Tips When Buying a New Glove

Buying a New Glove?

A few points to remember when looking to buy a new golf glove. The glove is worn on the top hand gripping the golf club, so typically a right hand player will wear a left hand glove, and a left hand player will wear a right hand glove. Materials for gloves will usually be leather, synthetic, or a combination of both. Remember the more expensive gloves, usually soft cabretta leather will have a very nice feel, but are a little like racing tires on a car, they will wear out faster, especially if your grip is a little tight or too loose. If you are a little too loose with the top three fingers in the grip and the butt of the club moves slightly this will wear a hole in the side palm of the glove. If you are wearing a hole in the thumb of your glove, this usually indicates you are gripping too tightly with the thumb. Some gloves will put an extra patch of material in the side palm area of the glove should you wear a hole here in your glove. If you are hitting a lot of range balls might be better to have a less expensive (usually synthetic or a half & half) glove to practice with and use your good leather glove on the golf course.

The glove when new should be the size you can fit into the smallest size being comfortably snug, as the material will stretch after you have worn it a few times and you don’t want a glove that becomes too loose, with a baggy fit on the palm side of the glove. In Men’s gloves, especially with left hand gloves (for a right hand golfer) there are models called “Cadet” or marked with a “C”. These gloves will have a slightly shorter finger, so if you find the finger length a little long, look for a cadet glove.

In the fall and winter months, there are special gloves for wet and/or cold weather usually sold as a pair. Some models are a special material, such as the Callaway Opti-Grip and Srixon Rain glove, which the material went wet gets amazing grip on the club. You are intended to wet these gloves before you start to play, on those days you know you will be getting rained on when you head out on the course. Other models are geared more for cold weather, such as the Callaway Thermal Glove.

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