If you’ve been paying attention to performance footwear lately, you’ve probably seen SQAIRZ popping up more and more across the sports world. This week, the brand added another big credibility marker: SQAIRZ announced a partnership with rising PGA TOUR professional Davis Chatfield, a player known for precision, composure, and a “built-from-the-ground-up” approach to performance.
For pickleball players, that phrase matters. Whether you’re grinding through a tournament weekend or just trying to stay stable during fast exchanges at the kitchen line, your game starts with your feet—balance, traction, and how efficiently you transfer force into every move.
The news: Chatfield joins the SQAIRZ roster
According to the announcement, Chatfield earned his PGA TOUR card after a breakout season on the Korn Ferry Tour. One of the headline moments: a 59 at the 2025 Compliance Solutions Championship, making him just the 16th player in Korn Ferry Tour history to shoot in the 50s. He also became the first golfer from the University of Notre Dame to earn a PGA TOUR card.
SQAIRZ Founder and CEO Bob Winskowicz framed the partnership around the traits the brand wants to align with—perseverance, consistency, toughness, and confidence under pressure.
Chatfield echoed the performance-first angle from an athlete’s perspective, emphasizing that what happens “at impact” starts with what’s under your feet—and that he felt a difference in balance and connection to the ground when he first wore SQAIRZ.
Why this matters beyond golf (yes, including pickleball)
Pickleball isn’t golf—but the performance principle is the same: stability creates consistency.
In pickleball, you’re constantly asking your body to do three things at once:
- Stop and start quickly (especially in transition from baseline to kitchen)
- Stay balanced through contact (dinks, resets, counters, and speed-ups)
- Transfer force efficiently (from legs/hips into the shot without overreaching)
Footwear that supports balance and ground connection can be a difference-maker, particularly for players who:
- Feel “tippy” when they widen their stance at the kitchen
- Lose traction on hard cuts or quick lateral slides
- Struggle to stay stable when absorbing pace in hand battles
SQAIRZ positions its footwear around those fundamentals—balance, stability, and power—using a design platform that includes a geometrically engineered toe box and a stability-focused build.
SQAIRZ’s bigger play: performance footwear across multiple sports
The Chatfield partnership is also a signal that SQAIRZ is continuing to grow its footprint in professional golf while building broader momentum across sports. The brand says it’s been recognized by outlets including Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, and Pickleheads, and notes that it supports athletes across golf, baseball, softball, and pickleball.
That crossover is worth watching. When a performance brand earns adoption in one precision sport, it often accelerates credibility in others—especially when the core promise is about repeatable mechanics and stability.
The takeaway for pickleball players
You don’t need a TOUR card to care about what’s under your feet. If there’s one consistent theme across high-level pickleball—especially in doubles—it’s that the best players look quiet and balanced even when the point is chaotic.
Partnerships like this one reinforce a simple idea: performance starts where you stand. And for pickleball, that means stable footwork, confident movement, and footwear that helps you stay connected to the court.
For more information on SQAIRZ, visit SQAIRZ.com.
- SQAIRZ (official site): https://sqairz.com/
- PRNewswire (source / press release hub): https://www.prnewswire.com/
- PGA TOUR (player/news context): https://www.pgatour.com/
- Korn Ferry Tour (background on his path to TOUR): https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour
- Pickleheads (pickleball + footwear context; SQAIRZ mentioned in the release): https://www.pickleheads.com/
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