Golf Glove Size Chart: Four Brands, Four Answers
The published sizing tables from four glove makers, side by side — and a finder that tells you what size you are at each one, because they do not agree.
There is no such thing as a golf glove size. A hand measuring 8¼ inches around the knuckles is a Large at Under Armour, a Medium-Large at Copper Tech and a Medium at Palm Golf — and all three define the measurement in exactly the same words. Red Rooster does not measure that dimension at all; they size on the length of your hand. Measure once, then read your size off whichever brand you are actually buying.
Most glove size charts show you one table and imply it is the table. It is not. Every maker publishes its own, the bands do not line up, and two of the four brands below cannot even agree on which part of your hand to measure. Here is what each one actually publishes.
The ToolGlove size finder
You need two measurements, and they take about a minute. For circumference, wrap a tape around your gloving hand at the base of the fingers, knuckles included, thumb excluded. For length, measure from the crease of your wrist to the tip of your middle finger. Give either one and the finder will use whatever it can.
Enter a measurement to see your size at each brand.
Bands are transcribed from each brand's own published sizing page, linked under the table below, and were read directly from those pages in August 2026. Where a brand publishes no size covering your measurement, the finder says so rather than rounding you into the nearest one.
The EvidenceWhat each brand publishes
These are the men's tables as the brands print them. Note before you read: the first three measure the same thing, and the fourth measures something else entirely.
| Size | Under Armour circumference | Copper Tech circumference | Palm Golf circumference | Red Rooster hand length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 7 – 7½″ | 7.0 – 7.5″ | 7.75 – 8″ | 6.7 – 7.5″ |
| Medium | 7⅝ – 8⅛″ | 7.5 – 8.0″ | 8 – 8.25″ | 7.3 – 7.9″ |
| Medium-Large | not offered | 8.0 – 8.5″ | 8.5 – 8.75″ | 7.5 – 8.3″ |
| Large | 8¼ – 8¾″ | 8.5 – 9.0″ | 8.75 – 9″ | 8 – 8.6″ |
| X-Large | 8⅞ – 9⅜″ | 9.0 – 9.5″ | 9 – 9.25″ | 8.3 – 9.2″ |
| XX-Large | 9½ – 10″ | 9.5 – 10.0″ | 9.25 – 9.5″ | not offered |
Published sizing pages, each read August 2026: Under Armour · Copper Tech · Palm Golf Co. · Red Rooster. Under Armour and Red Rooster also publish a second measurement; those are used by the finder above.
The DisagreementOne hand, three sizes
Take a hand that measures eight and a quarter inches around the knuckles — an ordinary men's measurement, and one that lands squarely inside a published band at all three circumference brands.
| Brand | Their published band | Your size |
|---|---|---|
| Under Armour | Large is 8¼ – 8¾″ | Large |
| Copper Tech | Medium-Large is 8.0 – 8.5″ | Medium-Large |
| Palm Golf | Medium is 8 – 8.25″ | Medium |
Three brands, three different answers, and no ambiguity about the measurement to blame it on. Under Armour say to measure “at the base of your fingers… around your knuckles with fingers together (excluding thumb)”. Palm Golf say “the distance around your hand just under your knuckles. (Do not include your thumb in this measurement)”. Copper Tech head their column “Palm Circumference”. Same hand, same tape, same spot — and a Medium, a Medium-Large and a Large fall out of it.
That line, on a glove maker's own sizing page, is the most honest sentence on this subject anywhere. It is also an admission that the size on the packet is not information about your hand. It is information about that company's tables.
The Second ProblemSome hands have no size at all
Read Palm Golf's men's table downwards and there is a hole in it. Medium ends at 8.25″. Medium-Large does not begin until 8.5″. Nothing in between. A hand measuring 8.4″ has no Palm Golf men's size — not a borderline one, none at all.
Under Armour's table has the same defect four times over. Small stops at 7½″ and Medium starts at 7⅝″. Medium stops at 8⅛″ and Large starts at 8¼″. Large stops at 8¾″ and X-Large starts at 8⅞″. X-Large stops at 9⅜″ and XX-Large starts at 9½″. Four gaps, each an eighth of an inch wide, and a hand that lands in one is simply not addressed by the chart.
These are almost certainly rounding artefacts rather than deliberate exclusions. But they matter for a practical reason: if you measure carefully and your number falls in a hole, the chart gives you nothing, and most sizing tools will quietly round you into a neighbouring size without telling you they did. The finder above names the gap instead.
Copper Tech, to their credit, publish the only table of the four with no gaps and no overlaps — clean half-inch bands from 7.0″ to 10.0″. Red Rooster go the other way: their length bands overlap heavily, so a 7.4″ hand is both a Small and a Medium by their own chart.
The Third ProblemThey are not all measuring the same hand
The deepest disagreement is not about where the bands fall. It is about what to measure at all.
Under Armour, Copper Tech and Palm Golf all size on circumference — how far around your hand is. Red Rooster do not. Their instruction is to “measure from the first wrist fold under your palm to the tip of your middle finger”, which is length, a completely different dimension. They then cross-reference a second length measurement, from the crease between your middle and fore fingers to the fingertip.
This is not a trivial difference. Two golfers can share a hand circumference and differ by half an inch in hand length, and they will get the same Red Rooster size only by coincidence. It is why the finder above asks for both numbers and why it will tell you honestly when it only has enough to answer for some of the brands.
CadetThe size most golfers have never been offered
A cadet glove is cut with a wider palm and shorter fingers than a standard glove of the same nominal size. It exists for the very common hand that is broad relative to its length — and if that is your hand, a standard glove will either pinch across the palm or leave loose material at the fingertips, whichever size you buy.
Red Rooster handle this the most transparently of the four: they publish a separate cadet chart and use hand circumference specifically as the trigger for moving into it, while sizing the glove itself on length. The principle is the one worth taking away — cadet is a decision about the relationship between your two measurements, not about how big your hand is. A large hand can need standard; a medium hand can need cadet.
We have deliberately not published a numeric cadet threshold here. The brands do not agree on one, and at least one publishes a rule so loosely worded that it would send nearly every golfer up a size. If your two measurements feel mismatched — broad hand, short fingers — try a cadet in the size the finder gives you. There is more on the difference in our guide to cadet versus regular golf gloves.
The last wordMeasure once, then read the brand
The practical advice is short. Measure your hand once, properly, both ways, and write the two numbers down. Then stop thinking of yourself as having a glove size, and start looking your numbers up against whichever brand you are about to buy from. A golfer who is a Large in one brand and a Medium in another has not changed; the tables have.
And when a glove fits badly, the size on the packet is the least useful thing to reason from. It tells you which row of one company's chart you landed in — nothing more.
FAQCommon questions
How do I measure my hand for a golf glove?
Two measurements cover every brand on this page. For circumference, wrap a tape measure around your gloving hand at the base of the fingers, across the knuckles, with the fingers together and the thumb excluded. For length, measure from the crease of your wrist to the tip of your middle finger. Measure the hand that wears the glove — for a right-handed golfer that is the left hand — and take the measurement with your hand relaxed and open rather than stretched.
Is a Large the same at every golf glove brand?
No, and the differences are large enough to matter. A hand measuring 8¼″ around the knuckles is published as a Large by Under Armour, a Medium-Large by Copper Tech and a Medium by Palm Golf. Copper Tech say so on their own sizing page: “One company's medium could feel like another's large.” Look your measurement up against the brand you are buying, every time.
What size golf glove am I if I measure 8.25 inches?
It depends entirely on the brand. On the four charts on this page, 8.25″ around the knuckles makes you a Large at Under Armour, a Medium-Large at Copper Tech and a Medium at Palm Golf. Red Rooster cannot answer at all from that number, because they size on hand length rather than circumference. Use the finder above to see all four at once.
What if my measurement falls between two sizes?
First check whether it has fallen into an actual gap in that brand's chart, which happens more than you would expect. Palm Golf's men's table jumps from 8.25″ to 8.5″ with nothing in between, and Under Armour's has four eighth-inch gaps. If you are in a gap, the brand has published no answer, and the conventional move is to take the smaller size, since a golf glove is meant to fit tight and leather gives a little with wear. If instead you sit in an overlap — Red Rooster's bands overlap by design — either size is defensible by their own chart.
What is a cadet golf glove?
A cadet is cut with a wider palm and shorter fingers than a standard glove of the same size. It suits hands that are broad relative to their length. The important point is that cadet is not a size, it is a shape: it depends on the relationship between your circumference and your length, not on how big your hand is overall. Red Rooster publish a separate cadet chart and use circumference as the trigger for it. If a standard glove pinches across your palm while bunching at the fingertips, try a cadet in the same nominal size.
Should a golf glove feel tight?
Snug, yes — a golf glove should sit like a second skin with no loose material across the palm and no spare length past the fingertips, because slack is what lets the club move in your hands. Leather does relax slightly with play, so a glove that feels firm but not painful when new is generally correct, while one that feels comfortable straight out of the packet is often a size too large. If you are between sizes and not in a published gap, the smaller one is usually the safer choice.