I did not wear a glove for a long time. But then I started going to the range to work on my game in recent years and it became essential. I live in an area where it gets very hot and very humid. I also sweat more than the average person I think. I just cannot hit a lot of balls when the weather becomes . Same when I play a round in the hot weather. I often have to change gloves midway through the round because it gets so wet. I also do not like to take the glove off once I put it on because I am lazy that way. I absolutely cannot play in the rain without them and we get a lot of rain around here too.