ASICS GEL-Preshot Shoes – Key Takeaways
New spikeless entry from ASICS and Dunlop Sports AmericasThree colorways, priced at $119.99Available this springASICS also updating colorways for GEL-Kayano Ace and GEL-Course Glide modelsThe new ASICS GEL-Preshot golf shoes come as a bit of a surprise.
In the new product announcement, Dunlop Sports Americas—the official new corporate entity for Srixon-Cleveland-XXIO—led with new colorways for two existing spikeless shoes. The GEL-Preshot was presented as an afterthought.
That might be a mistake.
In fact, the GEL-Preshot might be the best spikeless shoe ASICS has brought to North America. And while “affordable” is a relative term, the $119.99 price might just get your attention.
ASICS GEL-Preshot – ASICS Best Shot?
“ASICS” is an acronym. The name stems from the Latin anima sana in corpore sana, meaning “a sound mind in a sound body.” The company dates back to 1949 when Kihachiro Onitsuka started an athletic footwear company making basketball shoes in his living room in Kobe, Japan.