Why deerskin
A different leather for your lead hand.
Almost every tour glove is cabretta, a thin hair-sheep leather. It feels great when it's new. Deerskin trades a little of that thinness for a glove that stays soft, round after round and rain after rain.
Deerskin and cabretta, side by side
| Deerskin (DeerGrip) | Cabretta (most tour gloves) | |
|---|---|---|
| Feel | Supple and soft from the first swing. It shapes to your hand as you play. | Thin, smooth and tacky. The closest feel to bare hands when new. |
| Thickness | A little thicker than cabretta. You feel a glove, but a soft one. | Very thin, which is why it molds fast and why it can tear. |
| After rain or sweat | Dries soft again. Deerskin is known for staying supple after it gets wet. | Tends to dry stiff after a soaking. |
| Break-in | None needed. | Little or none. |
| Durability | Deerskin is a tough, dense leather; it has been the work-glove leather of choice for that reason. Our golf numbers come from the wear test below. | Thin leather wears through at the heel pad and fingertips with regular play. |
We aren't claiming numbers we haven't measured. When the wear test is done, the results go on this page, good or bad.
The 30-round wear test
Golfers play 30 rounds in DeerGrip alongside a cabretta glove, with photos every few rounds. Results publish as rounds are played.
No results yet.
Who deerskin suits
- Golfers who play in heat, humidity or the odd shower and are tired of stiff, crusty gloves.
- Golfers who go through gloves fast and want one that keeps its shape.
- Golfers who like a glove they can feel on the hand, not a second skin.
If you want the thinnest glove you can buy, cabretta is still the answer. If you want soft and steady, try deerskin.
First-run photos comingDeerskin close-up next to a cabretta glove