Have You Ever Seen Somebody Play Cack-handed?

[ChetlovesMer]

The last time I played I got paired up with a group. All of us wore golf gloves on our left hands as we were introducing ourselves, getting ready to tee off, etc... Okay, so we all tee off and one of the guys tees off left handde. I didn't think much of it. Obviously, I've seen left handed golfers before. But something looked weird in his set up. I couldn't quite place it. By the third hole I figured it out. He was playing cack-handed. 

The guy was having a rough day to say the least. He was in a pretty bad mood. He damned near snap-hooked every tee shot. Many of his iron shots were pretty good. Still over-drew most of them to the right. But had a really penetrating ball flight. I couldn't tell if he was a good golfer having a bad day or what was going on. I didn't ask him about it, because he seemed pretty unhappy about how he was playing. It did seem like he knew what he was doing. Except for snap-hooking nearly everything off the tee, and all of his misses with irons were hooked right. 

Got me thinking.

• Has anyone else ever seen a cack-handed golfer?
• Are people who play cack-handed prone to over draw the ball?
• Could cack-handed golf be a cure for somebody with a really bad slice? 

[Vinsk]

My dad. Left handed ‘cack handed’ too..but we called it cross-handed. My dad got me into golf. He was the most compensated golfer I’ve ever known. His entire swing was a compilation of compensations. He played a massive cut for every shot. He was a 4hcp at his best and actually had an article written about him in the local newspaper. 

[dennyjones]

I've tried it for short pitch shots and chipping.   

[ChetlovesMer]

12 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

My dad. Left handed ‘cack handed’ too..but we called it cross-handed. My dad got me into golf. He was the most compensated golfer I’ve ever known. His entire swing was a compilation of compensations. He played a massive cut for every shot. He was a 4hcp at his best and actually had an article written about him in the local newspaper. 

That's cool!

So, with our limited data set, looks like cross-handed lefties can either play the cut or the draw. 

Speaking of "Cack-handed"....

[pganapathy]

I once played with this British guy (my friends boss) who had come down to India for work.  He played cross handed and was an impressive single digit handicap.  He had two drivers in his bag.  One for draw and the other for fade.  Other than that, don't remember much about what his shot shape was, but off the tee he could hit either with the driver of his choice