DonM I only wear one when high humidity forces me. This summer I’m trying to see if I can get by with wiping my grips and hands often. So far so good but the worst is yet to come. If I lived in moderate weather, no glove, ever.
MidwayJ DonM This is me exactly. I can never get through the hot summer rounds without using one on the back nine, though. So far I've been OK but as you said the worst is ahead.
fatshot Sparky I won't be doing that again. I would bet I'd have the same results. Whenever I've tried to go without a glove, it hasn't been pretty. Even that Sh_nk word golfers aren't supposed to say out loud....I have no idea why!
potbunker I stopped wearing a glove about 15 years ago after doing the math on how much money I was spending in a season just for gloves.
Typhoon potbunker How many gloves were you going through? My hands disnt sweat much so I could go a few years with the same glove. I would get 2 worn spots from the club moving, which was good to see because it was a flaw to correct. Eventually after a few years there would be a hole.
bigshank I’m so used to a glove on my left hand after 40 years can’t play worth shit without one. I bought some rain gloves too. Couldn’t play worth a shit with one on my right hand. I’m never going to change. Lesson learned. I’m super sensitive to even minor changes. I have fairly large hands being 6’2. I put a couple extra wraps on my cp2’s that’s it. Even midsize non taper grips will mess me up. Don’t need a lot of help doing that. They feel great but makes me leave the ball out to the right
rsvman2 I played without a glove for about 50 years, give or take. Just started using them in the past 2-3 years. Not sure if they really do anything. Forgot to bring one last time I played and I didn't really see any difference.
Bravopilot Typhoon I sweat and anything loose doesn't feel right, so I swap gloves each hole, and let them dry out. Maybe 5/6 gloves a round. Carry many in the bag. Let me know if you need some, lots of never worn., brand new sitting around.
garyt1957 I've played with and without. My hands don't get sweaty so it's not really a problem. I wear one now just because I'm used to it.
fatshot I go through about 3 gloves per season. When they become too dry and cracked they become "driving range gloves" for a while. Then when they get rips or tears in them, I throw them away. I use these, so it's not like they cost a fortune.......https://mggolf.com/golf-gloves/#C48
mulegolf fatshot Back when I actually wore a glove I tried those. I thought that they were very inconsistent. It seemed like one or two fingers were a different length from glove to glove. example: One glove the ring finger would fit well and the next it would be1/4" too long. I had one glove where two fingers were long and a third was short. I gave up on them. They seemed to be made of a heavier leather back then also, almost like a baseball hitting glove.
johnnydoom I've never given gloves a fair chance. Where I live is so humid most of the time, and me already being prone to excessive sweating can't stand to have a glove on in those conditions. I went the cord grip route, but have tried a glove every few years. I just can't make myself fight through the comfort issue long enough to see if I would benefit from it.
Par4QC Never wear a glove. Hands used to be so rough I could sand wood without sandpaper. A byproduct of the work I did. I use either Lamkin CL or GP TV (the new type) grips, so no need for a glove with them, as my hands start to become less rough.
KCee I'll wear both rain gloves when it's really hot & humid out. It takes me a while to get sweating, but once it starts I'm drenched.
Eguller I never liked putting with a glove on, so last year I gave up wearing one. No issues. Much better.
mulegolf My hands sweat a lot when it hot out. When I wore a glove it seemed like I always needed a new glove. It would get soaked in just a couple holes and after a week it would get rotten and fall apart. I got sick of buying those expensive gloves and about that time I started building clubs. I found a Lamkin mid-size soft cord grip that solved the problem. The soft cord was easier on the hands than most cord grips and it gave me enough grip that I no longer needed a glove. Since that time (about 25 years ago) I haven't worn a glove unless it's cold out and then I wear two. I experimented with different gloves to see if I liked any of them better than the soft cord Lamkins. The best I ever found was from a company called Karakal. They provided a softer feel and were never slippery. Even if my hands were sweating heavily or in the rain they stayed tacky feeling. The end of the grip said it all, "The wetter the better." Sadly, they went out of business. I've never found another company that makes grips that I liked as well as the Karakal grips. Winn has come fairly close with the Dry Tack versions and that's what I play now. The only problem is that Winn grips always seemed to wear out quicker than some of the other grips.
Bravopilot Typhoon I like to think of it as "sensitive". I sweat drinking coffee.😎 Plus, I like to carry extra crap in my bag.
