Funny Golf Gloves

A funny golf glove is the cheapest way to get a reaction on the first tee, and it is the one piece of kit nobody minds you spending twenty dollars on. The catch is that gloves are the easiest golf item to order wrong, because the hand and the size both catch people out. Both are fixable in about ten seconds, so before you choose a design, read the next two sections.

Where to Go Next

The rest of the gag gear, and the collections most glove buyers open next.

Golf Bachelor Party Gifts For the trip where the glove is only the opener.	Golf Barware Pint glasses, growlers and openers for after.
Golf Whiskey Gifts When you need a real gift and not a gag one.	Gifts for Golf Trips The buddies trip, where these get bought in fours.
Funny Golf Head Covers The same joke, one club further up the bag.	Golf Gifts for Women Where the women's sizing and gift sets live.

How to Buy a Golf Glove Without Getting It Wrong

Three decisions, in this order: which hand, what size, and what the glove is made of. Design comes last, because a glove that does not fit never leaves the bag no matter how good the joke is.

A right-handed golfer wears the glove on the LEFT hand. This is the one people get wrong, and it is worth stating plainly because it feels backwards. You wear the glove on your lead hand, which is the top hand on the grip. So a right-handed golfer buys a left-hand glove, and a left-handed golfer buys a right-hand glove. When a listing here says LH it means wear on the left, which is the right-handed golfer's glove. If you are buying it as a surprise and cannot ask, right-handed is the safer guess, since roughly nine in ten golfers play that way.

Buying for a left-handed golfer takes one extra click, and we do stock it. Most of these come in both hands rather than left only. The SKIVE Premium Golf Gloves carry an explicit Right Hand option labelled for lefty golfers, and the USA American Flag Mesh Golf Glove lists RH alongside LH. Check the Hand selector on the product page before you assume a design is left only, because the size dropdown on some of these spells the hand out rather than splitting it into its own menu.

Size to the hand, not to the shirt size. Glove sizing usually runs S, M, ML, L and XL, with XXL on some of the designs, and the ML in the middle is the one that catches people out because it exists on gloves and almost nothing else. A glove should feel snug across the palm with no loose fabric at the fingertips, since a loose glove twists on the downswing and does the opposite of what it is for. If he is between sizes, size down rather than up.

Women's sizing is a separate scale and it is on the same page. Women's gloves are not simply small men's gloves, and several of these list women's sizing directly, including the Pink Elite Tour Golf Glove at $20.00. If the glove is one part of a bigger gift, Golf Gifts for Women has the tumblers, towels and sets to build it out.

Cabretta leather, synthetic and mesh are three different products. Cabretta is the soft sheep leather tour players use, and it gives the best feel and the best grip, which is why the You Suck Golf Glove at $22.00 uses it. Synthetic leather like the SKIVE lasts longer and costs less to replace. Mesh styles at $20.00 such as the Chicago Flag Mesh Golf Glove and the Argyle Mesh Golf Glove trade some feel for a lot more airflow, which matters in July.

These are printed designs, not personalized ones. Worth setting expectations, because most of what we make is engraved to order and these are not. Every glove here ships with its design already on it, so there is no name, no initials and no proof to approve. That also means they ship as stock items rather than as custom work. If you want a golfer's name on something, the Golf Whiskey Gifts and Pro Shop Accessories collections are where the engraved pieces live.

How Much Should a Golf Glove Cost?

Gloves are a consumable. A golfer who plays weekly goes through several a season, which is why most of these sit around the twenty dollar mark, though the full range runs from $16.00 up to $65.00 once you reach the two-packs. The mesh styles are not the budget compromise they look like, since they carry the same premium AA Cabretta palm and conform to USGA and R&A rules. What you are really choosing is a full leather back or a breathable mesh one.

Who Are You Buying For?

A mate whose game you are allowed to insult. This is the whole category. The You Suck glove exists for exactly one relationship and you know whether you have it. If you are not certain, a design joke lands more safely than a message joke, and the rest of the gag gear lives in Funny Golf Gifts and Funny Golf Head Covers.

A left-handed golfer. Check the Hand selector rather than assuming, because a left-handed golfer needs a right-hand glove and this is the detail gift buyers most often get backwards.

A woman golfer. Women's sizing runs on its own scale and several designs list it directly. If you want the glove to be part of a larger gift, build it out from Golf Gifts for Women rather than buying four separate small things.

A bachelor party or a buddies trip. Order one design per player rather than the same one four times, since the point is everybody comparing at the first tee. Golf Bachelor Party Gifts has the balls, tees and drinkware that usually go in the same order, and Golf Hats and Fun Golf Shirts cover the rest of what the group turns up wearing.

Someone who would rather have something engraved. Then a glove is the wrong gift, because none of these personalize. Golf Whiskey Gifts and Golf Barware are where the pieces that carry a name live.