Launched in March 2021, the PAYNTR brand took its first steps into the golf industry. Founder David Paynter – a former professional cricketer who spearheaded the business in his native sport – teamed up with golf footwear innovation specialist Mike Forsey, who has more than 30 years’ footwear design experience behind him, working with elite athletes at Nike, FootJoy and Under Armour on some of the most iconic footwear products ever to have come to market. These two passionate footwear pioneers first put their heads together in April 2019 and identified a potential innovation void in the industry that sparked Forsey into designing the first prototype of the shoe. Nearly two years later, the PAYNTR X 001 F golf shoe will came to market globally on March 1, 2021.