Jen Hanna knows a lot about golf shoes .

As a former LPGA professional golfer and an NCAA Division I golf coach, as well as a First-Team All-American and Southern Conference champion, Hanna’s been playing golf since she was six. And she’s been wearing one version or another of the golf shoe for over 30 years. Plus, she has 12-plus years of materials innovation experience.

Here, Footwear News caught up with the new vice president of sales at Carbitex — the firm is a flexible carbon fiber leader specializing in performance footwear — to talk about the evolution of the golf shoe. The Carbitex composites are used in performance footwear by FootJoy, The North Face, Saucony , Adidas, among others.

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