We Tested 14 Golf Gloves for Six Months. Here’s What Won.
FootJoy, Titleist, Callaway, and eleven independent makers — we put them all through a six-month field test with 31 players across three handicap groups. Eight questions about how you play, and we’ll show you what our data says is the best match.
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Question 1 of 8 · Your game
How often do you play?
Question 2 of 8 · Your conditions
What conditions do you usually play in?
What your conditions mean for leather.
In our test, the biggest performance gap between gloves showed up after round 15 — when processed leathers and synthetics started to stiffen, and genuine Lamb Leather kept softening. That gap widened every week.
Question 3 of 8 · Your kit
What glove are you wearing right now?
Question 4 of 8 · Your kit
What frustrates you most about your current glove?
86% of our panel started the test in FootJoy, Titleist, or Callaway. All three are solid gloves. But by the end of six months, the one that scored highest wasn’t any of them — and it cost less than two of the three.
Question 5 of 8 · Your standards
What would you spend on a golf glove?
Question 6 of 8 · Your standards
How important is it that your gear feels personally yours?
Question 7 of 8 · Your swing
How would you describe your grip pressure?
Your player profile
Question 8 of 8 · Your fit
Do you play right-handed or left-handed?
Matching your profile to the field…
- ✓Reading your eight answers
- ✓Scoring 14 gloves against your profile
- ✓Weighting for leather and climate
- ✓Cross-referencing player profiles
- ✓Ranking the field by overall score
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★★★★★ 9.4 / 10 · panel average
GolfingFam Personalized Lamb Leather Glove
Genuine Lamb Leather · Your initials in gold foil · $39
The test winner, as photographed during our six-month panel.
Full field rankings
| # | Glove | Feel | Durability | Value | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GolfingFam Lamb Leather | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| 2 | Titleist Players | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Callaway Tour Authentic | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| 4 | FootJoy StaSof | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 5 | TaylorMade Tour Preferred | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
Panel average across 31 testers, three handicap groups, six months. Scores on a 10-point scale. Full 14-glove rankings in our annual report.