Why do professional golfers wear on white gloves and not other colours?
337983
I think it's because they're all virgins
220451
Because the want to give the appearance of being gentlemen.It is an indoor sport so that qualifies the use of coats and ties as proper wear.
599683
Its not a superstition thing as much as it is a cosmetic thing.  Players who wear high socks do it as an alternative to tucking the pantlegs under the legs themselves.  This way there is extra padding by the knee as well as the socks are all the way up.  The look is solid, and the comfort of not having the pants moving all over is great.
1117495
Many tennis clubs in the UK are too bound up the Country Club ethos whereby who you are and what gear you've got and what you wear is more important that how well you can actually play.\n\nAll that ambition and winning is frighteningly infra-dig, old chap!  Best left to Johhny Foreigner.  They don't even drink Pimms, you know!
480119
It's called a sleeve.  Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson and Lebron James and some other players wear them too.  They are used to keep muscles warm to prevent injury.  Lately though, ever since Kobe started to wear them, a lot of players wear them and it is now considered more fashion than a safety precaution and they will probaly be banned from the league next season.
397148
That's because the home team always wears white jerseys and the crowd wants to match them. The only exception is the Lakers. The home crowd wears yellow at their games.
1014740
True, although if any keeper actually tried to wear an enormously outsize pair then the ref would insist he remove them. It would come under the "gentlemanly conduct" law.
1030031
In general, a lefty would use a glove that goes on his right hand.  The reason is that you want your stronger arm (the left) available for throwing, which requires more strength than catching.
1033883
because they choose that color
430275
tradition\njust like when they hit their sticks against the goalie's pads \nafter he makes a good save. that was originally done to make the pads bigger, because when they were made of leather in the earlie days, htey would shrink after absorbing water(from the ice)
420194
No, the winner wears a previous winners jacket that fits, until they have one made and fitted to him.  The tradition comes from Bobby Jones, the green jacket, when the masters began was the winners "trophy".  Augusta keeps all champions jackets, they are not allowed to leave the grounds.
915183
The change was made because of the introduction of third jerseys. It was not "change for the sake of change" – it was done because teams traveling on the road found that they had to bring both dark and white jerseys with them on their road trip, because some opponents wore the standard white jerseys, while others wore the (usually dark) third jerseys which have been around since 1996-97.\n\nTo allow teams to travel light, the NHL switched the home/road jersey color so that road teams could always know that they'd only need to bring a white jersey.
156519
Tradition , if there is one thing baseball has over other sports is its link to the past.   Many players as they grew older became player managers for their teams and would not only manage the game put would field a position or have themselves ready to pinch hit at certain times. Thus, the need to have a uniform on during games.  Also, coaches stand on the playing field next to 1st and 3rd bases.  However, in modern day baseball I think managers look rather silly in uniform.
350698
It is very possible the guy who never gets his hands dirty today used to when he was younger.  He's learned enough about the business to supervise the work of others, and no longer needs leather gloves to protect his hands.  You do, because you are newer to the business.  But you can choose to move up through that business or move to another, or create your own.  The choice is yours when you have a command of the language of the country in which you work.  The choice is far more limited when you do not.
630509
Yes gloves do not last that long.  A lot of gloves can't play without one but if you can get used to not having one it will save you money.  The purpose of the leather golf gloves was to keep the leather golf grips from slipping.  Leather on Leather would not slip.  Since the grips have changed it is more a mental or comfort to use one.  \n\nTips to help your glove\nCheck you grip - you may be holding it to tight - that would cause movement resulting in friction on the glove.  \n\nMake sure the grip cap is a little past your hand so it want rub a hole in the palm of the glove. \n\nA good place to check your grip.  www.pga.com improve you game section under set up.
391563
It is not just a question of footing.  The players wear cleats and can hold their balance on wet ground.  The reason they do not play in the rain is because of the baseball.\n\nBaseballs are made from cowhide, aka leather, which gets VERY slippery when wet.  Because of this, players cannot keep a grip on the baseball, it becomes to hazardous to the pitchers and the fielders.
1025463
The "Optic Yellow" color is intended to have the best overall visibility. Some argue that orange is more visible in certain conditions, but it doesn't show up well on TV, so it won't be adopted for many pro events.