Product Review: LeviTee Golf Glove

[HotSauce]

There was a thread a while ago about this glove, and I posted some of my initial thoughts. It seems to have been deleted, so I thought I'd start my own thread. FULL DISCLOSURE: I have NO affiliation with this product what-so-ever. I discovered it as the owner/CEO is a member of an Audi forum I frequent. I figured I'd try it out, and have done so over the past week and a half or so. I'm a mid handicapper, with a lot of shots, but score poorly. I'm that guy who will hit the amazing high fade off the tee, 280 yards down the dog leg right in the middle of the fairway then top my 80 yard wedge shot in. Consistency/focus/coping with pressure are all things I'm working on now.

As a glove:
1) The leather is VERY soft. It is as soft/nice quality leather as any other glove I've owned (and I've tried a lot of expensive gloves, because I'm a sucker for new equipment...). My former/current regular glove is a Nike Tech Tour (I believe, lost the box), but I also rotate in a FootJoy F3, a FootJoy SciFlex and just had to toss an old Cleveland (which I loved...). That said, initial quality is impressive.

2) All major seams are double stitched, and the top of the hand is that stretchy, breathable black fabric (Lycra?), which I like. Also, I usually wear a Men's Large, but ordered a M/L which fit perfectly. These gloves may run a hair large. Also, the 'pads' between the fingers are secured in a way that they don't move around (remain between fingers, don't slip to over or under them).

3) No ball marker. I know this is kind of old fashioned but I want one. That's my first complaint.

4) I've worn this glove a few times at the range, as well as on the course. I tend to have a very strong grip and an aggressive swing - thus gloves usually stretch out for me. SO FAR, the Levitee has yet to do that...This may be due to the large amount of stretchy material over the knuckles....More time will tell how this holds up to stretching.

Conclusion: As a glove, it's more or less as nice as any other I've ever owned. Aside from the lack of ball maker (which is sadly rare anyway), I have no real complaints.

As a training tool/piece of GI equipment
1) The pads between the fingers are initially awkward. Not annoyingly so, but definitely foreign. This went away for me in about two dozen full shots. That said, it took me a few buckets to dial in touch shots/partial swings. I guess that's just the learning curve.

2) My drives have improved. Be it the glove, be it dumb luck, my drives are definitely more consistent and straighter. I don't think I've gained any distance, but as a mid-high handicapper, who the hell knows

3) Iron shots appeared about 5 yards longer most of the way through the bag. Again, hard to say if this is just a strong week for me, or credited to the glove.

4) I was less exhausted, and generally found myself hitting more balls per practice session. This benefit alone sold me on the glove. Again, I have a VERY strong grip. Doing so with this glove is uncomfortable and awkward. You learn pretty quickly to ease up. My fingers, wrists and forearms all thanked me.

5) There was nothing "forced" about this glove. Unlike other tools/products, this really doesn't change your swing or anything. It all feels very natural. If I wanted to hit a fade, I could. A cut, I could. This glove doesn't strike me as the ticky-tac fix that say a draw-bias driver gives to a slicer. All of my shots were the same, or somewhat better. Is it confidence, technology or magic? I have no real idea.... That said, I think I play a little better with this glove.

On the course
Unfortunately, on the course, I played in a torrential downpour. Before I started losing grip on all my clubs I parred my first three holes. This is pretty decent for me. Drives were pretty straight, irons remained true, and after practicing with the glove at the range, my touch shots were quite good too. I had a great round with this glove, and feel that it could save me a few shots a round and was especially nice on pressure shots, where all I wanted to do was Hercules the club.

Conclusion
If you're a 23.0 handicapper, and you buy this glove, you still probably won't make the next tour cut. That said, it may be worth a few shots at some point. I (14 or so handicap) really enjoyed it, and so did higher handicappers who I let try it. It does exactly what it claims to do, and does it in a simple and effective manner. If nothing else, it helped me start to correct a flaw in my swing. Finally, it's a darn good glove if nothing else. For a marginal investment (~$25 shipped), this may be the cheapest thing you can do to your game, especially for those of you looking at cure-all drivers for a few hundred bucks. And unlike upgrading balls (the old adage, the ball is the only thing you play every shot), even us duffers will struggle to lose the LeviTee in the woods.

I'll continue to update this as I keep gaming it. Feel free to ask any questions if I haven't touched on anything.

[sean_miller]

Develop some slight calluses and lose the glove - you'll never look back.

[JML22]

Yeah i prefer no glove to
i onyl use a glove for driver and 3 iron

[Titleist_ProV1x]

Feel free to ask any questions if I haven't touched on anything.

"LeviTee" glove + "The Hammer" = 400+ yards?, of course you'll still need to say "POOOOWWWW" even with the glove, but what do you think?

[shades9323]

"LeviTee" glove + "The Hammer" = 400+ yards?, of course you'll still need to say "POOOOWWWW" even with the glove, but what do you think?

I saw a left handed hammer in the used bin at the golf shop yesterday.

[sean_miller]

"LeviTee" glove + "The Hammer" = 400+ yards?, of course you'll still need to say "POOOOWWWW" even with the glove, but what do you think?

I'm going to put a Levi Tee glove over a hammer, seal the seams with liquid zolex, then charge it with nitrogen. Apologies to NASA in advance for when I start taking down satellites.

[jamo]

...whether it's because of profuse sweating...

That's me. I have 4 gloves (Taylor Made Targa Tour, the best grips I have found yet, sorry OP, never seen yours) in my bag and usually sweat through all of them on a normal day. I have tons of calluses too, I just can't grips a club loose enough without a glove.