Accessories
Golf is a funny old game, and it can make us feel all sorts of emotions.
It can be really disappointing when you head onto your favourite hole on the course only to strike your drive out of bounds or into a body of water. It can also feel amazing however when you strike a pitch shot just right and your ball comes to rest surprisingly close to the hole.
You may love it or hate it depending on the round you’re currently having, but the sport keeps us coming back for more. Nothing quite beats smashing a target or breaking the handicap barrier you’ve been chasing.
So yes, golf makes us feel all sorts of things, but ‘feel’ itself is an integral part of the game. Think about it, pulling off a great shot fundamentally depends on you having a strong-feeling grip on your club.
What gives us the best sense of feel when we’re holding our clubs? Golf gloves.
Can you remember where you were the very first time you put on a golf glove? If the answer is yes, you clearly only started playing golf recently or it was a very powerful memory!
That being said, it is fascinating how quickly our fingers get used to the strange sensation of slipping on a golf glove, only for us to get used to it and completely forget we’re wearing one minutes later.
Golf gloves help give us more grip on our subordinate hand and give us more traction on the golf grip while our dominant hand brings the club round in our swing.
However, not everyone wears their gloves the same way.
When it comes to golf gloves, there are no rules about the kind you should wear or whether you should even wear any in the first place. Some golfers don’t wear gloves at all, while some people, including PGA Tour pro Aaron Rai, prefer to wear gloves on both hands.
Some golfers will wear a glove on their subordinate hand, and nothing on their other hand. Most of us tend to take our gloves off when we’re putting on the greens, why is that?
There are so many different combinations of feel to try out when it comes to gloves; a glove on one hand, both hands, no gloves when putting, no gloves when chipping, keeping them on the whole time, just to name a few.
The simple fact is, golf gloves may not be for you, but if you always wear them, you’ll feel very unfamiliar trying to play without them, and more prone to mis-hitting your shots. You’ll feel more tense in your hands without a glove, and this tension in your arms and wrists will negatively affect how you swing the club.
Golf gloves can be a very easy item to overlook, but finding the right glove for you will really help your game. If you’re uncertainly which glove would be best for you, we’d be happy to help you in the pro shop.
