Righty hitting a lefty, or carry a spare lefty iron in the bag?

[TheNatural]

I have only had to hit lefty thrice in 50 rounds, usually a tree or a hazard caused me to do so, once i hit lefty on the edge of a river and placed the ball 12 ft from cup from 40 yds(over a bunker) and twice I hit the ball 3 feet...and was still obstructed....LOL.

what do you do when you see this and should you(carry) try a lefty iron or turn the right club over....

[goblue107501]

I have used the righty-hitting-lefty a few times with good success. I usually don't try and do too much. I just try and get the ball back to a playable situation. As little as I have used it, I don't see a need to carry a lefty club. It would only get used once or twice a summer...if that. I just flip a wedge over to give myself the greatest area possible to hit the ball with. Something that is kind of fun is to take the last 5-6 balls from the range bucket and practice the shot when it doesn't count. That way you kind of have a feel for it and nothing is on the line.

[mirv]

i just really do not see a situation where i would be willing to try to play left-handed. if the ball is next to a tree, if absolutely nothing else, i'll just get out my putter and bump it back into the fairway. god knows what might happen if i tried to flip my club over and hit it left handed. i'll just eat the stroke and get the ball back in play.