Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'Smoke Grey Light Green'
Colorway: White/Black/Light Smoke Grey · Style code: CU9978-107 · Release date: September 28, 2022 · Price: $239 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'Smoke Grey' (CU9978-001) · Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'Black' (CU9978-002) · Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'White Flash Lime' (CU9978-003) · Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'Particle Grey Marina' (CU9978-004) · Nike Air Max 90 Golf 'Black Infrared' (CU9978-010)
Nike's golf conversion of the Air Max 90 keeps the shape almost untouched and changes what happens underfoot. The street waffle outsole is replaced by a golf tread, and the visible heel Air unit stays where it has always been, so the shoe still reads as a 90 from every angle above the sole. The upper here runs white mesh with black overlays and Light Smoke Grey along the panels and heel, a quiet three-colour scheme that suits a dress code without going fully plain. Mesh keeps the weight down across eighteen holes.
Nike released it in September 2022 at $130, a $10 to $20 step up from most lifestyle 90s of the same year, which is the usual premium for the golf construction. It belongs to a small run of Nike golf models borrowed from the running archive rather than drawn from scratch, a line that also picked up the Air Max 1 and the Air Jordan silhouettes. Anyone who wants the look on the course rather than off it is the intended buyer.