GPS and Gloves

[retexan599]

Golf Gloves and Small Buttons

Because of osteoarthritis in my hands, I wear a golf glove on both hands for all full swing shots; this dampens the vibration. I do remove the gloves for chipping and putting. I would like to use one of the gps devices but am concerned that the gloves will make it difficult to press buttons when needed. For those of you who have such devices, how do you think it would work if you wore a golf glove on both hands? Some of the smartphone devices I looked at have very tiny buttons; for example, the BlackBerry Tour. Thanks.

[Rickochet]

I have a Golf Guru 4 touchscreen GPS. My hands sweat a lot and I usually wear a Foot Joy Rain grip glove on my left hand and often on my right hand in very humid conditions. The Guru 4 doesn't seem to care if I press it with a tee, bare finger or glove. Plus I think you can adjust the touch sensitivity also.

[milfordj]

I've worn two gloves ever since hearing about Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey, use a Sonocaddie V-300, and have had NO TROUBLE punching the buttons and using it.

[retexan599]

Good info, especially about the touchscreen because I am now leaning towards a BlackBerry Storm touchscreen device. Thanks gents!

[Viking Golfer]

I've used two golf gloves for the last 4 years during the colder winter months and now use two gloves almost all year round, except when it's very hot during the summer period.

I have both the Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS and the Nikon-Callaway LR800 Golf LASER and have absolutely no trouble controlling and using them with both my gloves on.

Just make sure your golfgloves have the tight fit they need to have. You can actually check if you wear golf floves that are too large - if you have troubling using a Golf GPS or Golf laserangefinder, chances are that you wear too large golf gloves. They need to have a very tight fit, I prefer using high quality soft leather Footjoy StaSof gloves.