Metalwood Just Brought Back One of Golf’s Coolest Forgotten Shoes

Golf footwear has spent the last few years getting increasingly technical. More foam. More plates. More traction. More shoes that look like they were designed in a wind tunnel.

And then there’s this.

G.H.BASS and Metalwood Studio just dug into the archives and brought back the Sportocasin, a golf shoe originally worn by Bobby Jones during golf’s golden era. The original was essentially a moccasin-style lace-up with turf cleats, and the silhouette remained in the G.H.BASS lineup before being discontinued in 1990.

Metalwood’s version isn’t really trying to compete with your FootJoys, adidas or PUMAs, though. This is a lifestyle shoe inspired by golf rather than something I’d recommend wearing for 18 holes.

And that’s exactly why I like it.

The Golf Shoe That Doesn’t Look Like a Golf Shoe

The new G.H.BASS x Metalwood Studio Sportocasin keeps the moccasin toe and classic derby-style upper of the original but strips away the old-school turf cleats. The upper comes in black pebble-grain leather with a mixed rubber-and-wood sole, plus a small Metalwood flag and metallic charm.

Basically, it looks like something you could have found in a pro shop 50 years ago, except it somehow makes just as much sense today.

That’s where Metalwood continues to be really good.

There are plenty of golf brands trying to manufacture nostalgia right now. Metalwood actually understands it. The brand has built much of its identity around the golf style of the 1990s and early 2000s, and collaborations like this work because they don’t feel like someone simply slapped a golf logo onto an existing shoe.

They found something real in the archive and brought it back.

We’ve reached a point where golf style is expanding beyond polos, quarter-zips and athletic sneakers. Golfers increasingly want stuff that feels connected to the game without screaming golf from 100 yards away.

The Sportocasin nails that.

It has legitimate golf history, a silhouette that doesn’t look like everything else on the market and enough weirdness to make it interesting.

The G.H.BASS x Metalwood Studio Sportocasin is $275 and launches today.

$275 is a lot for a shoe you’re probably not going to actually play golf in.

But as a piece of golf footwear history brought back at exactly the right moment?

I get it.