Eye dominance in the swing

[shewy]

Do you think your eye dominance affects which way you swing? I'm left in everything I do but right eye dominant, I play right handed as a result, anyone else cross dominant and do you think it makes a difference?
I'm seriously thinking of switching to lefty over the winter due to my rubbish swing getting worse.

 

[Hallsy]

Im left handed in everything except cricket and golf. Im left eye dominant but could never change to a left hand swing, just feels wrong to me. Now putting is a different matter and im going to get a cheap left handed putter for some practice. So too answer your question, i dont know

 

[Craigg]

I lost my right eye (I'm right handed)three years ago. It stopped me shooting and playing cricket. Shooting because I can't shoot left handed, and playing cricket because I lost my depth perception.
I'm of the opinion that golf, being a static ball game, coupled with the fact that your head is far enough away from the ball, isn't affected so much by eye dominance.
I can proove this because I had a rubbish game with two eyes, and I still have a rubbish game with one!

 

[MashieNiblick]

I'm right handed in everything but left eye dominant. As a result when I tried archery I did better left handed.

Never really thought about whether it affects my golf but just as a little experiment now, I noticed when I set up if I close my left eye it certainly gives a different perspective on the ball. Makes it look like the ball is further forward in my stance than it appears to me "normally". I suppose you just get used to what you have.

 

[Val]

I can't see why it would affect the swing, it might affect how you line up granted but not the actual swing

 

[delc]

I think it is better to play golf right handed if you are left eye dominant, or vice versa, because it is easier to keep your eye on the ball. I know I am right eye dominant, and despite being generally right handed, I used to bat at cricket left handed because it was easier to see the ball coming that way. When I first took up golf I tried playing both left and right handed, but decided I was better playing right handed, with the additional advantage of right-handed clubs being more easily available. Also I didn't carry over any baggage from playing cricket left-handed.

 

[Alex1975]

I'm very right eye dominant and have a big nose. It does effect my swing. (Right handed golfer)

As I move back into my back swing my big nose starts to try and hide the ball from my dominant right eye. This tends to make right eye dominant big nose people want to rush from the top to get that right eye back on the ball.

Left eye dominant players tend to have an easier time of it.

 

[MashieNiblick]

I think it is better to play golf right handed if you are left eye dominant, or vice versa, because it is easier to keep your eye on the ball.

Left eye dominant players tend to have an easier time of it.

I wish.

On a serious note though is there any indication that there is greater prevalence of left eye dominance amongst Tour pros, or even wehther the likes of Jones, Hogan, Nicklaus, Tiger etc were left eye dominant?

 

[Imurg]

I'm very right eye dominant and have a big nose. It does effect my swing. (Right handed golfer)

As I move back into my back swing my big nose starts to try and hide the ball from my dominant right eye. This tends to make right eye dominant big nose people want to rush from the top to get that right eye back on the ball.

Left eye dominant players tend to have an easier time of it.

That's some excuse Al...:rofl::clap:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I am naturally left handed and right eye dominant. However I don't feel it makes too much difference to my golf. It's wonky (like my eyesight)

 

[Alex1975]

That's some excuse Al...:rofl::clap:

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Not everyone has an eye dominance but most people. Those who do have a situation where the less dominant eye follows the stronger so it's not just a case of the stronger eye losing line of site and the less dominant trying to help, the less follow the more and makes life difficult.

Right eye dominant players tend to have shorter back swings and fuller follow through. Left eye dominant players a longer back swing but less verashus follow through. Let's face it, the ball has left the scene, follow through its not relevant.