Is it cheating to carry a left handed golf club?

[mike13a]

Is it cheating to carry a left handed golf club?

I have myself in a few bad position where I just can not hit the ball with my right handed clubs and if I had a left handed club i'd be able to hit my ball. One of the group said you need a left handed club.

Now some people say that is cheating but if that would lower my score because I would have to take a drop surely that would be a good thing.

Can anyone tell me if that is cheating?

I want my score to drop but I do not want to cheat.

 

[Robobum]

No. As long as the total doesn't exceed 14.

 

[bigslice]

only cheating if its you 15 th club

 

[mike13a]

Many thanks for your help. I only carry 12 clubs so that should be fine if I decide it will help me.

again thanks for your help

 

[USER1999]

Is carrying 14 of them cheating too? I think so.

Seriously, does this happen often enough to warrant carrying one? If so, you need to work harder on hitting fairways.

 

[drawboy]

It can't be Mickelson carries 14 of them!

 

[Jabba]

The cricketer Brian Close played to single figures right or left handed. Whichever set he played with, he always carried the 7 iron from the opposite set for such eventualities.

 

[USER1999]

It must be cheating, as neither Mickelson or Leftie (odd to mention the two in the same sentence, seeing as one can play golf, and the other....) are actually left handed. If it wasn't cheating, they would play right handed like the rest of us.

 

[Smiffy]

I want my score to drop but I do not want to cheat.

That's no fun

 

[19th]

I know of a seasoned golfer who plays all his woods right handed and his irons left handed.

Unlike hockey when playing shinty (a similar Scottish sport) you hit with both sides of your 'stick' hence the ability to play both left and right handed.

In the shinty playing area it is not unusual to see three out of a four ball playing left handed and indeed the left handed open is normally played in the Newtonmore/Boat of Garton shinty area.

So having a left handed club amongst their right handed ones will be quite common up there or vice versa.

 

[huttonline]

Mickelson had to play a right handed shot last week in the US Open (to save himself falling off the cliff), he simply turned the club face upside down and chipped out of the rough.

 

[RGDave]

It can't be Mickelson carries 14 of them!

Come on lads - this deserved a mention.

 

[pablo123]

All I will say is if you can hit it go for it there's a couple of guys at my club who play right handed yet putt left handed lol

 

[daymond]

Dont knock it. I play right handed and putt left. I wish I had learnt to play left handed.
In reply to the OP don't bother with a left handed club just select an iron, turn it face down ie reversed TAKE A LEFT HANDED GRIP and hit it. A little practice helps!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I didn't use to carry a left handed club but did have for a while an old 8 iron for use when I played at Wimbldon Common from stony pathways and near trees. I struggle to hit it conventionally without chucking in the left handed shot into the equation

 

[Leftie]

It must be cheating, as neither Mickelson or Leftie (odd to mention the two in the same sentence, seeing as one can play golf, and the other....) are actually left handed. If it wasn't cheating, they would play right handed like the rest of us.

I'm not going to take the bait. I'm not going to take the bait. I'm not going to take the bait. I'm not going to take the bait. I'm not going to take the bait.

Oh, what the heck.

It's you right handed people playing golf "right handed" that are doing it wrong. Just to take 3 "lefties" at random who are right handed - Mickleson, Weir, me - we could hardly be in better company.

I never thought that I would see myself being likened to big Phil (particularly by Murph), let alone in the same sentence

 

[RGDave]

It's you right handed people playing golf "right handed" that are doing it wrong.

I agree. Left handed is the way to go. I'm left handed but play almost every sport right handed. That's clearly where I'm going wrong.

My first proper golf pro was left handed. He played right and went for a lesson with Denis Pugh. Pugh said "something's not right here, are you left handed?" The pro replied "yes I am" so Pugh got him to relearn left handed.

+1 right handed. Two years later +3 left handed.

 

[Oddsocks]

what about one of the dual sided chippers, they can be reversed to be played left or right, and with the correct technique may come in usefull around the greens, atleast it has the option of being used more than once a round?

 

[Twire]

what about one of the dual sided chippers, they can be reversed to be played left or right, and with the correct technique may come in usefull around the greens, atleast it has the option of being used more than once a round?

Go and wash your mouth out immediately.

 

[USER1999]

Strictly speaking, a two faced chipper is a non conforming club.
Appendix 11, page 159, d: striking faces: The club head must have only one striking face, except that a putter may have two....etc.

Note: a putter has less than 10 degrees loft.