Monday 18 June 2012

Why do Golfers Wear only One Glove?

I have recently delved into the history of the golf glove, as I've always wondered why golfers, apart from Tommy Gainey, only wear one.
Personally, I don't wear a golf glove. You can get a reasonably quaffable bottle of wine for the same price as a glove, and there's no doubt which one I would rather have.
To solve the mystery, I had to go back to the invention of golf, which I've proved occurred way back in the neanderthal period.
(There is some disagreement on whether the naenderthal was a golfer or just a particularly bad tempered individual who enjoyed whacking stones and nuts at people. I believe cave drawings confirm the golfer hypothesis.)
Anyway, a close study of fossils and caves show that even back then, neanderthal golfers only wore one glove.
Why?
Could it be because a neanderthal golf pro had lots of beginner golfers order golf gloves and, to avoid looking incompetent because he'd run out, he told them they only needed one? Left or right didn't matter.
Perhaps, with neanderthals being so strong, if they used a two-handed swing the nuts/stones went too far so the single glove was a reminder to only use one hand.
A popular theory is that due to their large appetite, neanderthals were often tempted by edible animals on the course, which they pursued and thumped with their clubs. This made rounds of golf interminably slow, so wearing a glove was a constant reminder to play, not slay.
I now know that all those theories are wrong.
The unequivocal reason why golfers from all epochs wear only one glove is ... it's really hard to pick your nose with a glove on.

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