Self-cleaning golf-shoe cleat

In combination with a golf shoe tht has a sole in which a plurality of spaced plugs are embedded, each of which plugs includes a tapped bore substantially normal to said sole, a plurality of golf cleats that are operatively associated with said plugs, each of said golf cleats including:

• a. a rigid flange of substantially greater transverse cross-section than that of said plug;
• b. an externally threaded rigid boss tht extends outwardly from said flange and engages said tapped bore;
• c. a rigid spike that extends outwardly from said flange and engages said tapped bore;
• c. a rigid spike that extends outwardly from said flange in a direction opposite to that of said boss, said spike having a tapered external surface and a free end portion;
• d. a molded body of resilient material that includes a first portion in the form of a flat wall in which said flange is embedded and from which said threaded boss projects, and a second wall portion that projects from said first wall portion and cooperates therewith to define a cavity across which said spike extends, and a circular lip opening in said second wall portion that snugly engages said external tapered surface of said spike adjacent said free end thereof when there is no pressure exerted on said resilient body in a direction towards said first wall portion thereof, with said second wall portion deforming towards said first wall portion when subjected to upward pressure as occurs when the user of said golf shoe walks on earth sufficiently soft as to be penetrated by said spike, and said second wall portion when said upward pressure is relieved by said shoe being lifted from the ground returning to its initial configuration and in so doing said lip wiping foreign material from said spike.