The Best Winter Golf Gloves: Our expert picks for warmth and grip
Want to keep your hands from turning to icicles this winter? Here's where to start.
While many players tend to brave the cold with a standard golf glove as long as possible, there's invariably a point in the winter when it becomes clear that even the best golf gloves aren't built to stand up to such conditions.
Being thicker, more padded and more insulated than thin conventional golf gloves, winter golf gloves will always involve a natural trade off between warmth and feel. But what they lack in precision feedback they more than make up for when the weather turns cold, helping your hands retain their dexterity in conditions where bare hands would quickly begin to seize up.
The simple fact, too, is that you play your best golf at your most comfortable. And as the main conduit between you and your club, having warm hands on a chilly day can go a long way to keeping you feeling your best throughout an icy morning on the links. As such, they're among the most valuable pieces of winter golf gear you can get.
There are, of course, tons of different glove manufacturers out there making winter gloves of varying warmth, quality and feel. These can range anywhere between insulated leather-palmed gloves, which aim to provide as natural a feel as possible while retaining some heat in your hands, all the way through to thick, padded golf mitts for use when using a push cart in the harshest conditions.
At GolfMagic, we've braved the cold over the past few winters to test out the most popular winter golf gloves on the market and put together a list of our absolute favourites for every need. Here are our favourites, starting with what we firmly believe are the best all-round winter gloves on the market.
The best winter golf gloves for 2025
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FootJoy StaSof Winter
Price: £55
Palm material: Taction3 APL leather
A winter-ready version of a FootJoy glove already much-loved by pros on tour, the StaSof Winter is the model that, in our opinion, delivers the closest experience to using a premium leather golf glove while retaining the characteristics needed for winter use.
The StaSof winter makes use of two key materials: an insulated fleece that lines the backhand for added warmth, and a specially treated Cabretta Leather palm that maximises water and perspiration resistance while providing levels of grip, performance and durability that you simply won't find in any other leather-palmed winter glove.
At almost 50 quid, the StaSof winter is expensive by the standards of any golf glove, even if they do come as a pair. They're more than worth the investment, however, and when treated well will provide you with many winters of warm, comfortable golf.
Shop now: £55 from FootJoy
The best winter golf gloves for feel
Galvin Green Lewis
Price: £49
Palm material: Cabretta leather
If there's one brand we'd trust to see us right through a winter of golf, it's Galvin Green. And as it happens, they also make a surprisingly versatile pair of winter gloves for cooler days.
Designed more for feedback than warmth, the Lewis gloves have a full Cabretta leather palm and wrap-around thumb for premium feedback on the club and keep your hands a little more protected by way of a water-resistant, windproof INTERFACE fabric that clads the backhand and fingers while retaining breathability.
Rated as a one out of three on Galvin Green's own thermal scale, these aren't the warmest gloves on this list, but that's not really their purpose. If you want simple wind proofing without sacrificing grip, you should definitely check these out.
adidas Palmwrap Warm
Price: £35
Palm material: Polyester
We'd be lying if we said these were the best-looking winter gloves you can buy, but in typical adidas fashion there's plenty of tech in these gloves that warrant giving them a look. Made from sustainable materials, the Palmwrap gloves use a recycled textured polyester palm for enhanced grip on the club and a thin, snug feel, while the double knit fabric keeps the cold and the wind from reaching your hands in the moments that matter.
The best winter golf gloves for warmth
GlenMuir MacWet Winter Climatec
Price: £30
Palm material: Cabretta leather
There aren't many winter golf gloves so good they can say a tour pro wears them year-round, but GlenMuir's MacWet apparently is, being the long-time choice of recent Abu Dhabi Championship winner Aaron Rai.
Renowned for their balance of thermal qualities and grip, this model from the Scottish brand is engineered the brave the very worst that the northern nation's highlands and links courses can throw at it, with a unique Aquatec fabric on the fingers and palms, giving superb grip and sensitivity in the wet and the cold. The fleece lined material that forms the rest of the glove is wind proof, water resistant and exceptionally warm without causing undue perspiration, giving you the confidence to wear them no matter the conditions.
READ OUR FULL GLENMUIR MACWET CLIMATEC GLOVE REVIEW
Shop now: £30 from Glenmuir
FootJoy WinterSof
Price: £26
Palm material: Sure-Grip Autosuede knit
The best-selling winter glove on the market, FootJoy's WinterSof is the product of years of testing and constant refinement, its 2025 version being the best and warmest yet. The WinterSof pulls on like a standard pair of everyday gloves, with high cuffs to keep the cold out, a waterproof structured nylon and Weather-Shield foam fleece backhand that blocks both rain and wind.
The Sure-Grip Autosuede knit palm is slightly thicker than what's found in the StaSof Winter, but retains its grip nicely and has a more snug, cosy quality to keep your palms from feeling too cold without sacrificing too much in the way of feedback.
Shop now: £26 from FootJoy
TaylorMade Cold Weather Golf Gloves
Price: £27.99
Palm material: Full suede
TaylorMade's Cold Weather Gloves feel as cosy as they look, providing a great balance between affordability, grip and warmth in a package that looks sleek and minimalist.
The Cold Weather gloves keep the chills at bay by way of a dual faced microfibre fleece material, which is stitched on to a plush suede palm and thumb section that provides exceptional feedback and grip while retaining warmth at the same time. The elastic knit cuff completes the package, making taking them on and off a breeze while keeping your hands insulated.
Under Armour CGI Infrared Winter Golf Gloves
Price: £27
Palm material: Polyester
Founded amidst the icy winters of Baltimore, Under Armour is a brand with a long history of developing technology to keep athletes warm in the harshest winters. As such, its CGI Infrared Winter Golf Gloves are among the warmest on this list while also counting among the most affordable.
The CGI Infrared gloves use the brand's much-loved HeatGear tech, which soft, thermo-conductive coating to absorb & retain your hands' natural heat, while the knit fleece fabric finger gussets for added stretch & mobility while retaining warmth in an area where heat is often lost.
Shop now: £27 from Under Armour
The best winter golf cart mitts
Titleist StaDry Cart Mitts
Price: £40
Titleist's StaDry range is one of our favourite ranges of weatherproof golf accessories, and their sleek StaDry cart mitts are perfectly engineered to help you battle the cold. The StaDry outer shell is completely water and wind proof, while inside lies a soft thermal fleece lining that'll keep your digits feeling toasty even on the frostiest mornings.
Shop now: £40 from Titleist
Brad Nash is Reviews Editor at GolfMagic, having joined the team in June 2025 to look after all things reviews, soft goods testing and equipment alongside Equipment Editor Tom. Primarily a writer, you may see him pop up in videos or on the GolfMagic socials from time to time.
