Left Handed Golf Club - A Leftie Guide

Find Left Handed Golf Club Resources. Learn why you lefties have been left out by the golf industry. Learn how you can get golf club and equipment suitable and natural for you. 
 

Things in this world are designed for right-handed people. Getting equipment for the right handed is not a problem. On other hand, even finding left handed golf club to allow the leftie to play from his or her natural side is a hassle.

Searching for left handed golf club for those who play on his natural side can be a challenge. Unless he or she lives in a reasonably large city with a good, hopefully, national golf supply store, he or she will most likely wind up having to order his or her clubs, whereas the right-handed person can walk in off the streets, make his or her selection and leave.

Many golf stores, though, carry a selection of left handed golf club, with some left-handed putters (this is important as well, because it is as difficult to putt from the subordinate side as it is to hit from there. Basically, it does not feel natural to the player, and this will result in poor putting.)

Some lefties can and do play from the right side. Of course, this is fine for those people who can accomplish this feat. But for most southpaws, the only real option is to play from the left side

As most people in the world - 90 percent at last count - are right-handed, it makes sense that golfing equipment would be designed for them. This is where the money is. Golf is an industry as well as a game. But a few companies realize the lefties of the world want and deserve quality equipment. Hence quality left handed golf club for the left-handed player is available.

But should the southpaw want to upgrade individual clubs, say go from a metal shaft to a graphite shaft, he or she will most likely have to order the club. The right-hander, though, will simply be able to walk in, select the club he or she wants and leave, unless he or she is looking for custom clubs and has to get measured, in which case the club will have to be ordered.

In fact, this is a misnomer as the leftie will be on the right side of the ball, while the right-handers are on the left side. Left and right, in this instance, are being used in terms of a person's dominant side.

On the golf course, the lefty may be razzed by his or her right-handed counterparts and be told he or she is playing on the wrong side of the ball. Jokes may be made about the person's left-handedness too.

To play effectively, a leftie golfer really needs a left handed golf club. But finding it or on upgrade, the search or procurement is tough.