How to Choose the Best Golf Glove
Wearing a golf glove is a best practice that will improve your game. Though golf gloves are not essential to a good swing, they certainly provide a more secure grip and promote good swing basics. Golf clubs protect your hands from sun damage, absorb sweat and help players maintain solid contact between their hands and the golf grip. The golf glove is worn on the "lead" hand, which is the left hand for right-handed players and the right hand for left-handed players. Many golfers remove their gloves while putting to increase the ever elusive "feel" of the green.
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Things You'll Need
- Golf clubs
- Golf balls
- Golf tees and markers
- Divot repair tool
- Golf glove
Instructions
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Good fit, right fabric
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Always try on a glove before you buy it, as sizes can vary just like clothes sizes vary among manufacturers and from batch to batch. Men's glove size choices are small, cadet (for shorter fingers and wider palms), medium, large, extra large, and sometimes XXL. Women's sizes are small, medium, large, and extra large. A comfortable fitting golf glove is a definite plus while trying to perfect a good long and short golf game.
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Decide which fabric suits you best: leather or synthetic. Leather gloves are usually more expensive, because the fabric breathes, has a finer grain, and often feels more comfortable. Fashion gloves are available in a variety of designs and mesh fabrics that circulate air and allow the hand to get some sun. Other types of fashion gloves are UV-protective. Rain gloves, sometimes called foul-weather gloves, are also good to have in your bag for playing in wet conditions. Often, players wear two gloves in inclement weather to keep their hands warm and dry and to ensure a no-slip grip.
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Choose the glove size that fits most comfortably on your hand. Adjust your glove for comfort. Recreational golfers often adjust and re-adjust the Velcro (or snap) fastener on their glove repeatedly before swinging, trying to find the most comfortable tension, especially as the glove stretches when warm and shrinks when cooled down. The best way to find just the right fit is to fasten your glove snugly when your hand is clenched into a fist.
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Gently press the leather around your fingers for a snug, but not constricting fit. Your golf glove should feel like a second skin, taut across the palm. Avoid pulling the glove from the cuff. Just smooth it across your palm.
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Prolong the life of your golf glove by letting it dry in a smooth, flat position, with the thumb tucked under like when packaged new. Many players store their golf gloves in their golf bags inside the original glove packaging when not in use, a good habit to get into. Hanging your wet glove from your bag or draped over a club in between uses will stiffen the fabric into an odd shape, which will feel uncomfortable the next time you put it on.
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Tips & Warnings
When you find a golf glove you like that is priced fairly and fits well, buy more than one at a time. But be sure to try on each one before you make the purchase.
