Do you wear a glove when playing golf?

[Groucho Valentine]

I wear a glove. Mostly because i use full cord grips. The side of palm pad and ring finger are prone to blistering if i dont wear a glove for full swings. I wear tape on my right ring finger.  I just cant bring myself to experiment with a different type of grip. 

[Patch]

  On 2/16/2017 at 8:09 PM, Hacker James said:

a long while back, I made a post (partly in jest), of wearing a pair of garden gloves. They actually felt pretty good,were not at all bulky, tops were cloth, bottoms rubberized. I caught a lot of flack, but you know, they were not half bad and a lot easier to pull on and off than regular golf gloves.

99c store.

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I use batting gloves for golf gloves. $12 a pair. I wear cooking mittens in the winter over the batting gloves for warmth, between shots. $2 for the pair. 

[WildTurkey]

I used to wear a glove all the time, but have since stopped and almost never do now.  Why??? well I am a lefty so finding them can be a chore. I also sweat  and putting them on and then taking them off several times a round is a pain and nasty.  I use a towel to keep hands and grips dry. Times when I do use a glove?  Last rounds of golf in the fall when it get cold and sometimes if it is raining.  I do not see a performance boost either way.  If I do develop clauses it is on my middle to fingers of my left non gloved hand.  When I was fitted for my current set of clubs it was suggested that I go with a slightly larger grip.  This has helped me feel in control of the club.  I do change out the grips every other season or so.  Pure grips with the air tool work well without tape.  Search them out if you are interested. 

[Hacker James]

fwiw, I do go bareback sometimes.

[GolfLug]

No. I guess my hands don't sweat much. The PURE grips I use are plenty tacky (got them installed in Sept 2015). Still feel great.  

[rehmwa]

Yes, and I try to stay aware of how worn the glove is so I replace it frequently - and I also clean my grips.

For me, it makes a HUGE difference and how well I keep control of that grip.

I'll play with tackier grips someday, but I have an entire replacement set still for next year.  so it'll be another 2 seasons yet.

[HitAndGiggle]

  On 4/17/2017 at 2:07 PM, Hacker James said:

fwiw, I do go bareback sometimes.

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That's how we describe driving without insurance here in California...

I've been mulling over this glove thing recently. My son, who's a lefty, just started playing golf with me and doesn't wear a glove. Hogan didn't wear a glove (right?). I am hard on gloves and would like to not have to buy them anymore. May just start "going bareback" soon, myself. Heck...I've even thought about going commando...

[shanksalot]

I always wear a golf glove except on the putting green. If it is raining I wear two rain gloves. If it is cold I use a left hand golf glove and a right hand golf glove.

[metbid]

  On 4/13/2010 at 6:02 AM, avguy said:

I wear one all times, try to remove it for putting. This thread seems to be good to vent my frustration on golf gloves. They are mostly cheapy in quality, and don't improve grip, IMHO. Just a blister preventer. Anyways, I am a natural lefty who golfs right handed. One of my former sports of younger days - racquetball - is more reliant on gloves than golf. It's been over a decade since I hit that court, & I won't play that for now but one thing I recall is the superior Quality and grip ability of racquetball gloves. They have "tackified leather" are more durable and are also made for heat dispersion.

So, my dilema now is I can't find the kind of l eft-handed racquetball glove I want in a sporting goods store locally! Tried a Sports Authority, Big 5, Dicks. My Ecktalon from the 90's had great sticky leather on the palm and lycra backing - it didn't tear like cheap golf gloves do and the control on a leather-handled racquet is something I would like to duplicate in golf. I have some tendency to lose control at the top of the swing, and regripping happens. That throws me off and sometime it results in sky shots or blocks out right. Next step is looking online for left-handed premium racquetball gloves. Any directional help is welcome.

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I too played a lot of racquetball, and used the tackified glove,  The only problem I see with them is that they are quite a bit thicker than a golf glove and don't give the 'feel' you get with the thinner golf glove leathers.

[Gator Hazard]

  On 4/17/2017 at 2:51 PM, rehmwa said:

Yes, and I try to stay aware of how worn the glove is so I replace it frequently - and I also clean my grips.

For me, it makes a HUGE difference and how well I keep control of that grip.

I'll play with tackier grips someday, but I have an entire replacement set still for next year.  so it'll be another 2 seasons yet.

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Is this one too worn out or does it have some life left in it?:

[Dannyhansen88]

If my shot is greater than 88 yards I use a glove, anything inside that nope

[AlDena]

I only were a glove on the first date. Otherwise, no glove and Winn Dri Tac grips.

[gregsandiego]

It's been very liberating dropping the glove. I joke with my buddies that the glove is for amateurs trying to look like professionals.

Seriously it doesn't seem necessary in drier California. When I'm in Texas there are times I could use one.

[Lihu]

I try to use one, that is if I can find it among all the other junk in my bag.

[Piz]

I've never liked wearing a glove.  Don't know why...just don't.  

[Patch]

I actually wear two gloves. Not so much for gripping the club, but for protecting my hands fron sun damage. We have a lot of sunny days out west, and as much time as I spend out of doors, every ounce of protection helps.

I even putt wearing two gloves. I have worn them for so long, that if I take them off to putt, my grip feels funny. 

I carry 3 pair for rainy, or sweaty days and change as needed during a round. Also, I use baseball batting gloves instead of golf specific gloves. Less expensive, sold in pairs, and do the same job. 

[colin007]

  On 11/18/2017 at 3:50 AM, Lihu said:

I try to use one, that is if I can find it among all the other junk in my bag.

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That actually surprises me, you seem like a hyper detail oriented person when it comes to the swing and data but you're "meh" about what actually touches the club?

[Lihu]

  On 11/18/2017 at 11:04 PM, colin007 said:

That actually surprises me, you seem like a hyper detail oriented person when it comes to the swing and data but you're "meh" about what actually touches the club?

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You're right, I used to be pretty OCD about having an exact place for stuff and not finding stuff in the past, but family life changed that. Nowadays, it depends upon if my glove got shoved into one of the pockets of my bag along with all other golf related stuff in my trunk by one of my family members when they need my trunk for something.