I was speaking with some golfers at my club about playing golf in the wet and how they manage to maintain control of the club in their hands when playing and an amazing method of keeping control came to light from one of the younger players. The 15 year old club champion (yes thats right a 15 year old beat all the big guns to become club champ) said that in the wet he has a secret weapon in his bag.
After accusing him of cheating to gain an unfair advantage in the wet and giving him a little bit of banter to see how much he blushed, he came clean on this wonder method. He uses his Mum’s washing up gloves in the wet!
After a little while we started to discuss how this would work and if it was within the boundaries of the rules. It turns out that it is an old trick and has been used by a number of different players over the years on rainy days.
I have to say the thought of a golf course full of people playing golf in wonderfully colorful rubber gloves does raise a smile but at the same time as the thought of sinks full of washing up because rubber gloves are missing gets a laugh as well.
It works though, the gloves are designed to keep the hands dry and to grip onto the most slippery of wet dishes covered in soap, so being able to grip a golf club that has a specially designed grip that when combined creates a great deal of friction and sticks like glue. You do however need to make sure you get the right size, if you get golves that are too big for you then your hands can move around inside the glove and make your shots a lot less accurate.
The sound of it made me think that it was a wind up, but it wasn’t and it is a tried and tested method. So the next time it rains or your heading for the course and there are grey clouds above make sure you raid the kitchen sink and grab a pair of marigolds before you go!
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