Putting opposite of my swing

[Iowa Hawkeye]

Does anyone else do this (besides Phil)? I'm right handed but I putt better lefty. I think it is because of the pulling stroke (I don't change my grip). I've noticed people go lefty grip to pull the putter.

I have a very even stroke that doesn't favor one direction, so I can go back and forth between hands and not be screwed up. Just curious if this is common at all.

Edit: I've been trying to focus on right handed lately, but I always seem to go back to left. Plus, I just got a lefty TM Rossa Daytona for $10 in awesome shape off Craigslist today. Bye Bye Golfgear $10 walmart special lefty.

[shankapotamus]

Wait, Phil putts right handed?

[Iowa Hawkeye]

Wait, Phil putts right handed?

Phil is a righty, but golfs left. Doesn't really fit in hindsight lol. His whole game is opposite.

[MI Rob]

I'm a lefty but golf and play hockey right. Everyone always asks why I dont use left handed clubs.

[-Mini-]

I'm a lefty but golf and play hockey right. Everyone always asks why I dont use left handed clubs.

I am a righty play hockey left and golf right go figure :P

[PhilsRHman]

I do this and have never met anyone else who does. I'm naturally left-handed (throw a ball lefty, right lefty, etc), but as soon as I could walk my dad had a baseball bat in my hands and I just learned to swing righty. So when I picked up golf, it was natural to swing that way. Pretty early on in golf I was messing around with a cross-handed grip on the putter and I had a Bullseye putter that could work either way. Before you know it, messing around I started putting lefty, but with my normal righty grip. So basically I putt left with a cross-handed grip. Been that way for as long as I can remember.

Anytime I get paired up with someone I've never played with, I can guarantee within 3 holes they'll make a comment about it. Normally something really clever like, 'whoa, I could have sworn you were swining right' or 'man, you're trying to get in my head, huh?' It's funny how often you hear the same things.

[FortAsel]

I've actually played golf lefty for fun. I was about 10 yds shorter than with my normal swing. The thing is that I'd it the ball dead straight when I hit it fairly good, but when I missed it just a bit, I'd block the shot about 100 yds to my front... Go figure.

[PiKapp23]

My Dad is right-handed, but plays left-handed (because the only clubs around when he was learning to play were my grandfather's lefty clubs). He does putt right-handed, though. He learned to putt with one of those old blades that could be used either way and just naturally putted righty. He is a PGA Pro and many years ago decided to play right-handed and spent a spring/summer playing that way. He got to about a 8 handicap or so, but switched back since he was scratch as a lefty anyway. He did say he thought it was a great experience and helped him become a better teacher since he went through a lot of what new golfers go through to learn. The one thing he says he's never been able to do very consistently is putt left-handed, though.

[Iowa Hawkeye]

My friend is a lefty and plays right. He's pretty amby and out baseball coach when we were little had him go switch sometimes and the swing stuck. But he uses a left handed grip, always has even when swinging right.

[ymerej1881]

Anytime I get paired up with someone I've never played with, I can guarantee within 3 holes they'll make a comment about it. Normally something really clever like, 'whoa, I could have sworn you were swining right' or 'man, you're trying to get in my head, huh?' It's funny how often you hear the same things.

Same here! I play lefty but started putting right handed years ago when I tried a friends odyssey putter and found that I could be more consistent from the other side of the ball.

One thing I have found is that I struggle with short chips around the green playing lefty. This could just be because my short game is poor, but I wonder if the lack of consistency hurts me...