Under Armour’s flagship golf shoe launches February 6 to deliver perfect fit, power, consistency, and exceptional comfort and style.
Under Armour opens a new chapter in golf performance footwear with the Drive Pro Clone. Designed to help golfers move more naturally and play with more confidence under varying conditions, it addresses a long-standing challenge: traditional shoes often struggle to adapt to the natural shape and movement of a golfer’s foot, limiting comfort and negatively impacting performance.
Rigid constructions can restrict the shoe’s adaptability during the swing, affecting overall fit and consistency on the course. The Drive Pro Clone offers an adaptive solution that responds to the golfer’s movements, ensuring a customized fit.
“Traditional golf shoes cause gaps, pressure points, and power loss due to their single, fixed shape,” says Jake Haley, Senior Manager for Golf Footwear and Apparel at Under Armour. “With Drive Pro Clone, we aimed to eliminate these compromises. Every golfer deserves a shoe that adapts to them, not the other way around. This design offers athletes a truly personalized fit that stays consistent from the first to the last swing.”
Under Armour revolutionizes with new fitting technology
At the heart of this shoe’s innovation is proprietary auxetic Clone material, which behaves less like a static fabric and more like a dynamic surface. By expanding, contracting, and adapting to the unique geometry of the foot, Clone creates an adaptive fit that stays consistent throughout the entire round, regardless of fatigue, terrain, or conditions.
“Clone adapts to the shape and movement of your foot, ensuring you receive the same support from the first to the last swing,” says Kyle Blakely, SVP of Innovation and Design Studio at Under Armour. “Because the material behaves more like a dynamic surface than conventional textile or leather, athletes benefit from a more uniform fit, better energy transfer, and a more stable platform during their whole round.”
First tour wins already secured
Combined with Under Armour’s Swing Support System, the Drive Pro Clone provides more repeatable power and gives golfers more confidence with every swing. This innovation in golf footwear underscores Under Armour’s commitment to meeting golfers’ needs through material science, precise design, and on-course tested performance.
The shoe has already been used in numerous international tournaments, contributing to two wins on the DP World Tour: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen claimed his first victory at the Australian Open in December, and Patrick Reed relied on the Clone’s fit and performance for his recent Hero Dubai Desert Classic win.
The new Drive Pro Clone is available both in spiked and spikeless versions and will hit stores on February 6. The recommended retail price is £160/€200 (spiked) and £140/€180 (spikeless). It comes in four colorways: Black/Anthracite/Metallic Gold; Distant Grey/Midnight Navy/Metallic Silver; White/White/Metallic Gun Metal; Stone/Gridiron Brown/Metallic Gun Metal.