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	Hello Frank Why do we wear a golf glove? I have always worn one, because that is what was done. Taking it off and on for chipping and putting is a pain. In hot weather it sticks and getting it back on is uncomfortable. I am thinking about not wearing a glove from the start of next year. There are some Pros and good amateurs that do not wear gloves, but more do than don't. I look forward to your opinion on this question. Rich Rich, The reason we wear a glove is so that we can look like a golfer. It is purely a fashion thing. There are different colored gloves, some with white and black fingers. Some gloves are green (or orange as you can see in this week's video) and others black. Most gloves are white but these get dirty and grubby very quickly. The real reason we wear gloves is so that we can get a good grip on the club without squeezing the grip so hard that we lose our ability to make a good swing. Without a glove and a slippery grip we find that there is a lot of tension in the hands and arms which is not a good thing. If we can be sure that the club is not going to find its way into the next county at the concluding part of the swing we will be able to focus on things we should be focusing on during the swing such as a light grip. Rich, there are some things in life you should not question and one is wearing a glove as you have for so many years as this is not going to hurt your game. The best golfers in the world wear gloves and not many do this for show. Taking it off and replacing it after every shot or when you approach the green is up to you and may help your putting but there is no evidence that this is true. Now to throw you a real curved ball, which is very naughty of me but you need to know; a glove on your hand gripping the club is equivalent to it being part of the grip itself. If I placed this glove on the grip end of a club while measuring its swing weight I would find I have changed the swing weight by about five points (lighter) a D2 driver will go to a C7. So wearing a glove will change the swing weight of the system. Because the added weight is close to the axis of rotation during an important part of the swing it is really not going to make much difference. However, the swing weight of the club has changed. There are a few pros who don’t wear gloves but they do make sure that the grips are in good shape and not slippery. The rules have allowed plain gloves to be worn and carry over a tradition from before gloves were worn by continuing to allow resin, drying or moisturizing agents or even a towel or handkerchief to be wrapped around a grip. Imagine what this would do to the swing weight! Rich, I would not give up your glove unless you are like me and don’t wear one because it is either ‘NOT ME’ or I can’t afford one. Have fun Frank