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Posted: Feb/14/2009 8:46 AM PST
I just started playing in April...
I play lefty...
I'm sure there are lots of people who do... but have you ever tried to find a Tip or an article about playing lefty???
To those of you who play righty, try flipping all the terms around, as well as the photos and seeing if anything makes sense...
Some may say there is a rightist conspiracy in golf 
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san clemente
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Posted: Feb/15/2009 9:22 PM PST
As a fellow lefty I can tell you if you have not been playing that long there are some real advantages to being left handed and playing right handed. When I first learned to swing a club at school they had no lefty clubs but the instructor was amazed at how well the two lefties in the class did we were way ahead of everybody else. He decided the fact our lead hand was stronger was the big advantage later an article in golf magazine on Irish golfer
who grew up playing field hockey in school confirmed it. You may want to give it a try, I know two right handers that play lefty and swear by it.
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Joined: 12/05/2007
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Posted: Mar/05/2009 2:08 PM PST
Tiger Woods- Lefty Plays golf Righty
Phil Mickelson Righty Plays golf Lefty
Nuff Said
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Joined: 8/16/2007
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Posted: Mar/06/2009 9:35 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by CPFitness Tiger Woods- Lefty Plays golf Righty Phil Mickelson Righty Plays golf Lefty Nuff Said
I have never heard that Tiger is left-handed. I doubt it. He is just a good athlete-- and good athletes will persist to learn to do things with either hand. The best handball players teach themselves to throw with either hand-- and the very best became able to throw faster with their "off" hand. Paul Haber challenged Sandy Kofax to a baseball pitching duel-- with the proviso that they would throw alternate innings with each hand.
There was a persistent rumor that Hogan was lefty-- but he was not. He laughed at that rumor. He wrote and threw right-handed.
Mickelson is indeed right handed-- Tried out with a pro baseball team-- but could only throw 70 MPH. Not quite; batting practice coaches throw faster than that.
Larry
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Posted: Mar/06/2009 1:00 PM PST
sorry larry but your wrong, it's pretty well documented that tiger is a lefty. When he saw his dad hitting balls into the net as a toddler he tried to copy his dad who was a righty so he copied everything he did. obviously, its hard to know whether a kid is a lefty or righty or not at that young of an age. If you see footage of him signing an autograph, he signs with his left hand. He also wears his watch on his right hand, which doesn't necessarily mean anything as I'm a righty but prefer to wear it on my right hand but most people wear their watch on their opposite hand.
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san clemente
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Posted: Mar/06/2009 8:58 PM PST
Ya, what he said ! and who the heck are you mr 3 posts. I give the guy a tip and something to think about and all of a sudden you become an expert on dexterity. If CP says Tiger is left handed he is
if CP says Tiger is blind, walks with a crutch and wears his watch around his neck no gosh darn dodge ball player is gonna tell us any different.What advice do you have for the original poster. Oh yeah hand ball is for little girls and convicts which one are you!
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