The flash in golf is usually focused on the longest new driver, the sharpest new iron, the deadliest new putter or the hottest new ball.
Gloves are about as sexy as socks.
There's not much sizzle in gloves, even though these days gloves are more comfortable and durable than ever. Sometimes, I get in a streak where I quit wearing a glove for a while. It feels good, actually. Then I pound too many balls on the range, get sore hands or the beginning of blisters, and go back to a glove. Wis. Last year's Tour Championship was at East Lake and the course, sporting ferocious bermuda rough, was a dead ringer for a U.S. Open course.