This week's Fully Equipped mailbag looks at the reasons why tour pros continue to wear metal spikes on the golf course.

“If you go on the green and you don’t tap down one spike mark on every green, that would be surprising.” In terms of whether pros are abusing the rule, Merritt said, only the players ...

You might be surprised what some pros have on the bottom of their shoes Tom Kim's Nike golf shoes feature a hybrid metal spike from Champ called the Pro Stinger.