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I'll start by stating that I play hockey and baseball pretty much even par with either hand, as I started life as a lefty and was "converted" at an early age.  I am also left eye dominant.  I am a righty golfer (wannabe golfer, ha) but putt left hand low, with no gap between the hands, more of an overlap grip.  A few of rounds ago I started putting my wrong way completely with my old blade putter and my putting outcomes have become a night and day difference between left and right handed.  Even using the backside of the putter, I am able to get the ball to within inches much more consistently than conventional putting, and have had 4 one-putts in a nine hole round, which is fantastic for me.  I only managed to loft one putt when I accidentally dropped the blade edge below the equator of the ball.

Is it possible that the extra focus on hitting the equator of the ball is eliminating other issues I may have been dwelling on?  Is it maybe because putting left putts my dominant eye behind the ball?  How stupid does this sound????  Stupid enough that a (cheap) lefty putter is now on the top of my shopping list.  Is there a rule issue that would affect me if I continue to use my putter backwards in this fashion until I can get a lefty putter.  I haven't entered my rounds for HC purposes yet from these rounds.  Am I allowed to do so?


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I played a few rounds last year with a lefty putter I got for dirt cheap. I was better at aligning the face and delivering it at the angle I wanted it (square, ideally), but my speed was much worse. I do suspect that could get better with practice though. I say try it out. At the very least it's an interesting experiment.

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