Golf Clothing – Gloves for Winter

Just because the temperature is plummeting doesn't mean you have to hibernate - grab your winter golf clothing and a pair of gloves and hit the fairways.

Fore below!

Even if you are not yelling, ‘fore!' but, ‘fore below!' on the golf course you can still enjoy the game. Freezing weather may make it a bit harder but with today's high tech golf clothing and gloves you can control your body temperature and keep your grip on your clubs.

Cool in Chicago

In Chicago every winter, a select group of golfers trade their golf shoes for snowshoes, get out their winter golf clothing and gloves and continue play. A handful of members at the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club have played through the icy conditions for decades, no matter how cold it gets.

Warm golf clothing and gloves

It shows that with warm golf clothing and gloves you can still have a passion for the game, and one example of a professional player who overcame the cold is Tom Lehman. Lehman grew up in Minnesota , a state that only glimpses summer. He played golf in weather that would make an Eskimo shiver.

“You couldn't wait for just a patch of grass to pop through in the spring so you could start hitting balls,” he told Golf Digest magazine.

Don't forget the gloves!

Lehman has a strong memory of playing golf at a high school tournament when it was 34 degrees and sleeting. 

“It turned to snow as we finished," he said. "The wind chill was something like minus 15. One kid hit a shot and broke his hand. He didn't know it until the bus ride home because his hand was numb.”

This is one reason why, if it's cold outside, you should always invest in proper golf clothing and gloves. But it's clear that if you have a passion for the game, no weather will stand in your way.

"You play when it's cold, you play the leaf rule, where you can't find your ball because there are so many leaves on the ground," Herron said. "You're playing just to play golf, because you love the game."

Alpine golf

And for some, golfing in the cold is part of the appeal. If you get kitted out in winter golf clothing and gloves you could check out Alpine golf in Switzerland and France . In Switzerland , it is not uncommon for golf professionals to double as a ski instructor in winter – investing in good quality golf clothing and gloves can make the game, even in the coldest places in the world, fun. And you can have the odd snowball fight in between holes.

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