So, if I love to wear white socks when I golf, can I not wear black golf shoes (with white socks)?
I rarely wear shorts, mostly khaki pants. I am looking to buy new golf shoes and I don't know if I should get all black, all white, or they do have a black and white color hybrid golf shoe. If I can't wear white socks with black shoes, then I will either go with the all white shoe or the hybrid shoe.
I was thinking the black shoe wouldn't show as much dirt and would stay nice looking longer than a white shoe.

Thanks,
paul

Why does it matter? Are white socks more comfortable than black socks??

Just wear what you want. Who cares as long as its comfortable and your content with it. Black shoes will look better for longer though. Once dirt gets into white thread its a real pain to get out without bleaching.

White socks with black shoes and vice versa are a fashion faux pas (not that I care). I actually went with brown shoes this year. The white shoes get dirty looking to quickly around here with all the mud.

i actually always wear one black sock and one white sock

I use to rock the black shoe/white socks combo all the time, with shorts! I picked up a bunch of pairs of black FJ socks and they are really comfortable, so I don't mind.

White shoes, short black socks, black shoes, short black socks. Or you could just do the knee high white socks with stripes.

Wear what you want, especially if you are going to wear pants all the time.

The white sock with black shoe look never goes out of style at MJ's Neverland

white socks (that aren't no-show socks) with black shoes are even worse with long pants. especially dark long pants. picture boo weekley riding his boodoo at the ryder cup with his socks flaring.

Aren't the socks supposed to match the pants?

Never wear white socks with black shoes, it makes you slice your driver.

is this serious? when you wear pants you mine as well have butterflies on your socks, it doesn't matter! and what is a hybrid black and white shoe, would that be a saddle?

did you really come on here to see if you can wear white socks with black shoes?

but to try to answer your question - maybe black and white saddles or brown and white saddles or all white shoes will look best with white socks when you wear shorts, pants shouldnt matter

BINGO!! That's what I've been trying to tell these guys all along.

to be honest, black shoes and shorts just don't go together anyway IMO (no matter what color socks you wear)

so i wouldn't let it bother you either way

By all mean, go with the black shoes and white socks. Milkmen have been doing it for years. And like others have said, since the white socks won't really show with pants, might as well go with some black pants, white socks, and black shoes.

OR head to target and get some black socks for like $5 or 3 pairs. Honestly if the guy cared enough to post a question about it at least he should get the appropriate response. From a fashion standpoint...

Shorts - White shoes, white socks

Pants
Black belt, black shoes, black socks
White Belt, white shoes, white Socks

And in theory
Brown belt, brown shoes, brown socks.

If you are wearing pants I dont think it matters that much, most people would never see your sox.

If I am wearing shorts, I usually wear white socks with white shoes and black socks with black shoes. But if I bring the wrong shoes or sox to the course I dont think that it really matters.

Just dont wear tube sox with shorts, it looks like you are going to play basketball instead of golf.

It might not matter [to you], but people can definitely see your socks with pants (unless you pants are way too long, which is another topic altogether). Shouldn't wear white socks with black shoes either way.

You can celebrate your birdies with a special dance!

As far as fashion goes, sock color should match pant color regardless of shoe color.

She was wearing socks ?

Alright I wasn't going to chime in but I just have to now. Ok socks with pants, match your pant color, socks with shorts, first off get ankle socks so the least amount of sock is showing and is still comfortable, then match the color of your sock to the color of the inner liner of the shoes, so if you have white shoes and the inner liner is black where black socks. You can see that inner liner so if you have white shoes then black liner and white socks again that liner sticks out like a sore thumb. Here is an example of white shoes and black ankle socks.


O and black shoes with shorts is a fashion NO NO.

I don't think this is true -- or, let me say that I've never subscribed to this. I'd wear black socks with black shoes, regardless of the pant color. And I'd be inclined to wear white socks with white shoes, regardless (unless I were after a "dressier" look).

Jim McLean does "Lessons" articles in GD often. He'll wear light gray pants with black shoes and gray socks [that match his pants]. I think this looks goofy. I'd wear black socks with that outfit everyday.

The thing is if you were to talk to a fashion expert, non-golf related, they would tell you socks to match pants. From a pure fashion standpoint it allows the shoes to speak for themselves instead of running up the leg.

Golfers haven't exactly been known for their keen fashion sense for a long, long time.

Black shoes don't look as dirty when you play in non-subtropical climates, especially in winter.

White socks are imho a no-go in any circumstance, except when playing tennis.

Having said that a lot of private clubs here in England require you to wear knee high white socks if you play in shorts... But after all you can't expect much from the English in terms of good taste...

No doubt. I understand the intent, and it makes sense. I guess I look at golf [attire] a bit differently, since you can go different routes with the attire, even though you're playing the same game. I guess I'd rather my golf shoes "run up the leg" (funny, but that's the exact scenario I think about regarding this topic) rather than speak for themselves.

I've been watching a lot of Premier League (English) soccer lately. I was raised on black soccer cleats. White cleats were for -- well, for baseball and football. And there really weren't other colors of cleats at the time. Now, you see more white "boots" than black out there -- and with black or other dark socks, I think it looks absurd. With white socks, it looks great. Now, some of those guys are all about having the shoe speak for itself (which in turn makes them more identifiable on the "pitch"), but my eye doesn't work that way. I guess my brain just accepts the look of the shoe color continuing up the leg more. LOL

Red socks with these puppies?! Nice!


Seriously, that's some sound reasoning, but I don't buy it. Your white Adidas would look good with white socks. Afterall, they already have black stripes on them, so what's it matter if you can see even less black at the liner against white socks?

If you tucked your shirt in, I might see the socks AND the matching belt

Tucking in shirts to these shorts is not a good look, they sit pretty high on the waist I would look like a "johnny highpants"




Well there are definitly exceptions to the rule, and red socks is always a good time to rethink my logic hahah. I guess for me I will never own anything other than white golf shoes they are just so versitle and can go with just about anything.

Good response! LOL

It's actually funny that you mention the "lining" color of the shoes -- and matching your socks to it. That some (most?) shoes these days have a different color on the "cuff" of the shoes is pretty stupid, I think. I mean, if you have black shoes, and the cuffs are white, then what's the difference -- other than a 1/4" -- in wearing white socks to match that cuff vs wearing white socks with black shoes with no white cuff? It still looks like your shoes are one color, and your socks another -- and I usually don't like that.

Maybe the shoe designers put the different color cuff/visible liner in there so that you DO wear the same color [as most of the shoe] sock, but so that it divides the shoe from the sock visually so that it doesn't look like you're wearing high-tops.

Too bad I'm not in an MBA program. I'd do my thesis on shoe/sock design/marketing -- and fail. LOL

You could be right on it there, it does eliminate the ability to change the lines of the shoe, if the liners on my shoes for example were white and I was wearing white socks it would total change the way the shoe looks, it wouldn't look like there is that distinct dip at the ankle bone and would make them look a little blah IMO. You just never know what these designer folks are thinking. Who knows maybe they just thought black would stain less. LOL.

Since we are still in the fashion dept., the shorts have got to go. If you want to wear those, the socks are the least of your worries.

Are you kidding me Dickies shorts are the best shorts, golf or no golf you could ever find! Serious, they are unreal.

I'll have to agree, those shorts are terrible for golf.

I see i am the oposite I prefer Black socks but will wear white ones. I will only wear Black Shoes.

Unless you are wearing white pants please dont wear white socks and black shoes. Looks terrible.

Black shoes and socks with black shorts is just fine in my opinion.

Boy, I wasn't aware we had so many fashion experts on this sight

Thanks for the replies/suggestions! I was never notified that there were replies to my post - something must be wrong. I am a white sock freak, I know really weird. The only thing I don't like about white shoes is that they get dirty pretty quick. I think I am going with Nike and I hope I am not making a mistake (brand wise). Pics of the shoes below. I guess if I go with the black/white hybrid, I'll be safe no matter what I do.

I do the NOTHING but white socks, even with my black shoes.

Yeah...with dress shoes like in the picture, but with golf shoes it is absolutly fine...wear white socks with black shoes all day.

Nothing makes a pair of black shoes look like dress shoes like white socks. Just not a good look.

It is a definate no with dress shoes, but golf shoes are more like athletic shoes. Go to the gym any time and look at the amount of black running shoes/tennis shoes worn with black socks, I see it every day at the gym. Or watch a soccer match on tv and look at all the black shoes and white six...heck, most soccer uniforms have white socks, so why would they not wear matching shoes???? Because you are playing a sport/working out, and to me golf shoes are in the same category. To me...seeing someone with shorts of any color other then black, with black socks, is pretty fugly looking. Athletic events should have white socks.

You don't really get your golf style tips from your local gym, do you? >Kidding< Seriously, though, I hear what you're saying. But I don't care what people are wearing at my local gym to lift weights in. Nor does it matter to me what a soccer player wears in a soccer game (although I'd say that MORE players, at least in Europe, are wearing white cleats/boots/whatever you want to call them, regardless of sock color. And I personally would prefer to match my soccer shoe with my soccer socks -- but we're probably digressing...). I treat golf different than these other sports. But that might just be because when I play golf I wouldn't want to look like I'm dressed to work out or play soccer...

I think that different sports/activities tend to have different modes of dress, and so I don't always take what the norm is in another sport and bring it into golf. To me, golf is different.

Agreed, I just can not stand seeing someone with khaki short and black socks with his black shoes, I have always believed that if you are wearing shorts you have to wear white socks or no socks at all....golf course or not.

March 8, 10:00 pm, I've already posted a few comments on this thread while finding it futile, useless and, much, MUCH too long and, here I am contributing to its survival once again...!

I'm realy looking forward to my club finally opening for business next week-end, it HAS been a long winter, for some reason that escapes any common sense, this one seemed longer.

Since it would appear that, what I wear inside my shoes might launch an enviromental disaster, I took it upon myself to find a solution to the problem. Today, I went to Walmart and, I bought 12 pairs of Fruit of the Loom SPORT - NO SHOW black socks. I have 7 pairs of shoes in rotation ( 3 Br/Wh, 2 Bk/Wh, 2 Br/Tan), I will wear regular lenth black socks with pants, and no-shows with golf shorts.

Now that I've decided to live with my decision, I can start concentrating on being happy playing golf until next winter.

Do you guys also think that white socks with brown shoes are a fashion faux pas?

If you're talking about brown shoes with shorts, then yes, I think. (I'd simply avoid brown shoes with shorts altogether.)

I definitely do not feel/think thay way!

Almost all white socks that I could find are "cushioned for added comfort"; while walking, the terry cloth gets damp and padded down. The end result is that after 6 or 7 holes, it creates blisters on my heels, on the top of my toes and, sometimes even worse, under the balls of my feet.

For that reason, I will wear thin socks in a well fitted shoe. I walk a minimum 27 holes daily and I don't want to worry about blisters. That said, I found that after 4-5 holes the white socks are stained beyond repair from dust and grass on the course. I can easily find thin socks in black, much more than white and I am not about to start looking for colors to match whatever else I wear. I'll be damned if I am going to care about what other people think when I'm comfortable in my shoes.

I have other things to think about like, scoring PAR, when I'm a 11 hcp.

So only white shoes with shorts? That is not very practical for the Pacific Northwest as it's frequently muddy here. They look like crap after a month or so of playing.