Glove?

**hamletsdead** · January 12, 2009

No, I don't like them at all. I played with one for a while when I first started because I was under the impression that since virtually everyone used them they were a mandatory piece of equipment. But it irritated me to keep taking it off to putt, and it was nasty and kind of sweaty. Then I saw that Freddy Couples never uses a glove and just dumped it. My hands don't really sweat, so I don't need a glove to improve my grip, and I just don't like it, Sam I am.

**MI Rob** · January 12, 2009

I always wear a glove besides when i putt. My hands start getting sweaty.

**Ben** · January 12, 2009

Nah, not me. When I was a young kid I was playing in the rain when my glove became soaked on the 9th hole. Took it off for the back nine and never put one back on.

**ScruffyScraper** · January 12, 2009

I've got fifty seasons under my belt (1959-2008). I didn't use a glove until leather grips started to go out of favor.

Then, when Tour Wrap-type synthetic leather wraps came out, I gave up the Victory and Crossline type rubber grips--and stopped using the glove again.

I never really liked it, but used it with certain grips.

**Ben** · January 12, 2009

I've got fifty seasons under my belt (1959-2008). I didn't use a glove until leather grips started to go out of favor.

WOW 50 years is awesome! Keep going.

That club setup you've got going there looks pretty impressive too! Pretty fancy looking stuff. How's the changes in the equipment over those years of play sit with you? I see you are taking good advantage now. Also, are you Japanese? I don't know of many new-timers that actually play that setup you've got listed.

**Etzwane** · January 12, 2009

Yes, but I remove it for putting.

Beside sweating, I was told (by several teaching pros) that the rationale for using a glove on the left hand is to re-inforce it with respect to the right hand as a many people have weaker left hands.

**case31** · January 12, 2009

I haven't worn one in years. Then this summer, my friend was telling me I was crazy for not wearing one. He had an extra one, and I put it on, as soon as I gripped the club, I said, "Nope, not for me". I just couldn't get comfortable, and all I could think about while taking practice swings was "why is this thing on my hand?"
My hands do not usually get sweaty, nor do they blister, so luckily I don't really need a glove.

**flopdarock** · January 12, 2009

my clubs always tell me... no glove... no love

**Par Fore** · January 13, 2009

Yes, all but for putting and around the green....feel like it allows me to keep a lighter grip and still hold onto the club...

A little off topic, but for the weightlifters out there....started working out without gloves a couple of years ago....feel like it has improved the strength in my hands and forearms....

**mirv** · January 16, 2009

i started off bare-handed for the first year or so that i played, then wore a glove for about two years, and finally made my way back to bare-hands again. i feel more connected to the club, as others have said, without a glove. plus i hated the "pale hand" that tended to come with wearing a glove in the summer sun.

**imtomtomim** · January 16, 2009

must wear glove all times. I just love the way it keeps my left hand pressure loose. I'm a better hitter than swinger so it lets me focus on controlling my right hand instead of both.