A glove is provided for use by a wearer playing golf, the glove to be worn on the wearer's leading hand for maintaining a consistent and secure interlocking grip without slippage and without irritation or chafing of the following hand pinky finger or the leading hand index and middle fingers. The glove comprises a palm portion, a top hand portion, and a plurality of finger coverings including at least a leading hand index finger covering, a leading hand middle finger covering and a following hand pinky finger covering. A following hand finger covering is disposed between the adjacent finger covering of the leading hand glove. In a preferred embodiment, a following hand pinky finger covering is disposed between the leading hand index and middle finger coverings so as to provide coverings for all three fingers when a golf club handle is gripped in an interlocking grip, thus securing the following hand pinky finger in the correct position and protecting said pinky finger from chafing and irritation as a result of contact with the leading hand index and middle fingers or their respective coverings.

A restraining loop attached to the outer peripheral edge of the index finger of a glove provides support for the little finger of the opposite hand inserted into the restraining loop. When wearing the glove, the golfer is prevented from shifting his hands while gripping the golf club and the proper alignment of the golfer's knuckles is maintained throughout the entire swing. The glove may also be used for baseball and other uses.

In order to facilitate the handling of items of clothing having an arrangement for connecting and separating two coupling elements (2, 5), a pocket (7) or bridge which serves to receive the tip of the thumb (8) or of a finger of the wearer is assigned to at least in each case one coupling element (5). With the aid of the thumb tip inserted into the pocket (7), the coupling elements (2, 5) can be easily separated and also connected again.

A golfer's glove for maintaining the golfer's two hands in proper mutual position and maintaining effective grasp of the shaft of a golf club while swinging. The glove has the conventional main portion, four fingers, and a thumb. Novel features include an auxiliary finger chamber for engaging a finger of the hand opposite that wearing the glove, and a seam joining the thumb tightly to the conventional main portion. The auxiliary finger chamber is disposed between the index finger and the middle finger and is dimensioned and configured such that two joints of an inserted finger are restrained therein, and further assures that the two hands remain in proper relation to one another. Restraint of the thumb assists in eliminating uneven or asymmetric pressures exerted on the shaft of the golf club which would distort the swing. The attaching thumb seam extends beyond the knuckle of the index finger to assure no unwanted motion during the swing.

A hand covering for protecting a wheelchair user's hand while engaging a wheel of the chair to rotate or stop the rotation of the wheel. The hand covering is provided with tabs, on the back of the finger portions, under which fingers of the user's other hand may be placed to exert a force to remove the hand covering from the user's hand.