Playing without a glove...

[Slime]

Not worn a glove for thirty odd years except for my MacWets when it's pouring down.
Never lost my grip on the club and never feel any discomfort from my grips.

 

[Leftie]

Until you try it without protection, you'll never know how good the grip on the shaft feels .......

 

[lobthewedge]

Not worn a glove for 10 years, since I read Hogans 5 lessons.
Play off 2 in one of the wettest places in britain, grip has never been a problem.

 

[ExRabbit]

Pair of wet gloves in the rain, none otherwise.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Fragger doesn't wear one
He plays off 23
Make of that what you will......

21.7 if you please
Actually I have worn one the last 3 games. You just haven’t noticed
Might explain why my drives have gone shonky

 

[Mandofred]

Unless it is warm I wear gloves on each hand......and since this is the UK it is rarely warm. I leave the glove on for everything. The only time I find it irritating is during the winter when I have thicker gloves on both hands and I can't find my ball mark in my pocket. I have a plan to solve wearing thicker gloves for this next winter.

 

[Deleted member 23344]

I once went to the range and found I had forgotten my glove ... I had a big blister in no time. So I always wear one. I’m too lazy to take it off (and getting it on and off is a little painful with mildly arthritic fingers anyway), so I wear it all the time. Keep wondering if I should take it off for putting through.

 

[Sats]

Always worn a glove, until the other weekend as I left mine at home, couldn't be bothered to buy an new one so went out without one. Right hand was fine, left was a little sore after 18 holes. Not going to bother to get used to callouses so will go back to wearing one.

 

[DCB]

Used to wear one all the time when the golf pride victory was the standard grip.,Then I found that different grips were available and a good cord grip was much better. Other than on the hottest of days I don't wear a glove. If I do it's on full shots.

 

[Wolf]

When I first started playing as a teenager, Freddie Couples was literally the coolest golfer and as that impressionable teen I naturally copied him and l didn't wear a glove, I've even got a similar tempo to him. Over the years that served me so well getting to low cat1, then after a few years of not playing when I started again for some reason I started using a glove and found no consistency in my game couldn't fathom why until one day my glove got a tear in it on front 9 of a comp in which I was playing average, so binned the glove next thing you know I had a brilliant back 9 and won the comp. Only thing I could put it down to was the feel of the club in my hands. Not worn a glove ever since even if it rains.

But I'm still now a distinctly average golfer either way ?

 

[Fade and Die]

I only took up golf about 7 years ago...started with a glove because everyone else seemed to have one but seemed to be wearing them out every 2/3 rounds so stopped wearing it. 30 years on the tools has given me pretty tough hands and I’ve never had a problem with callouses or lack of grip.

 

[GG26]

Never felt the need to wear one. Modern grips make it easy to grip the club well. Just use McWets when it rains.

 

[The Autumn Wind]

I always wear a glove for all shots more than 70 yards from the green.
I rarely wear a glove for pitches, or chips.
I never wear a glove for putting.

If it’s raining I wear a pair of Footjoy rain gloves.
If it’s really cold I wear a pair of Footjoy cold weather gloves.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If it's raining I'll usually take a load of synthetic gloves out but if it's forecast to be heavy and persistent then I'll usually wear rain gloves.

 

[rulefan]

I wear a left glove all the time. Even for putting - it feels odd otherwise.
I take long putts right handed and short putts left handed (the yips) but only wear the left glove

 

[Mandofred]

I don't really see the issue. If you want to wear a glove, put one on. Just a matter of what you are comfortable with.....I can do either way unless it's cold.

 

[brickie]

Only when it's raining or high humidity ( usually abroad) for me. I've enough to worry about without putting a glove on and off. Never use an umbrella for same reason.

 

[Mandofred]

Only when it's raining or high humidity ( usually abroad) for me. I've enough to worry about without putting a glove on and off. Never use an umbrella for same reason.

I've never really understood the urge to use umbrellas. I've got rain gear. I can almost see using one if there was no wind.....but that is very rarely the case. 2 guys I play with just got their umbrellas destroyed from the weather.....and they are looking for new ones. Tradition I guess......

 

[hacker_al]

I don't wear a glove but I do replace the grips on my clubs every couple of years.

 

[Orikoru]

I've never really understood the urge to use umbrellas. I've got rain gear. I can almost see using one if there was no wind.....but that is very rarely the case. 2 guys I play with just got their umbrellas destroyed from the weather.....and they are looking for new ones. Tradition I guess......

It's just nice to have a couple of minute's respite from the rain hammering off your hat. Trolleys usually have an umbrella holder these days so I don't see the harm. If it's very windy it's not worth it though. Last year we were out in gale force winds and when it rained I put the umbrella up, the wind just blew my whole trolley over, and actually damaged the brolly holder attachment slightly so that was annoying. That level of wind is pretty rare (since I'm not playing links golf on the coast here).