Lefties using right handed clubs?

[brendy]

Im a lefty also, can hit the ball reasonably with left handed but learned as a right hander so kept it that way.
Id love to go round a course left handed to see what I could do and if there was any reason to persue it.

 

[SliceMonster]

I also started playing RH purely out of cost. I read somewhere that if you can play wrong handed then it is beneficial as your lead hand can be over dominant. I was then given a LH set and my game improved as it felt more natural. Its great being a lefty as you are in a minority and always prompts a comment from your partner(s). Finally (sadly!) it puts me in a small minority of players who have broken 80 Left & Right Handed. So change is my recommendation.

Does this apply to many of you?

My Dad gave me a right handed junior set as a kid, so I learnt to play right handed with no problems (I'm glad he did). I just wondered if any of you who have a better understanding of swing mechanics than i do (that'll be most of you then!) could shed any light on what things this might aid me with, and also what hinderances there are.

Personally, I think it has benefitted me just by simply always having clubs available to me, wether it be to borrow from a friend etc, and obviously there being a bigger selection to try and buy. I recently bought a left handed guitar and I find it much harder to 'get into it' because if I want to play/practice, I have to have MY guitar with me, cant just pick up a friends and have a go. Its a huge barrier in that sense.

What about course layout, would you say courses tend to be set up with right handed golfers in mind?

Interested to hear your thoughts.

 

[daymond]

If as Homer says there is little LH choice, imagine what choice there was in the mid fifties especially as there were half the number of golf clubs and no golf outlets independent or large chains.
Thats probably why I play right handed but I do putt left.

 

[Monty_Brown]

Another natural left hander here who plays golf right-handed.

Before taking up the game as at about 14, I'd played years of cricket and tennis left-handed.

My natural inclination was to play left-handed, but when I first went for lessons to start, the pro said that unless it felt massively easier or better to play leftie, he'd recommend right.

His reasons were that by the time you have learned technqiue and trained your muscle memory to swing, the body won't remember or care what feels 'natural'. And he said it was a nightmare to bet LH gear, which it sounds like is still the case.

I've always wondered though if my natural left-sidedness (left-handed, left-footed, even left eyed!) lay behind my tendency to have an over active left side in he swing that spins aggressively out of shots. Effective when on song, but a tad wild at other times.