shoes were an oddity. Now they’re the norm, at least partly thanks to the Tour360.
The latest version of the Tour360, officially called the Tour360 Boost, has similarities to the original model, but many more differences. One of the biggest changes is the addition of the namesake “Boost” technology.
Adidas’ Tour360 Boost golf shoes use Boost in both the heel and forefoot of the shoe.
Boost solves an important design dilemma — one that most golfers likely don’t even know exists in their footwear. Shoe designers have always had to choose between making a shoe more comfortable by using softer materials and making it more responsive by using firmer materials – which of course, reduce comfort.
Boost is a special, lightweight foam material made up of thousands of pressurized pellets that compress to provide softness, but then “rebound” toward a golfer’s foot to improve responsiveness.
The “holes” on the outsole of the shoe allow the Boost material room to expand when the foot presses down, and then “rebound” back toward a golfer’s foot.
Last year, Day, Garcia and Johnson transitioned into Adidas’ Boost technology with the company’s AdiPower Boost golf shoe, which integrated the material into the heel. With the Tour360 Boost, the material is used both in the heel and forefoot of the shoe.
As the cameras started rolling, Garcia and Day were still chatting with Denison about the original Tour360, but Johnson’s attention was focused on another shoe.
“I loved these,” he said, looking at the black-and-white Tour360 LTD.
Unlike the most-recent Tour360 models, the Tour360 LTD’s were made of a premium, full-grain leather, and they received unanimous praise from the three golfers for their looks.
Adidas Tour360 LTD
“I think it was the first really sharp, sporty-looking shoe we had,” Garcia said.
The Tour360 LTD also had a special place in each of the golfer’s memories. Johnson won his first PGA Tour event – the 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship – while wearing them. Jason Day remembered wearing them to make a hole-in-one at the same event. Garcia wore them to win The Players Championship in 2008.
The Tour360 Boost shoes are waterproof, and are constructed with premium, full-grain leather.
With the Tour360 Boost, Denison and his team chose to return to the leather construction to pay tribute to the history of the iconic golf shoe. Another homage, however, maintaining the Tour360’s standout feature, is significant to the design because it adds better performance.
The original Tour360’s were given their name because of their “360Wrap,” an independent saddle that cradles the mid-portion of the foot. It adds stability, but improves fit, too. Since it’s connected to the lacing system, the 360Wrap adapts to the shape of a golfer’s foot, moving outward to accommodate golfers with wider feet, or inward for golfers with narrower feet. The 360Wrap works the same way in the Tour360 Boost, but there are two key differences.
The Tour360’s “Torsion Tunnel.”
For one, Adidas designers built what looks like a bridge (Adidas calls it a Torsion Tunnel) underneath the 360Wrap. Previous Tour360 models had a split sole, or a gap between the heel and forefoot.
In the past two-to-four years, Denison said Adidas has learned an incredible amount about traction through studies that not only measure a golf shoe’s dynamic movements, but the movement of a golfer’s feet inside golf shoes. One of the biggest takeaways from those studies was that a split sole was not optimal for maximum traction.
Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Jason Day look through the Torsion Tunnel.
“To get the most grip possible, we couldn’t have a gap in the middle,” Denison said. “We knew that if we connected the heel and forefoot, we would get addition performance.”
The mission was on to keep the 360Wrap, but find a way to maximize traction. The result was the bridge, which adds rigidity that improves the stability of the shoe, but still allows the heel and forefoot to move independently. And true to its original intent, the bridge’s “nubs” create better traction, between 10-12 percent according to an Adidas study.
The “bridge” of the Tour360 includes traction elements to improve friction.
The other new feature of the 360Wrap is specific to the “Boa” model of the shoe. The Tour360 Boost is offered in two models – one with laces ($200) and one with a lace-less Boa system ($230), which uses cables that tighten and loosen the shoe through an adjustable dial.
The Boa cables actually weave through the 360Wrap in the new shoes, technology that Adidas co-engineered with Boa, and use a special dial positioned on the shoe tongue. The dial can make micro adjustments, offering 1 millimeter of tension adjustment per click, which allows golfers to lock in in the perfect fit.
Adidas Tour360 Boost with Boa.
Day had just finished changing his outfit for a television commercial when I caught up with him to talk about the new shoes. As he came out of the golf-cart-turned-dressing-room to put on a pair of Tour360 Boost shoes, which happened to have laces, he told me how much he liked Adidas’ new Boa system.
“I don’t have to tie my shoes anymore,” Day said. “I’m pretty finicky about footwear and how tight it should be.”
An initial sketch of the Boa technology used on the Tour360, which is integrated into the 360Wrap.
Last year, Day started wearing the AdiPower Boost shoes with Boa regularly, including during his PGA Championship win. He revealed that he had worn roughly 20 different pairs of shoes – 10 black and 10 white — throughout the year “to keep things looking fresh,” changing shoes the most during his winning spree.
“I was pretty much a nobody before this year,” Day said in a moment of humility.
Garcia and Johnson disagreed. Few golfers are better statesman for the game than Day, who told me he signs the shoes that he no longer plans to wear and gives them away to fans.
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As the photo shoot came to a close, Garcia was asked what he thought of the older Tour360 shoe models. He was the most complimentary of the three golfers, maybe because he remembered what it was like to play a professional golf schedule in shoes that were far less advanced than even the 10-year-old Tour360’s.
“I won [PGA Tour] tournaments before the Tour360’s came out,” Garcia reminded them.
At the time of Garcia’s first PGA Tour win, the 2001 MasterCard Colonial, Day was 13 years old. Johnson was 16.
The Tour360 Boost use an S-curve heel, designed to mimic the shape of an achilles tendon to improve comfort.
With all that goes into modern golf footwear, it seemed fair to ask Garcia if shoe technology had changed the way he played. Did he swing harder, or hit different shots?
He thought about it for a few moments before he responded.
“No,” Garcia said. “I’ve always tried to play as aggressively as I can.”
I pictured the famous shot he hit, eyes closed, with his ball dangerously close to the base of a tree at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah. Sergio has always been Sergio. No shoe would change that. What Garcia said next summed up what Adidas is really celebrating with the Tour360 Boost and its 10-year celebration of the golf shoe line.
“I’ve been lucky to be with Adidas for 16, 17 years now.” Garcia said. “I’ve never felt like I was at a disadvantage.”
History says golfers will feel the same way about Adidas’ golf shoes 10 years from now.
To learn more about the Tour360 Boost and its availability, visit Adidas’ website.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100
Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.
TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.
The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.
One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.
Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.
See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:
MySpider Tour
MySpider Tour X
Equipment
Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory
In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.
McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.
So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?
Driver
2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)
McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.
What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)
The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.
Fairway woods
2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X
The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.
The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.
Irons
2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.
With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.
Wedges
2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.
Putter
2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.
Ball
2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)
As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Grips
2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC
Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.
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please
Dec 14, 2015 at 11:59 pm
stop kidding around with yourselves. the LTD was 10x better than any other model. re-release it with hidden boost material like the yeezy 350.
Tad
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:57 pm
Thank god these are coming out. I love the boot tech. I have the tour 360 now. I love the 10 spike pattern. so much more traction. can’t wait to use these new ones.
tomuch23
Dec 11, 2015 at 7:14 pm
I believe the Adidas Adipower Boost also had the (boost foam) in the forefoot but it was not exposed like these are. The sport version has the boost only in the heel (which I own and really like) and TPU in the forefoot. So technically last year had a full boost sole also. Good write up none the less.
tomuch23
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:05 pm
Should say EVA not TPU in the forefoot.
Fug-u
Dec 11, 2015 at 5:44 pm
That black stripe down the middle is ugly, and Adidas knows it. The new Pumas are way better
Adidas s
Dec 11, 2015 at 12:21 pm
I have a pair of running shoes with boost and my golf shoes have boost now that they are affordable. Both are extremely comfortable. These look awesome and can’t wait till the end of next year when I can afford them.
Dunce
Dec 11, 2015 at 11:26 am
I was really hoping they’d have the nightflash/yellow color scheme that was available in the UK last year available in the US this year, looks like I’m sticking with the hyperflexes for another year
Scooter McGavin
Dec 11, 2015 at 11:07 am
I’m not a fan of how the WRX home page was one big ad for these. From top to bottom it was: banner ad, article, another ad right beneath- all for these shoes.
golfraven
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:43 am
Still have the original 360 Tour at home but have not worn them for couple of seasons now. I am on the FJ train for some time now and not looking back.
Jim
Dec 11, 2015 at 7:54 am
I thought I read where Sergio is switching to Titliest this off season? Doubt that Adidas would put him in a commercial if he was switching manufacturers. If he still switches I’d be shocked after this. 360 shoes look pretty good, but the price is getting too high for me. I’ve been playing 360 models since they came out but will have to wait for the price to come down on these.
FTWPhil
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:47 am
Weren’t the originals $249.99?
mhendon
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:23 pm
No that was the adipures. Not sure if that’s spelled right but great shoes still wearing them
KK
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:50 am
Titliest is about class, performance and winning. Why would they want Sergio?
slider
Dec 11, 2015 at 11:58 am
so true where is the like button
Dan
Dec 11, 2015 at 6:17 am
Poor adidas, no matter how hard they try, they come up short on everything they do. It’s amazing how Nike can come out with good looking products over and over again and adidas just can’t seem to do it. These shoes look like they were made in 2002. It’s like adidas is ignoring the market.
KTM
Dec 11, 2015 at 7:50 am
Those look super nice. Classy, understated. Nike is all about unnecessary bling which doesn’t suit everyone.
TR1PTIK
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:20 am
I would absolutely wear these. I think they look good. I also remember salivating over previous models and work a pair of AdiComfort shoes for at least 3 seasons. There’s nothing wrong with what Adidas is doing. However, I do wear FootJoy now, but that has more to do with what’s been available in my area.
ron
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:10 am
gotta disagree, these look great and Adidas shoes have always been super comfy to me.
Don
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:20 am
I have to disagree. I have worn both brands and adidas is by far and away more comfortable and durable. And they look good.
HackerDav31
Dec 11, 2015 at 11:05 am
Sorry Dan, but giant toe swooshes on vinyl isn’t what every golfer is looking for, modern or not. These things look amazing and if they feel half as good as anything else with Boost, Nike are in for it…
slider
Dec 11, 2015 at 11:59 am
I agree nike does it best in the shoe department
Jeff
Dec 11, 2015 at 6:14 am
The crap these pga players have to do after signing a contract.
ron
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:09 am
I’ll gladly do “crap” like this: post for pics with new shoes/apparel/equipment- of which I can get as many as I want for free. Not to mention the boat load of cash that comes with the contract. Sign me up please.
mhendon
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Me to