Opinions on Switching Hands

[RayZimple]

Hello everyone. I am a 31 year old that recently wants to get back into golfing. A little on my background.

When I was 11-12 years old my uncle gave me his old set of right handed clubs to use for junior golf that I was going to be signing up for. I played/play hockey left handed, bat and throw left handed, and write right handed. I used the clubs because they were free, and really wanted to try golf. Fast forward 19 years, and I would say I MAYBE play 3-5 times a year. I understand that I lack a lot of practice throughout those years, but that’s what brings me to my question. If I’m looking at getting a lot better, and possibly getting a membership next year at my local club, would it make sense for me to switch and learn with what I would consider my more dominant hand? Or will the 19 years of swinging right handed make me to far gone where I should just stick with the ones I have? Thanks! And I’ll answer anymore questions you guys and gals have if I left anything out.

 

Quick add, golfed with a buddy of mine last night and scored 54 on the front 9. Quit keeping score on the back and just took pointers to try and actually hit the ball good. 

[iacas]

There are several schools of thought here. Or, two, really.

Many think your dominant hand (i.e. the one you use to do most things) should be the lead hand. For a righty golfer, that's your left hand.

That said, if you played a lot of other sports lefty… possibly, you're better off going that route.

[boogielicious]

You may also have a lot more power left handed since playing baseball and hockey that way. I would say grab a driver and 6 iron from a used sporting goods store for short money and try left handed.