A story about “Leftie Golfer”

Hi Guys,

Today I wanted to write something for our left handed golfers who read the blog.

Are You a Leftie? A little story for you

Do you feel left out in the cold? You can’t blame the big golf club manufacturers for aiming at their most lucrative market, which is right-handed golfers, but it is quite difficult if you are a leftie to find the selection offered to the mainstream players.

I know a couple of guys who made the change early on by training to play right handed but this is pretty unrealistic for most people.

You should be playing in the most natural manner possible and if that means left handed then so be it.

Unfortunately with everything these days it all comes down to economics and profitability and there just isn’t enough money to be made for many of the big manufacturers in the left-handed market.

The percentage of left handed players to right handed players is somewhere in the region of 8 percent so the market is quite small, although it is a niche market that some manufacturers are targeting albeit at more expense to you the golfer in most cases.

But there is always a silver lining to any problem that we might encounter.

At a recent after tournament function I was introduced to a senior golfer who has a low handicap and has had for a number of years.

During our chat he mentioned left handed clubs and that he had originally started playing golf as a left hander.

He hadn’t had lessons from a professional and had developed some bad techniques.

Eventually, due to frustration with his game and the inability to source the right clubs for his game, he decided some professional help was needed.

After much discussion he decided with the advice of the golf pro that he would try playing golf right handed and the golf pro would give him the necessary golf lessons and instruction .

It was a changing point he said. Making this change was effectively starting from scratch and he learnt how to play golf without any of the bad techniques that he had developed on his own.

The change from left to right, along with the professional training has held him in good stead for the rest of his golf playing life.

Sure, it was a major decision that most golfers wouldn’t make, but you can never beat a golfer at trying to improve his game no matter what steps they might take.

And this guy took that decision.

All the best

Richard