Play Left Handed, putt right handed

[Bxm Foxy]

Anybody else do something similar? When I said to my brother that recently I'd changed to putting right handed which had really improved my putting from 8ft and in, he was amazed I'd even thought about doing it.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I know a guy who does it the other way round (long game righty, putts lefty)
He feels that he is less yippy when he has his stronger hand leading.

 

[Hobbit]

I played with a guy many years ago who played right handed, and was a lousy putter. I suggested he putted left handed. He changed, and it transformed his game.

 

[Orikoru]

I've definitely heard of people doing it. I can see the logic, it's just whether you want your strong hand pushing the club, or pulling the club really. Like forehand or backhand putting in tennis terms.

When you're putting right-handed, do you have right hand below left or left below right?

 

[Dan2501]

One of the 2 lads that runs the Golfholics Youtube channel does it, apparently helps him.

 

[patricks148]

two guys at my club do this sort of but the other way round, one has Parkinsons the other just the yips, putting left handed has helped both

 

[garyinderry]

One of the best players are my club. Scratch man. Has unveiled that he now putts left handed. Says he was practising away at it in secret and now loves it.

Less yippy.


Looks weird seeing him do it.

 

[Orikoru]

I wonder what makes someone decided to try it - you'd have to actually buy yourself a left-handed putter on a whim just to see if it works wouldn't you?? Unless you have a left-handed mate.

 

[NearHull]

I played in an Open last week, one of the PP played right handed and putted left handed the other played right handed but chipped and putted left handed. Been doing it for many years to cure chipping yips.

 

[jim8flog]

I had a friend, who no longer plays, who did this.
I often got confused about which side of him to stand when it was his turn to play.

 

[HampshireHog]

I am seriously thinking about trying a left handed putter, and maybe putt right hand low.

 

[popeye]

That's exactly what I do!
Nothing to do with technique. Only do it cause when I started playing I never had a putter so had to use my mates which was right handed and never gone back since!!!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I wonder what makes someone decided to try it...

Quite obviously it is when so is having putting issues 🙄

 

[Tashyboy]

The better ball comp I played in today, the other two players. One of them, he was right handed everywhere apart from the green. I couldn't believe it. Worked very well for him. First time I have seen it.

 

[Orikoru]

Quite obviously it is when so is having putting issues 🙄

Honestly, if I was having problems putting, and I have in the past like most people, it would never even occur to me to try doing it backwards. Had I not read it on here anyway. I'd probably try every grip under the sun, different putters maybe, but I never would have considered doing it left handed. Imagine if you were slicing drives and someone told you to try doing them left handed!

 

[cliveb]

I played in an Open last week, one of the PP played right handed and putted left handed the other played right handed but chipped and putted left handed. Been doing it for many years to cure chipping yips.

That would seem to restrict him to chipping with just one or maybe two clubs.
Surely most people chip with a large variety of clubs that they also use for full shots?

 

[Fabia999]

I'm a left hander who plays right handed. I think a left handed putter would possibly help but my putting has been okay recently so I don't want to change anything.

 

[Orikoru]

That would seem to restrict him to chipping with just one or maybe two clubs.
Surely most people chip with a large variety of clubs that they also use for full shots?

That's a good point. He'd have to chip with just the one club all the time, otherwise he's restricting how many full shot clubs he can have in the bag.

 

[Bxm Foxy]

I've definitely heard of people doing it. I can see the logic, it's just whether you want your strong hand pushing the club, or pulling the club really. Like forehand or backhand putting in tennis terms.

When you're putting right-handed, do you have right hand below left or left below right?

Left below right.

 

[Orikoru]

Left below right.

Ah, I thought that might be it. So basically the same as standard left-handed grip, you just swing the putter backwards, so your strong arm is leading it rather than pushing. It actually makes sense.