Left Hand Players are abandoned !

[Tical1969]

As i was surfing among the different brands of club maker, i discovered

that most of them no longer provide left hand players clubs on their forged irons series. (no Xmas clubs this year lol)

It is very sad and disappointing that good left and players are reduced to almost no choice in the market.

Are lefties so ridiculous in terms of numbers that club makers consider this market as a really marginalized amount of money?

So i was wondering how many lefties are we?

In my club for example we have only 6 or 7 lefties among 275-300 players.

What is really the % of left hand players ?

Why most of the teachers i met as a beginner tried to turn me into a right player ?

Regards to all (righties & lefties :o))

Alexander.

[boogielicious]

Lefties are the devil's spawn!  Or so I tell my wife!  (just kidding).  It is odd they seem to be doing this.  I regularly play with two left handed players (wife and close friend).  There are a few prominent lefty PGA players as well, or to be exact left hand playing (Mickelson).

Which brands dropped their lefty players irons?

[Ernest Jones]

Lefties are the devil's spawn!

Yeah, I don't like lefties either. Very shifty people.

[Tical1969]

For example Mizuno, only one leftie serie, Titleist also. (on blades).

Miura, Nike the same... and so on.

[saevel25]

As i was surfing among the different brands of club maker, i discovered

that most of them no longer provide left hand players clubs on their forged irons series. (no Xmas clubs this year lol)

It is very sad and disappointing that good left and players are reduced to almost no choice in the market.

Are lefties so ridiculous in terms of numbers that club makers consider this market as a really marginalized amount of money?

So i was wondering how many lefties are we?

In my club for example we have only 6 or 7 lefties among 275-300 players.

What is really the % of left hand players ?

Why most of the teachers i met as a beginner tried to turn me into a right player ?

Regards to all (righties & lefties :o))

Alexander.

I believe 10% of the population are left handed. Now the question is, how many people stay left handed when they start out in golf. So there could be more golfers who are technically left handed but play right handed.

I think most instructors want to teach right handed players because they are use to right handed golfer sand it is convenience

Yeah, I don't like lefties either. Very shifty people.

They become Presidents, they have to be shifty.

The last 4 out of 7 presidents were left handed , two of which claimed to be ambidextrous.

[boogielicious]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tical1969

As i was surfing among the different brands of club maker, i discovered

that most of them no longer provide left hand players clubs on their forged irons series. (no Xmas clubs this year lol)

It is very sad and disappointing that good left and players are reduced to almost no choice in the market.

Are lefties so ridiculous in terms of numbers that club makers consider this market as a really marginalized amount of money?

So i was wondering how many lefties are we?

In my club for example we have only 6 or 7 lefties among 275-300 players.

What is really the % of left hand players ?

Why most of the teachers i met as a beginner tried to turn me into a right player ?

Regards to all (righties & lefties :o))

Alexander.

I believe 10% of the population are left handed. Now the question is, how many people stay left handed when they start out in golf. So there could be more golfers who are technically left handed but play right handed.

I think most instructors want to teach right handed players because they are use to right handed golfer sand it is convenience

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Yeah, I don't like lefties either. Very shifty people.

They become Presidents, they have to be shifty.

The last 4 out of 7 presidents were left handed , two of which claimed to be ambidextrous.

When H.W., Clinton and Perot were running, it was an all left-handed, blue-eyed ticket.  My wife is lefty, blue-eyed too.

[14ledo81]

I think all "lefties" should start a class action lawsuit against..................hmmm??? not sure who against, but they should anyway.

Lefties are discriminated against more than any minority group out there.

[rehmwa]

I had no idea on this (Righty here).

at least on the Mizuno site only the MP-54 and the JPX 850 are lefty optioned - that's it

for the better players, only one option in the MP's

[Tical1969]

Yes Saevel25, you pin point it !

I thing you are "right" it is maybe more convenient for teachers to turn everybody into righties, but Golf is such a mix between mechanics, rhythm, accuracy, precision, confidence and analysis, that i personally think they make a big mistake doing this....

They maybe "cut" lot of natural skills from their students...

Anyway, Bubba, Weir, Phil and a few other are here to save the day... maybe one day the % of lefties will be significant enough for brands, to consider a bit more the "evil" players... :o)

[Lihu]

As i was surfing among the different brands of club maker, i discovered

that most of them no longer provide left hand players clubs on their forged irons series. (no Xmas clubs this year lol)

It is very sad and disappointing that good left and players are reduced to almost no choice in the market.

Are lefties so ridiculous in terms of numbers that club makers consider this market as a really marginalized amount of money?

So i was wondering how many lefties are we?

In my club for example we have only 6 or 7 lefties among 275-300 players.

What is really the % of left hand players ?

Why most of the teachers i met as a beginner tried to turn me into a right player ?

Regards to all (righties & lefties :o))

Alexander.

My son and I are lefties, but I started out right handed.

For example Mizuno, only one leftie serie, Titleist also. (on blades).

Miura, Nike the same... and so on.

Look at Callaway Apex MB . It's the only lefty MB club on the market.

I had no idea on this (Righty here).

at least on the Mizuno site only the MP-54 and the JPX 850 are lefty optioned - that's it

for the better players, only one option in the MP's

Yeah, this is all I could find. I'm so lucky to have the MP-32 in lefty.

Yes Saevel25, you pin point it !

I thing you are "right" it is maybe more convenient for teachers to turn everybody into righties, but Golf is such a mix between mechanics, rhythm, accuracy, precision, confidence and analysis, that i personally think they make a big mistake doing this....

They maybe "cut" lot of natural skills from their students...

Anyway, Bubba, Weir, Phil and a few other are here to save the day... maybe one day the % of lefties will be significant enough for brands, to consider a bit more the "evil" players... :o)

It is much more natural to swing left handed for me even though I practiced right handed for a year and a half or more before switching to lefty. It only took me a month or two to adjust. Same for my son.

[Patch]

I am a firm believer that "Lefties Have Rights Too". I am also of the belief that it is not such a bad  thing for a left handed person to play with right handed clubs. When a lefty plays with right handed clubs, the dominant arm is in a better position than when I right handed person plays with right handed clubs. As a right handed golfer, I had to learn (old school?) to not to let my stronger right,  arm/hand dominate the swing.

I can also play left handed to some degree. Many years ago I found a set of left handed irons at a second hand store. I play, on average, about 5 strokes worse than I do when playing right handed.

[Lihu]

I am a firm believer that "Lefties Have Rights Too".  I am also of the belief that it is not such a bad  thing for a left handed person to play with right handed clubs. When a lefty plays with right handed clubs, the dominant arm is in a better position than when I right handed person plays with right handed clubs. As a right handed golfer, I had to learn (old school?) to not to let my stronger right,  arm/hand dominate the swing.

I can also play left handed to some degree. Many years ago I found a set of left handed irons at a second hand store. I play, on average, about 5 strokes worse than I do when playing right handed.

Not sure what it is, but it is a lot easier for me to turn clockwise (looking down) than the other way around. This was the main benefit for me switching to lefty. I am ambidextrous in everything because I was forced as a child to use my right hand, but I am naturally left handed in every aspect. What could take me 2 years to learn right handed comes naturally left handed.

[Tical1969]

My son and I are lefties, but I started out right handed.

Look at Callaway Apex MB. It's the only lefty MB club on the market.

Yeah, this is all I could find. I'm so lucky to have the MP-32 in lefty.

It is much more natural to swing left handed for me even though I practiced right handed for a year and a half or more before switching to lefty. It only took me a month or two to adjust. Same for my son.

I am a firm believer that "Lefties Have Rights Too".  I am also of the belief that it is not such a bad  thing for a left handed person to play with right handed clubs. When a lefty plays with right handed clubs, the dominant arm is in a better position than when I right handed person plays with right handed clubs. As a right handed golfer, I had to learn (old school?) to not to let my stronger right,  arm/hand dominate the swing.

I can also play left handed to some degree. Many years ago I found a set of left handed irons at a second hand store. I play, on average, about 5 strokes worse than I do when playing right handed.

Not sure what it is, but it is a lot easier for me to turn clockwise (looking down) than the other way around. This was the main benefit for me switching to lefty. I am ambidextrous in everything because I was forced as a child to use my right hand, but I am naturally left handed in every aspect. What could take me 2 years to learn right handed comes naturally left handed.

There is not only, as i mentioned before, the bio-mechanic aspect, the way to organize and construct a shot is very different from right to left brain... we are really all newbies int the decoding of brain structures, but it is already established (dig on google) that we do not "feel" or see, and use the same part of the brain, from a right to left (whatever activity) person. So imagine under pressure the big difference it makes :o)

[Lihu]

There is not only, as i mentioned before, the bio-mechanic aspect, the way to organize and construct a shot is very different from right to left brain... we are really all newbies int the decoding of brain structures, but it is already established (dig on google) that we do not "feel" or see, and use the same part of the brain, from a right to left (whatever activity) person. So imagine under pressure the big difference it makes :o)

I'm sure there is a lot of difference. If I am using my right hand I do think a little bit differently than when using my left hand. Curious, now. Thanks for some insight.

I'll need to google a few things on ambidexterity. Maybe I can fix my short game with this knowledge.

EDIT: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30667/11-facts-about-ambidextrous

Looks like I'm in the 1% for writing anyway, I write equally bad left or right handed.

[Tical1969]

I'm sure there is a lot of difference. If I am using my right hand I do think a little bit differently than when using my left hand. Curious, now. Thanks for some insight.

I'll need to google a few things on ambidexterity. Maybe I can fix my short game with this knowledge.

EDIT: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30667/11-facts-about-ambidextrous

Looks like I'm in the 1% for writing anyway, I write equally bad left or right handed.

I am ambidexterity too, but only because i had to learn from scratch to be right hand at the age of 8. But even if i started golf as a right hand (only a few practice sessions), there are no ways i could turn back to be right hand player again. i can only make some average puts right hand...

Short game, (as putting) is mostly feeling, so being as much as possible NATURAL will always be a good thing.

[Missouri Swede]

It's downright sinister!

[scorpion12]

Tical1969, add Bridgestone and Hopkins onto your list... Neither one makes left handed clubs. Hopkins because they're a  newer company and are concentrating on gaining reputation and market share with the majority of golfers (right handed players)... Bridgestone I have no idea why... but that's fine. I'll give my money to TaylorMade, Callaway, Srixon, Ping, etc for good super forgiving left handed clubs.

[Tical1969]

It's downright sinister!

What is sinister ?