Golf Glove Wear!!

[Titleist3]

Hi all,

Just wondering how often you go through gloves?

I find myself really struggling to get more than 3 rounds out of a glove.

This is mainly due to wear around the thumb joint, I completely loose all leather and I'm left with that greyish spot.

The gloves I have been using are Footjoy and Callaway and like most of us Id like to have a little bit more wear from them.

Any advice?

Cheers

 

[need_my_wedge]

Have exactly the same issue. Use FJ Sciflex but changed recently because I’m burning through them too quickly. Tried switching to Mizuno Tour, great feeling glove, decent price around a tenner, but first one holed after 27 holes.....

Sounds like you grip with a “long thumb”, I.e. thumb extended with the joint against the grip. You could try the “short thumb”, where you bend the thumb so that only the end of the thumb touches the grip. I did that for a while, it works, but for some reason I slipped back into old habits.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I have historicially worn gloves quite quickly compared to others. However whilst I have tried to alter my grip a fraction, I have found the Callaway Dawn Patrol an excellent leather glove to wear for comfort and longevity of life, so much so in that I cannot ever remember 1 glove lasting as long as the current one has.

 

[DCB]

If you are wearing the leather that quickly then there has to be a fundamental flaw in your grip setup. Something is loose or something is moving to cause the friction that is causing the wear ?

 

[duncan mackie]

If you are wearing the leather that quickly then there has to be a fundamental flaw in your grip setup. Something is loose or something is moving to cause the friction that is causing the wear ?

Indeed. I'm sure I saw an article somewhere (maybe GM or another mag in paper) which related various wear patterns with grip, and swing, faults.

 

[Titleist3]

I don't think it is a grip issue as I never have a blister usually after a round.

I think its something to do with my thumbs probably bending back more at the joint than most and the joint being where I mainly grip the club when trying to have a straight thumb due to it curling back towards my head away from the shaft slightly.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Good article here. Heel pad often a sign of re-gripping in the swing. Something I struggle with https://www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk/blog/poor-grip-worn-glove/

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It's possible that I don't play as much golf as you guys. It's also possible that I keep a glove going past its use by date because I'm tight but I can pretty much get a season out of a glove. At worst I'll use 2 in a year.

A new one every three rounds has to add up over the course of a season 😕

 

[srixon 1]

It's possible that I don't play as much golf as you guys. It's also possible that I keep a glove going past its use by date because I'm tight but I can pretty much get a season out of a glove. At worst I'll use 2 in a year.

A new one every three rounds has to add up over the course of a season 😕

I can make one last for a season and I play loads during the summer. I usually put them in my practice bag after 6 months as they look so tatty. I usually wear out the Velcro before the leather gets worn or they just become hardened due to moisture/sweat.

 

[bluewolf]

2/3 will last me a season comfortably. 50-60 rounds and 30-40 range sessions. If you're wearing one out after 3 rounds then something is wrong somewhere....

 

[Deleted member 15344]

2/3 will last me a season comfortably. 50-60 rounds and 30-40 range sessions. If you're wearing one out after 3 rounds then something is wrong somewhere....

Yep

Considering how much i play ( about 20 rounds per month ) a leather glove lasts me at least two months and easily a third during the winter - I do change it every two months though

 

[the_coach]

I don't think it is a grip issue as I never have a blister usually after a round.

must be something a tad funky goin on with the grip hold & or grip pressure for the wear to be that advanced so quick

is the handle lying diagonally in the palm meaning more in line with the life line ?

 

[hovis]

i depends how soft the glove is. there is a autographed titleist tour soft in the bar at the belfry signed by adam scott. it wasn't even a round old and it was shredded at the thumb and heel pad

 

[shagster]

try not wearing gloves
havent done for years, apart from macwetts [or something like this]
you wont even notice

 

[Lwatson-jones]

My bionic glove has lasted me a whole season, they are not cheap, but they are good!!

 

[Jamesbrown]

Mine last a few weeks, maybe a month. I like my gloves in tip top condition. It is after all what connects you to the club.
Amazing that people go a season with one glove! Yet will probably insist on playing pro v1’s and exotic shafts!

 

[Lwatson-jones]

Mine last a few weeks, maybe a month. I like my gloves in tip top condition. It is after all what connects you to the club.
Amazing that people go a season with one glove! Yet will probably insist on playing pro v1’s and exotic shafts!

I don't agree, mine lasts a whole season as I wash it, and use leather feed on it (originally bought for my car seats lol)
i personally thing its how you look after a glove will determine how it lasts

 

[Mark1751]

I change glove a 3/4 times a season, I like them quite tight and find that after a few rounds they feel a bit loose. I keep the old ones in the bag so If they get wet or dirty I can change mid round.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Amazing that people go a season with one glove! Yet will probably insist on playing pro v1’s and exotic shafts!

5 yr old CG16's and Srixon pearl lake balls 😁.

No point changing a glove if it is still doing the job.

 

[Beezerk]

Mine last for months, been using the same one all winter albeit I haven’t been playing often. Mine usually wear on the thumb but I don’t mind looking a bit tatty 😉