Abstract: The present invention provides a self-cleaning golf-shoe cleat that is threadably secured to a conventional golf shoe, wherein the sole of the shoe includes typical threaded plugs. The self-cleaning golf-shoe cleat comprises a cleat having a main circular body member formed as a shallow, truncated cone with a spike member extending outwardly from the central plane thereof in the well-known cleat arrangement, and with a rearward extending threaded boss adapted to be received in the threaded plug of the shoe, the circular body and the spike being encapsulated within a resilient rubber-like material wherein the resilient material is formed having at least one hollow cavity, so as to collapse about the spike under the weight of the wearer, and being movable generally axially of the spike during recovery from the collapsed position, whereby foreign material adhered to the spike is removed therefrom.