For walking, the New Balance Striker is the pick — running-shoe cushioning from a brand that has spent decades on how feet feel after several miles. The FootJoy Fuel and Puma Fusion Crush are the spikeless alternatives, both comfortable enough to walk in and versatile enough to wear off the course.
The Skechers Go Torque Pro led this page for most of a year and has dropped to the bottom of it for one reason: Skechers lists the shoe as sold out on its own site and the line has moved on to the Torque 2 and Torque Sport 2, so what remains on Amazon is end-of-line stock. Nothing about the shoe got worse — it is still the most cushioned thing here — but a walking recommendation you probably cannot buy in your size is not much of a recommendation.
Why comfort brands win the walking test
If you walk your rounds, the shoe is doing the most work of anything you wear, and the brands with the deepest walking-comfort heritage — New Balance and Skechers — have a real edge here. Their cushioning is genuinely better over the miles a walked round covers. A stable golf platform still matters for the swing, but for the walker, all-day comfort is the deciding factor, and it's exactly where the value picks compete hardest with premium shoes.
Spikeless usually walks best
For walking, spikeless shoes are typically the more comfortable choice — no cleats pressing up through the sole over four hours on foot. If you play wet or hilly courses, a comfortable spiked shoe splits the difference — soft-spike grip with cushioning built for walking, which is what the Skechers Torque does and what the adidas Tech Response on our value roundup does at a lower price. Judge a walking shoe on your feet after 18 holes, not on a spec sheet.
