I see a ton of tour players using the yellow / black plastic spikes--are these the standard Stinger spikes available at golf retailers, or am I missing something?

Those are the PRO Stingers... they are steel...

My replacement Stinger rubber spikes I bought from TGW are yellow and black. Saw the same at Golf Galaxy. Don't think they are 'pro' spikes...just that the replacement (non-OEM) are yellow/black. Could be wrong...but got my off the shelf.

This subject seems to come up a lot.

I believe that most of the pros you see wearing the black/yellow spikes are using the 'pro' version as labillyboy stated.

They both look similar.

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It has always amazed me that we cannot wear any type of steel spikes but the pro's can.

Justin Rose replace the std. spike in his 360 Tour Ltd's with Stingers. Do those shoes use a comparable thread or are his special?

I think all adidas use the fast twist spike which was readily available in the stingers the last time I checked.

the fast twist is not available in the stinger pro's but the Qlok maybe fits ok? I cant remember but something similar to fast twist fits ok.

They are available in Q-lok, Tri-lok, and small thread.

Are the fast twist stingers tour only? I can't find them anywhere for my LTD's.

we can't use metal spikes because we drag our feet and kick the greens

http://www.golfspikes.com/prostingertrilok.html

Has anyone tried these out? I wonder if I can wear these without getting yelled at.

I get away with them all the time... you just have to avoid walking on cement, and if you have to; walk VERY softly and don't drag your feet. Keep a back up pair of shoes with softies in your bag just in case you run into a tough guy. So far nobody has noticed...

At really anal clubs, I switch shoes on the 2nd tee... I have two pairs that are exactly alike except for the spikes.

The biggest thing is just DON'T drag your feet, if you can't avoid doing so, you should not be allowed to wear any kind of spikes anyway... you should have to wear Bowling shoes.

I always fix two or three ball marks on every green which do much more damage to a green than anybody ever did by walking on them. They drive 500lb. lawnmowers on the greens, I am pretty sure they can handle a handful of guys walking on them every day with Stingers.

Soft spikes came about because it reduces a course's greenskeeping budget.
Unfortunately, the greens suffer from soft spikes because they're not as well airified as they uwer with metal spike usage.

That is a myth.

They drive 500 lb. lawnmowers over the green, players hit golf balls into the greens leaving gaping holes known as ballmarks, people fix them with 2" long forks... they aerate the greens using 4 inch long 1/2" diameter spikes twice a year and they want us to believe that steel spikes tear up greens... right...

The real reason is the wear and tear on carpets, rubber mats, cement, wooden stairs, etc. They sell it as making the greens better but with today's softshoes you could climb Mt. Everest in them... they make more impressions in the green than any old steel spike shoe... morons that drag their feet in any kind of spike soft or steel leave marks, they should be forced to wear bowling shoes....

If you don't agree with me then next time we play, let me walk in your line whenever I want... I will wear my soft spikes...

Since most players now days have perfect balance and don't need steel spikes, courses should just lift the ban. The two or three of us cro magnon men who still want to wear steel are not going to do any damage... and we promise to take our golf shoes off before we go inside... your carpet will be safe!