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I’m in a similar situation, left hand to write, left hand to play tennis, right foot for soccer and right hand for golf…. I can not even imagine how will be a swing using the left hand… and no, I’m not a pro, use to play (train) golf when was a kid and now re-started 3 months ago.
I’m exactly the same, Armando, left to write and play tennis (also shooting a rifle) and right for soccer and golf (also batting in baseball). Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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<snip your post etc Nice to hear of your courage; if you are a natural righty (kick a soccer ball with right foot), you are programmed to respond to your internal wiring, as opposed to contriving an action. George…I would be interested in any comment you can offer in this context for a weirdo golfer like me!
Just found this query of yours, David. Sorry. Weird fer sure! Anomaly! Can’t imagine what your crossed wires do to you! If you kick the ball with your left foot, my guess is that your best golf would be left handed golf. If you had a chance to learn it with the proper instruction/simple protocol… Because OF the innate triggers. Because without thinking about it you already stand on your right foot for the body pivot that occurs when you do kick the ball, and since the body is the main source of power and correct sequencing (timing) of the parts of a golf swing action, using the same innate coordination mechanisms that have evinced themselves for kicking would seem to me to be logical. I play RIGHT handed (I cannot even contemplate left handed play)
Is that because your concept of the golf swing is "control and swing the clubshaft with the left hand?" And because you started early with that procedure and your familiarity with it is too scary to abandon in favor of a "superior procedure"? I am not a neurologist or trained a whisker in any kinesthetics, so anything I guess at here is only with reference to personal experience and some feedback from others who have commented on this stuff. And DEEP trust for our natural gifts and inclinations (the complexity of human motion and coordination from a physics-analysis point of view is unspeakable: it is evidence of "computers" so vastly gifted as to really test the limits of human imagination!). Normal people like everyone else in the world except you 
who are righties play golf with the left hand "controlling" from a body turn that naturally wants to pivot on the left foot. Their strong and naturally more coordinated right hand adds power but must remain passive for a great deal of their action. . ….yet I write with my LEFT hand (cannot even contemplate writing with right hand, except on a chalkboard, strangely enough)….and there again, I kick a soccer ball with my LEFT foot ( cannot even contemplate kicking with the right foot…I fall over if I do that!)!!…and I wear my wristwatch on my RIGHT wrist!
These are ALL "lefty" things. The most telling is the kicking -"cannot even contemplate…" Is there any hope for me?
I dare you to start with EXTREMELY SMALL MOTION RETRAINING of your swing (not that that will unlearn your righty swing) as a lefty; start with club already cocked and arms under your chin, club parallel to ground, and hit balls with easy swings short clubs. Get perfect. Grow bigger gradually. Be sure that your basic intention is to PULL THE BUTT END of the club toward the target and ALLOW the releasing action and the forearm rotation through the impact interval. It should oughta tap inTO those innate mechanisms which will "recognize" natural for the action and take off from there.. Someone else here reports he DID it . Aku. Good luck. Are you really motivated to try? ’Is there any hope for me’ sounds so sad… George – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – cheers david
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I’m in a similar situation, left hand to write, left hand to play tennis, right foot for soccer and right hand for golf…. I can not even imagine how will be a swing using the left hand… and no, I’m not a pro, use to play (train) golf when was a kid and now re-started 3 months ago.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snip your post etc Nice to hear of your courage; if you are a natural righty (kick a soccer ball with right foot), you are programmed to respond to your internal wiring, as opposed to contriving an action. George…I would be interested in any comment you can offer in this context for a weirdo golfer like me! Just found this query of yours, David. Sorry. Weird fer sure! Anomaly! Can’t imagine what your crossed wires do to you! If you kick the ball with your left foot, my guess is that your best golf would be left handed golf. If you had a chance to learn it with the proper instruction/simple protocol… Because OF the innate triggers. Because without thinking about it you already stand on your right foot for the body pivot that occurs when you do kick the ball, and since the body is the main source of power and correct sequencing (timing) of the parts of a golf swing action, using the same innate coordination mechanisms that have evinced themselves for kicking would seem to me to be logical. I play RIGHT handed (I cannot even contemplate left handed play) Is that because your concept of the golf swing is "control and swing the clubshaft with the left hand?" And because you started early with that procedure and your familiarity with it is too scary to abandon in favor of a "superior procedure"? I am not a neurologist or trained a whisker in any kinesthetics, so anything I guess at here is only with reference to personal experience and some feedback from others who have commented on this stuff. And DEEP trust for our natural gifts and inclinations (the complexity of human motion and coordination from a physics-analysis point of view is unspeakable: it is evidence of "computers" so vastly gifted as to really test the limits of human imagination!). Normal people like everyone else in the world except you who are righties play golf with the left hand "controlling" from a body turn that naturally wants to pivot on the left foot. Their strong and naturally more coordinated right hand adds power but must remain passive for a great deal of their action. . ….yet I write with my LEFT hand (cannot even contemplate writing with right hand, except on a chalkboard, strangely enough)….and there again, I kick a soccer ball with my LEFT foot ( cannot even contemplate kicking with the right foot…I fall over if I do that!)!!…and I wear my wristwatch on my RIGHT wrist! These are ALL "lefty" things. The most telling is the kicking -"cannot even contemplate…" Is there any hope for me? I dare you to start with EXTREMELY SMALL MOTION RETRAINING of your swing (not that that will unlearn your righty swing) as a lefty; start with club already cocked and arms under your chin, club parallel to ground, and hit balls with easy swings short clubs. Get perfect. Grow bigger gradually. Be sure that your basic intention is to PULL THE BUTT END of the club toward the target and ALLOW the releasing action and the forearm rotation through the impact interval. It should oughta tap inTO those innate mechanisms which will "recognize" natural for the action and take off from there.. Someone else here reports he DID it . Aku. Good luck. Are you really motivated to try? ’Is there any hope for me’ sounds so sad… George cheers david
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One question: if it is an advantage for lefties to play RH (because their strong arm would be leading), why shouldn’t all RH players play lefty (notwithstanding equipment choice issues) ? Rutvik
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I read an article once that said lefty’s should learn to play right handed because their stronger arm is then leading the stroke. It’s spose to be an advantage. Good luck. Hope you kick some righty ass. Dean Gough p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around. I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted. Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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I don’t agree that. I’m totally right handed myself and now seem to find it more natural to also play golf RH. I guess it’s a matter of what sports you have done before golf. I’ve played hockey LH all my life (most play that way) and tennis RH and a tennis forehand stroke is a lot more similar to golf swing. – Aku
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – One question: if it is an advantage for lefties to play RH (because their strong arm would be leading), why shouldn’t all RH players play lefty (notwithstanding equipment choice issues) ? Rutvik I read an article once that said lefty’s should learn to play right handed because their stronger arm is then leading the stroke. It’s spose to be an advantage. Good luck. Hope you kick some righty ass. Dean Gough p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around. I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted. Bruce Bruce E. Newman * Fredericton, NB, Canada *
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One question: if it is an advantage for lefties to play RH (because their strong arm would be leading), why shouldn’t all RH players play lefty (notwithstanding equipment choice issues) ?
I’m no expert, but I assume it requires some degree of ambidexterity. Just speaking for myself, I played a lot of baseball when I was a kid and switch hitting was pretty natural. I batted about the same both ways. I also find that I am left handed for all "little muscle activities" like eating, writing, painting, etc. but right handed for all "big muscle activities such as golf, throwing, kicking, etc. Regarding golf, I like being a lefty and playing right because I feel I have left side control. My left arm works as a lever that is comfortable pulling down and through the ball, while my left hand is my "touch" hand and is easy to control. Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snip your post etc Nice to hear of your courage; if you are a natural righty (kick a soccer ball with right foot), you are programmed to respond to your internal wiring, as opposed to contriving an action. George…I would be interested in any comment you can offer in this context for a weirdo golfer like me! I play RIGHT handed (I cannot even contemplate left handed play)……yet I write with my LEFT hand (cannot even contemplate writing with right hand, except on a chalkboard, strangely enough)….and there again, I kick a soccer ball with my LEFT foot ( cannot even contemplate kicking with the right foot…I fall over if I do that!)!!…and I wear my wristwatch on my RIGHT wrist! Is there any hope for me? cheers david
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[snip] What a day! Being an experienced golfer it was a healthy reminder of how it feels like being a total rookie. All you could do is laugh to yourself. Anyway, now I know that I’ll stay righty. I’m sure I’ll end up better as I’d ever been as a lefty!
You realize if you had done this in San Francisco, you probably could have gotten compensated for your… uh, change of… uh…. orientation.
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God bless you! I was able to become pretty good at switch hitting in baseball. Learned what little golf I knew 30 years ago with my fathers left handed clubs. Fast forward and I take up the game seriously right handed. Now I keep a few left handed clubs in my trunk so I can win a bet or two, and a left handed 7 iron in my bag so I can swing out of bad lies, tight spots, etc. I wouldn’t want to "HAVE" to make a shot lefty, but I can do alright. Did you know you are in good company? Ted Williams was a lefty who decided he didn’t want to risk messing up his baseball swing so he learned golf right handed. Also Presidents Ford, Bush I and Clinton are all lefties who golf from the right. —
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God bless you! I was able to become pretty good at switch hitting in baseball. Learned what little golf I knew 30 years ago with my fathers left handed clubs. Fast forward and I take up the game seriously right handed. Now I keep a few left handed clubs in my trunk so I can win a bet or two, and a left handed 7 iron in my bag so I can swing out of bad lies, tight spots, etc.
I’m a fairly ambidextrous lefty who usually plays right. I’ve also found it handy to keep a left-handed iron in my RH bag and a right-handed iron in my LH bag. Once in a while I’ll come out with a bag containing LH even-numbered clubs and RH odd-numbers along with an old double-faced putter. Drives my partner nuts… — Eliyahu Rooff www.geocities.com/Area51/Underworld/8096/HomePage.htm RSG Rollcall http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/rooffe.htm
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Hi again! I played – and survived. What a relief. The first swing was fine, 200 yds right down the middle with a 3-wood. But then I shot 9,9,11,9 and a 10 for the first five holes. I calculated that it would mean a score of 170-180! However it got a little better and I shot 69 for the first nine. It was better all the time and I shot 49 coming in, meaning a total of 118. I could live with that! After a quick lunch I decided not to go to work at all as I had planned but play another round. It was quite OK all the time and I shot 102 with 41 putts. The course I played was long and extremely difficult and surprisingly I lost only one ball. It seemed I was putting for par end ending for double at almost every hole:) And the other guys? On the first hole I hit first and they didn’t even notice anything special! Well, they got their laughs later. What a day! Being an experienced golfer it was a healthy reminder of how it feels like being a total rookie. All you could do is laugh to yourself. Anyway, now I know that I’ll stay righty. I’m sure I’ll end up better as I’d ever been as a lefty! Aku
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi! I doubt that anyone still remembers, but last fall I asked if anyone had changed from playing left handed to right handed or vice versa. I remember that at least G.Hibbard answered and encouraged me to change. I reached hcp 8 playing lefty but felt I could never improve much from that. I’ve always had same swing problems and started to think that changing would be the only way to cure them for good. Crazy idea, but now I have done it! I took my first righty swings in December and could not hit the ball at all. Totally helpless. The best shots (1 good of 10 mishits) were about 50 yds. My idea was to always swing "correctly" and never start hacking because as a lefty, I never could get the feeling of really swinging and releasing the club head properly. I wanted to learn that. After a couple of times I started to make some kind of contact. Then one day, I tried to hit only with my right hand, like hitting a tennis ball. Boom! I realised I could hit longer that way! Then I tried to get the same feeling to the normal swing and yes, it worked. From December I have now practised maybe 30-40 times on the range. Sometimes I hit better and longer than I ever did as a lefty. I may hit 1-2 clubs longer with irons. But then there are days I can’t do a thing and I still have lots of mishits and shanks. I still find it difficult to stay behind the ball and rotate and release the club through the ball. But sometimes it works and – WOW – it feels great. Tomorrow is the moment of truth. I’m going to bring my right handed swing to the course and see what happens. I’m nervous, curious and thrilled all at the same time. I have no idea what I’m going to shoot. I’m having fantasies of a 79, would be very pleased of a 99 and 119 would not spoil my day. But what if it is 159 or 219? And I have not told my buddies what they are going to see tomorrow! I’ll let you know what happens! Aku P.S. I still have my lefty clubs in the garage, just in case…
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi! I doubt that anyone still remembers, but last fall I asked if anyone had changed from playing left handed to right handed or vice versa. I remember that at least G.Hibbard answered and encouraged me to change. I reached hcp 8 playing lefty but felt I could never improve much from that. I’ve always had same swing problems and started to think that changing would be the only way to cure them for good. Crazy idea, but now I have done it! I took my first righty swings in December and could not hit the ball at all. Totally helpless. The best shots (1 good of 10 mishits) were about 50 yds. My idea was to always swing "correctly" and never start hacking because as a lefty, I never could get the feeling of really swinging and releasing the club head properly. I wanted to learn that. After a couple of times I started to make some kind of contact. Then one day, I tried to hit only with my right hand, like hitting a tennis ball. Boom! I realised I could hit longer that way! Then I tried to get the same feeling to the normal swing and yes, it worked. From December I have now practised maybe 30-40 times on the range. Sometimes I hit better and longer than I ever did as a lefty. I may hit 1-2 clubs longer with irons. But then there are days I can’t do a thing and I still have lots of mishits and shanks. I still find it difficult to stay behind the ball and rotate and release the club through the ball. But sometimes it works and – WOW – it feels great.
I find that "trying" to stay behind the ball is a false notion and an inappropriate "swing thought". You STAND behind the ball and make your normal sequencing; understand that the hips SIDLE ONTO THE LEFT HIP ONLY TO POSITION THE WEIGHT THERE; ONCE THERE THE BODY ROTATES ON THAT HIP. If your driver ball position is where it belongs apx. in front of the left TOE for max. benefit, you ARE "behind’ the ball and you’ll cream it. Nice to hear of your courage; if you are a natural righty (kick a soccer ball with right foot), you are programmed to respond to your internal wiring, as opposed to contriving an action. Once you allow yourself to forget contriving and just swing the stupid club mindlessly you’ll refind your original athletic triggers that know more than you do. Can you skip a rock on a pond, or hit a tennis ball right hand forehand at waist level or throw from short to first? THose are the same things.. God bless you. George Hibbard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tomorrow is the moment of truth. I’m going to bring my right handed swing to the course and see what happens. I’m nervous, curious and thrilled all at the same time. I have no idea what I’m going to shoot. I’m having fantasies of a 79, would be very pleased of a 99 and 119 would not spoil my day. But what if it is 159 or 219? And I have not told my buddies what they are going to see tomorrow! I’ll let you know what happens! Aku P.S. I still have my lefty clubs in the garage, just in case…
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<snip your post etc Nice to hear of your courage; if you are a natural righty (kick a soccer ball with right foot), you are programmed to respond to your internal wiring, as opposed to contriving an action.
George…I would be interested in any comment you can offer in this context for a weirdo golfer like me! I play RIGHT handed (I cannot even contemplate left handed play)……yet I write with my LEFT hand (cannot even contemplate writing with right hand, except on a chalkboard, strangely enough)….and there again, I kick a soccer ball with my LEFT foot ( cannot even contemplate kicking with the right foot…I fall over if I do that!)!!…and I wear my wristwatch on my RIGHT wrist! Is there any hope for me? cheers david
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Hi! I doubt that anyone still remembers, but last fall I asked if anyone had changed from playing left handed to right handed or vice versa. I remember that at least G.Hibbard answered and encouraged me to change. I reached hcp 8 playing lefty but felt I could never improve much from that. I’ve always had same swing problems and started to think that changing would be the only way to cure them for good. Crazy idea, but now I have done it! I took my first righty swings in December and could not hit the ball at all. Totally helpless. The best shots (1 good of 10 mishits) were about 50 yds. My idea was to always swing "correctly" and never start hacking because as a lefty, I never could get the feeling of really swinging and releasing the club head properly. I wanted to learn that. After a couple of times I started to make some kind of contact. Then one day, I tried to hit only with my right hand, like hitting a tennis ball. Boom! I realised I could hit longer that way! Then I tried to get the same feeling to the normal swing and yes, it worked. From December I have now practised maybe 30-40 times on the range. Sometimes I hit better and longer than I ever did as a lefty. I may hit 1-2 clubs longer with irons. But then there are days I can’t do a thing and I still have lots of mishits and shanks. I still find it difficult to stay behind the ball and rotate and release the club through the ball. But sometimes it works and – WOW – it feels great. Tomorrow is the moment of truth. I’m going to bring my right handed swing to the course and see what happens. I’m nervous, curious and thrilled all at the same time. I have no idea what I’m going to shoot. I’m having fantasies of a 79, would be very pleased of a 99 and 119 would not spoil my day. But what if it is 159 or 219? And I have not told my buddies what they are going to see tomorrow! I’ll let you know what happens! Aku P.S. I still have my lefty clubs in the garage, just in case…
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p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around. I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted. Do you think we should start a club? Nah. We’d have to invite Ben Hogan, too, and he’s not even an RSGer. 
In all probability, most RSGers are lurkers, so how do you know? — F.
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p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around. I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted. Do you think we should start a club?
Nah. We’d have to invite Ben Hogan, too, and he’s not even an RSGer. Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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I read an article once that said lefty’s should learn to play right handed because their stronger arm is then leading the stroke. It’s spose to be an advantage. Good luck. Hope you kick some righty ass. Dean Gough p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around.
I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted. Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around. I’m left handed and have always played right, just like you, Dean. I’ve always felt it was an advantage for me for the reason you noted.
Do you think we should start a club? Cheers Colin Wilson RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/wilsonc.htm Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com
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I’m sorry, but I all I could think about are the funny pranks you can pull by being able to switch-hit. I can think of bets, jokes, etc… Maybe I should try learning lefty just so that I can have fun with it. Dave – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi! Aku P.S. I still have my lefty clubs in the garage, just in case…
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I’m impressed. Well done. — F.
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[...] Tomorrow is the moment of truth. I’m going to bring my right handed swing to the course and see what happens. I’m nervous, curious and thrilled all at the same time. I have no idea what I’m going to shoot. I’m having fantasies of a 79, would be very pleased of a 99 and 119 would not spoil my day. But what if it is 159 or 219? And I have not told my buddies what they are going to see tomorrow!
I’d like to see the look on their faces! Good luck! Bruce RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/newmanb.htm http://go.to/bruce_newman
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I read an article once that said lefty’s should learn to play right handed because their stronger arm is then leading the stroke. It’s spose to be an advantage. Good luck. Hope you kick some righty ass. Dean Gough p.s. I’m left handed but have always played right handed. They were the only around.