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Righties Who Play Left Handed & Vice Versa
Posted on 4/6/21 at 9:45 am
Posted on 4/6/21 at 9:45 am
I know that it is better to have a more dominant lead hand, so that there is more of a pulling sensation rather than a pushing of the club through impact. I feel like the trail hand is important in squaring the club face in the downswing, but I'm starting to realize I don't use the trail hand at all. I can't feel the club face most of the time. I'm able to square the club face with irons due to somewhat decent athleticism in timing the flip, but I leave the driver club face wide open most of the time. I can time the driver up maybe 2 or 3 times a round, but other than that it's large blocked slice or hook.
Would this be a fairly decent assessment for someone who is right handed that plays golf left handed? Any drills to help get the hands working together in unison a little better?
Just looking for some advice to help fix a couple swing flaws I've had for too long.
Would this be a fairly decent assessment for someone who is right handed that plays golf left handed? Any drills to help get the hands working together in unison a little better?
Just looking for some advice to help fix a couple swing flaws I've had for too long.
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Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:16 am to classicgold
There are lots of pros who do this. Mickelson is right handed, but plays left.
I'm not a pro, but I am left handed and play right handed. It just always felt more natural.
I see this often with people who played a lot of baseball before taking up golf. The impact point of the baseball swing has the trailing hand palm up if you opened your hand, while the golf swing has the trailing hand at the impact point facing the same direction as the club face. It's hard to change that feeling.
I'm not a pro, but I am left handed and play right handed. It just always felt more natural.
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but I leave the driver club face wide open most of the time.
I see this often with people who played a lot of baseball before taking up golf. The impact point of the baseball swing has the trailing hand palm up if you opened your hand, while the golf swing has the trailing hand at the impact point facing the same direction as the club face. It's hard to change that feeling.
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 10:27 am
Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:29 am to 9Fiddy
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There are lots of pros who do this. Mickelson is right handed, but plays left.
And on the flip side Jordan Spieth is left handed and plays right.
My son is only 2 but he loves hitting golf balls. He currently puts his left hand below his right but then swings right handed. I’m trying to get him to flip them and have also started to see if he will hit from the left side instead. I mean he’s 2 so who knows but I do think having your dominant hand lead is a natural feeling
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 10:30 am
Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:35 am to classicgold
My son is right handed but swings left handed. For those who are right hand/eye dominate, it's more "natural" to swing lefty and vice versa.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:40 am to Tiger1242
Most kids do this instinctively with a baseball bat. Grip it left and swing right and grip it right and swing left. A lot of "fix your hands" out at the t ball field.
There was a long thread on this the other day you should look for. It had some good chatter and Ball Champ was dropping some good tidbits iirc.
There was a long thread on this the other day you should look for. It had some good chatter and Ball Champ was dropping some good tidbits iirc.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:43 am to 9Fiddy
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see this often with people who played a lot of baseball before taking up golf. The impact point of the baseball swing has the trailing hand palm up if you opened your hand, while the golf swing has the trailing hand at the impact point facing the same direction as the club face. It's hard to change that feeling.
And this. If you did play baseball, I would just constantly try and hit a groundball in the 6-hole with my driver. It's the hand action that will eliminate the slice. It may not be the proper hand action, but it works to start.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:10 am to 9Fiddy
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I see this often with people who played a lot of baseball before taking up golf. The impact point of the baseball swing has the trailing hand palm up if you opened your hand, while the golf swing has the trailing hand at the impact point facing the same direction as the club face. It's hard to change that feeling.
This has got to be my issue. I feel like I have finally started to notice that my trail hand palm seems to be facing up and away from my body rather than down and towards the target line. I can have days of really good golf some days, but if my timing is bad 1 day, it goes south quickly.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:15 am to classicgold
The logic makes sense, but I don't know that many people could say they'd be a better golfer if they had started playing golf on the other side. It's all about natural comfort and then developing your swing. I'm sure it also matter a lot which way the person who introduced you to the game swung the club.
I'll swing a friend's lefty clubs occasionally, and while the above makes this anecdote not very useful, I find that my trailing right hand plays a big role in keeping my hands on the right path. When I swing lefty and let my leading right hand dominate, I tend to come way over the top. But again, that is largely just due to practice and comfort.
I'll swing a friend's lefty clubs occasionally, and while the above makes this anecdote not very useful, I find that my trailing right hand plays a big role in keeping my hands on the right path. When I swing lefty and let my leading right hand dominate, I tend to come way over the top. But again, that is largely just due to practice and comfort.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:16 am to The Johnny Lawrence
I feel like I've gotten my swing path pretty inside out, which is why my slice gets very bad at times. Its swing out to left field (as a LH) with an open club face, so it starts left and goes farther left. I need to get that feeling of throwing the ball toward the target with my left hand.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:30 am to classicgold
Get something like a soccer or basketball and grip it on each side then mimic a swing. Go 3/4 back then through. Get the feeling of your hands being back square at impact then your trailing hand rolling through in the follow through. Then do it a few times without the ball but your hands apart the same distance like the ball was still there. That helps me.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:37 am to classicgold
I am left handed in everything but throwing and shoot lacrosse, hockey and golf right handed. They call it "Canadian left handed" and if you can get your kids to do it early they will benefit in those sports immensly.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 3:22 pm to wutangfinancial
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They call it "Canadian left handed" and if you can get your kids to do it early they will benefit in those sports immensly.
What’s your handicap?
Posted on 4/6/21 at 3:37 pm to Tiger1242
I don't have one technically
I just used an online calculator using my previous 6 scores from the course I always play where I have the old scorecards recorded on their app because I was curious. The calculator spit out 7.1 but that includes my best round ever so closer to a 10-13 I'd guess.
I just used an online calculator using my previous 6 scores from the course I always play where I have the old scorecards recorded on their app because I was curious. The calculator spit out 7.1 but that includes my best round ever so closer to a 10-13 I'd guess.
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 4/6/21 at 7:29 pm to classicgold
I am right hand dominant and play left handed. Throughout my youth played and practiced all the time and consistently broke 80 and occasionally posted in the 60s. Had a strong bowed right wrist at impact and I hit it a mile with a nice fade.
Now I’m 32 hardly have time to practice and play and have developed a nasty flip where I break my wrist at impact and either poof block it or snap hook it. No matter what I do I can’t get my bowed right wrist back, and the two way miss has made it basically impossible to enjoy a round of golf anymore. Anyway that’s my story.
Now I’m 32 hardly have time to practice and play and have developed a nasty flip where I break my wrist at impact and either poof block it or snap hook it. No matter what I do I can’t get my bowed right wrist back, and the two way miss has made it basically impossible to enjoy a round of golf anymore. Anyway that’s my story.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 8:13 pm to classicgold
Right hand play left handed. If you can find the tour tempo video or audio tape it helps tremendously. It teaches Swing Set Through It really helped me set my wrists and develop a good rhythm
Posted on 4/6/21 at 8:25 pm to wutangfinancial
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calculator spit out 7.1 but that includes my best round ever so closer to a 10-13 I'd guess
Your index is probably closer to 7.1.
In the handicap system, your best 8 of your last 20 rounds are the ones that count.
Most people only beat their handicap 3 to 5 times out of 20.
Handicap is not your average, it is a measure of potential and much closer to your best rounds.
Often the course handicap will be 3 shots or so below your average on that course.
Keep putting rounds in and it will update.
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