Let’s
face it the majority of the world is designed for right-handed people, with the
lefties, or southpaws, virtually ignored. If a right-handed person wants to take
up the game of golf, getting equipment is no problem. They can go virtually
anywhere to find clubs. The same can’t be said for the left-handed person who
wants to play from his or her natural side.
Of
course, there are those lefties who can, and do, play from the right side. This
is fine for those people who can accomplish this feat. But for the majority of
southpaws, the only real option is to play from the left side. (Actually, 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, is being
used in terms of a person’s dominant side.)
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Buying
golf clubs for those who play left-handed 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.
Most
golf stores, though, carry a selection of left-handed sets of clubs, 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.)
However,
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.
Because
the majority of people in the world - 90 percent at last count - are
right-handed, it only makes sense that golfing equipment would be designed for
them. After all, this is where the money is, and golf is an industry as well as
a game. But there are companies who realize the lefties of the world want and
deserve quality equipment, and quality golf equipment for the left-handed player
is available.
When
on the golf course, the lefty can expect to be razzed by his or her right-handed
counterparts and be told he or she is playing on the wrong side of the ball.
There will likely be other jokes made about the person’s left-handedness as
well.
But,
golf is a game that makes no exceptions as to a person’s dominant side.
Courses are designed to be challenging, and challenging they are to both
right-handers and left-handers.
Some
would argue right-handed golfers are better players, but this has no bearing in
fact. A good golfer is a good golfer regardless whether he or she plays from the
right or left side. Statistics, however, will show right-handers to be better,
simply because there are more of them and the statistics are weighted
accordingly.
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