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20 minutes ago, coop6 said:

I need to, I just hurried and got that video. I wish my right handed bs looked like that lol and the transition lol.

Thanks!!!! It looked a lot better than it felt. I need to work on my hip action through impact.

A born "Natural"

Other than lower body and footwork being slightly stagnate, much better than I could ever swing LH.

I'd probably resemble a "lame duck making a crash landing" swinging left handed.........

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1 hour ago, Club Rat said:

A born "Natural"

Other than lower body and footwork being slightly stagnate, much better than I could ever swing LH.

I'd probably resemble a "lame duck making a crash landing" swinging left handed.........

I'm going to work on my lefty swing, it will take some work to improve the down swing pivot. I'm definitely getting a few left handed clubs to start working on it. I'm going to use the same MOrAD principles.  Thanks!

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Euros do 118 yard opposite side, some fores yelled

 

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33 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Euros do 118 yard opposite side, some fores yelled

 

Every one of those looks better than my normal swing....  :8)

This is a lot of fun too, so let's see if we can't resurrect the challenge a bit, for those who haven't tried it yet!

 

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From last weekend on our Myrtle Beach golf outing. PGA Superstore sim.

As other people have mentioned, looks better than it feels.

 

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44 minutes ago, coachjimsc said:

From last weekend on our Myrtle Beach golf outing. PGA Superstore sim.

As other people have mentioned, looks better than it feels.

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On ‎07‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 11:06 AM, David in FL said:

Every one of those looks better than my normal swing....  :8)

I was thinking the same thing! Mine will be hideous...but I'll give it a go in a month when I can take full swings again

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so I'll start by saying most of you guys have a better "opposite swing" than my usual, so this is ugly:

 

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It's enough to win the challenge!

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My putter is of an older blade style where the back part is slightly lofted as well. I read Ping does this design to allow for left-handed chips when the ball is up against something, to avoid unplayable penalties. (Im right handed so cant get at the ball)

I've only had to do this type of chip twice in the last year.

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Thanks, @virtuoso. Awarded!

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Just an update. First lefty swings since… January? This was roughly #12 out of 13 total:

Little draw. About 145, 8I.

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Some people have said my right-handed swing is nicer than my left.

I tried to switch hands but I had a minor injury involving my shoulder that stopped me.

 


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