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I typically prefer a soft leather glove like a Footjoy StaSof or a Titleist PermaSoft. I try to save where I can but they're not cheap considering how quickly they wear out.

 

There are some situations (i.e. shoes) wherein paying double for a "higher grade" means that in the long run you'll save money by replacing the product less often. But gloves don't seem to be like that. The more durable gloves are the cheap varieties like the Footjoy WeatherSof. What you seem to pay for in the higher end stuff is the soft, cabretta leather.

 

My gloves seem to always wear out in the thumb pad area, particularly where my thumb joint is. If I use worn out gloves I will wear out the skin in just thumb joint and TBH, it's kind of a pain in the butt because it hurts and never heals. I've been wearing band-aids around my thumb for the last month it seems in hopes the area will heal.

 

Is this part of a bad grip, you think? Or do any of you have advice on which gloves might be more durable?

TSR3 (Dr) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6)
TSR2 (3w / 7w) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7)

zU85 (4-6) (UST Recoil)
Z-Forged (7-P) (Nippon Modus3)

SM6 50.F / 56.F / 60.S
Maltby PTM-5CS

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I gave up on the "more durable" solution and just scouted cheap cabretta leather options. My preference is the MG Elite, currently $6.99 a piece. They used to do 2 for 1, but apparently no more.

 

In any event, they are cheap, good quality, mail-order convenient, and ordering three or four at a time keeps me set for many, many months.

Cleveland Launcher HB 10.5* - Stock Miyazaki C. Kua 50 Stiff
Callaway Diablo Octane Tour 13* - Aldila NV 75 Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour 15* - Accra Dymatch M5 75
Mizuno F-50 18* - Stock Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour Hybrid 21* - Aldila NV 85 Stiff
Callaway RAZR Tour Hybrid 24* - Stock XStiff
5 - PW Cleveland CG7 Tour Black Pearl - DGSL S300
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 50* DG Wedge
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 54* DG Wedge
Callaway X-Series JAWS Slate CC 58* Stock Wedge
Odyssey White Ice #7 - Golf Pride Oversize

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Titleist Players Glove is my favorite. Comparable Footjoy 2nd. I also like Srixon's gloves OK for the price.

Callaway Paradym 12* (-1Std) Autoflex SF505X

Callaway Paradym Heavenwood

Ping G425M 20.5* Tensei Raw Org 75S

Ping G425 22* ADIZ85S

Ping G425 26* ADIZ85S

T100S 6-7 (1* weak) Aerotech FC115

T100 8-PW  Aerotech FC115

Titleist T100 50*  Aerotech FC115

Vokey SM8 54.12D/58.8M Aerotech FC115
SC Champ Choice Newport 2 Stability Shaft Tour

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Another vote for the MG gloves.. Once they break in they are very comfortable and seem to actually have better durability than other gloves I have used. And of course, can't beat the price.

Callaway Rogue SubZero 9* 

TEE CBX 119 4wd 16.5*

Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 3h 19*

Wilson Staff C300 Forged 4i

Wilson Staff FG Tour M3 5-GW

Scratch 56* DS

Toulon Atlanta

 

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Titleist players, I will never play another glove.

Callaway AI Smoke 10.5°(9.5°) - GD Tour AD IZ 5

Taylormade SIM2 TI 3W 15°(14°) - GD Tour AD DI 6 

Taylormade SIM2 TI 5W 19°(18°) - GD Tour AD UB 7

Mizuno Pro 245 HMP (4-pw) - DG120 S300

Vokey SM8 52°(50°) F Grind

Vokey SM8 56° M Grind

Vokey SM9 60° T Grind

Odyssey WH OG #7 Nano - Stroke Lab 3GEN Red

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Awesome, thanks for the tip on the MG gloves!

 

I just ordered a couple in different sizes to demo.

TSR3 (Dr) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6)
TSR2 (3w / 7w) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7)

zU85 (4-6) (UST Recoil)
Z-Forged (7-P) (Nippon Modus3)

SM6 50.F / 56.F / 60.S
Maltby PTM-5CS

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Awesome, thanks for the tip on the MG gloves!

 

I just ordered a couple in different sizes to demo.

 

Nice. MG is one of the best kept secrets in golf.

Cleveland Launcher HB 10.5* - Stock Miyazaki C. Kua 50 Stiff
Callaway Diablo Octane Tour 13* - Aldila NV 75 Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour 15* - Accra Dymatch M5 75
Mizuno F-50 18* - Stock Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour Hybrid 21* - Aldila NV 85 Stiff
Callaway RAZR Tour Hybrid 24* - Stock XStiff
5 - PW Cleveland CG7 Tour Black Pearl - DGSL S300
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 50* DG Wedge
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 54* DG Wedge
Callaway X-Series JAWS Slate CC 58* Stock Wedge
Odyssey White Ice #7 - Golf Pride Oversize

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Another vote for the MG gloves.. Once they break in they are very comfortable and seem to actually have better durability than other gloves I have used. And of course, can't beat the price.

 

agree with everything except durability. I've had a few rip closer to the palm after using less than a week.

 

There have been an issue or two with MG gloves over the years, it cannot be denied. I assume that they are sourcing from various producers, or something, and there can be some differences in the products from time to time.

 

Ordering MG gloves regularly for over five years, I've had one batch (two gloves) with pretty deffective velcro. I've heard a couple of stories concerning durability similar to the above.

 

That being said, I've noticed similar inconsistencies with some of the higher priced gloves. Given the price, and the fact that I've been happy 99% of the time with my purchases, I'm willing to cut MG a little slack.

 

We do it with TM when their drivers crack, or Ping when the plating starts peeling off their irons. Getting this stuff to market is a lot harder than it looks.

Cleveland Launcher HB 10.5* - Stock Miyazaki C. Kua 50 Stiff
Callaway Diablo Octane Tour 13* - Aldila NV 75 Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour 15* - Accra Dymatch M5 75
Mizuno F-50 18* - Stock Stiff
or
Callaway Diablo Edge Tour Hybrid 21* - Aldila NV 85 Stiff
Callaway RAZR Tour Hybrid 24* - Stock XStiff
5 - PW Cleveland CG7 Tour Black Pearl - DGSL S300
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 50* DG Wedge
Cleveland 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 54* DG Wedge
Callaway X-Series JAWS Slate CC 58* Stock Wedge
Odyssey White Ice #7 - Golf Pride Oversize

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Do yourself a favor, and don't EVER try a Bionic, even for just one round. If you do, you'll never want to wear anything else. They're more expensive, but last three times as long as anything else on the market, and the comfort level is just ridiculous.

 

At the other end of the spectrum, I used MG for years, but got sick of having one out of every five or so gloves come with a thumb seam that ran down the middle of the finger instead of the side or something like that. Then used Costco three packs (usually Callaway) for quite awhile, but the fit on those was somewhat inconsistent; I always suspected factory seconds. By FAR the best before I tried Bionic were the Kirkland gloves at Costco, but they only sold those for a year or two before they disappeared.

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I despise gloves, they all fit differently, no matter the price, one will have fat fingers the next I can't get my index finger in.

 

I feel I've spent way too much money on gloves and testing, may be going sans-glove and see what happens. Just switched to z-cords which seem prime to skip the glove, maybe it'll be awful we'll see.

 

As for now despite some changes in fit, I've found my best combo of durability and feel and hot weather performance has been the under armour coolswitch

Driver - Who knows!?

Ping G430 3W  15@14 Ventus Black 8X

Taylormade TPMC 2011 3-4 X100

Titleist 716MB 5-PW X100

Ping Glide 3.0 50, 55, 60 SS X100 50-55, S400 60

Odyssey White Hot Pro Rossie 36" CB

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I’m the oddball who hates the super soft high quality gloves. Even if they were free, I’d take the rougher feel of the WeatherSof over the StaySof. The increased durability during hot summers is an added bonus.

 

With a pro shop discount, they’re about $8 a piece and I don’t have to buy something over the Internet that I don’t get to try on first.

Driver: TaylorMade Sim2 Max - 10.5*
Fairway: Callaway Epic Max - 15*, 21*, 25*

Hybrid:  Ping G425 30*
Irons: TaylorMade Stealth 7-AW
Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II 56* 

               PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II 62*
Putter:  Directed Force 2.1
Ball:  Callaway Chrome Soft

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I despise gloves, they all fit differently, no matter the price, one will have fat fingers the next I can't get my index finger in.

 

I feel I've spent way too much money on gloves and testing, may be going sans-glove and see what happens. Just switched to z-cords which seem prime to skip the glove, maybe it'll be awful we'll see.

In case you are serious about going glove-free and don’t mind spending some money on it, I believe there is no better option then getting the BestGrips Microperf leather grips. They last forever, have good traction and won’t hurt your hands as much as other grips. Good in the rain too.

 

I tried really hard to go glove-free and these grips were by far the best option for me. In the end I just feel more comfortable wearing a glove anyways and am back to using Crossline grips on my new clubs. But if I was trying to go glove-free again I’d definitely pony up and get the BestGrips again.

 

As for gloves, I’ve somewhat given up the search and just use the Players glove now, but would be very happy to find an equally comfortable glove that lasted longer.

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Footjoy Pure Touch limited. Best feeling and fit glove for me after switching from Titleist players. No issues with durability since I always put it back in the sleeve after using it so it stays so soft and lasts until it rips.

Titleist TSR3 8 deg - Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6X

Titleist TSi3 15 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black 8X

Titleist TSR3 19 deg - Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9TX

Titleist T200 4 - TT DG TI X100

Titleist T100 (2019) 5-PW - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM10 Jet Black 50.12 F - TT DG TI X100

Vokey SM10 Jet Black 54.14 F - TT DG TI S400

Vokey SM10 Jet Black 58.08 M - TT DG TI S400

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5

Titleist ProV1

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Titleist players or Stasoft. Definitely no synthetic, they might be cheaper but they don't last.

TM Stealth 2+ 9 Fuji Ventus Black 6X

TM Stealth + 13.5 HZRDUS Blue 70 6.5

TM SIM UDI 2i HZRDUS Black 100 6.5

Srixon ZX7 MK2 4-PW Modus 120X

Vokey SM10 50.08F/56.12D/60.08M S400

SC SS Squareback 2

 

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