Left Handed Golf Clubs - Key Facts You Must Know

When the occasional ball under or behind the mosthanded golf clubs on the course, because they prefer
awkward of obstructions might sometimes lead evenit, feel more comfortable and most likely play better
a right hander to dream of a set of left handed golfthat way! Strange but true.
clubs, they are no joke, with just as specific andMany well known golfers have played left-handed,
precise design required as those used much moreyet in real life are right-handed, perhaps more to do
commonly for right handers.with how they were taught not be than their true
Not simply putting the shaft on the other side of thecharacteristic. Golfers like Phil Mickelson, a
head, which might seem a logical enough solution tomulti-championship winning left handed golfer, even
the layman, the whole thing has to be a carefullythough he too is right handed in real life.
designed mirror image and as such, pretty well allOften, usually because of being forced at school
parts are specific to left handed golf clubs in(especially for older people, when schooling was more
manufacture.draconian!), the way people were encouraged to
For men and women, adult and child, there is a wholewrite will be carried through your life, but that doesn't
specific range created alongside most of the brandsmean it's natural.
that are made. And when a new, upgraded product isSo, when there's a choice, like when learning a game
released, left handed golf clubs within that brand andlike golf, and old enough to make one's own
range, won't be far behind, if at all.decisions, people defer back to their preference. And
In addition, although it might be an easy solution forthat might be when more left handed golf clubs get
manufacturers, left handed golf clubs are not justpreferred, selected and bought.
made in matched sets. No, there are also individualEven if a golfer has the capability to be ambidextrous
clubs available so that connoisseurs of the game can(use both right and left hands as a preference pretty
create their own bespoke sets to get the best fromequally), only a certain number of clubs can be
their own, particular game.carried, by the rules of the game, so a choice has to
Being left handed can be something of a curse tobe made. And it is usually the choice of how they
those with the affliction. Whilst they themselves arefeel most comfortable when holding the club.
perfectly happy with it, despite their beingIn a world of continuing change and one where
disadvantaged sometimes in a majority right handerscommercial requirements drive punters to buy the
world, they probably have grown up with the'next best thing' to improve their game that little
occasional unfair comment, just because they are in asliver more, manufacturers continue to make design
minority (around 8-15% of the population). Sadly,changes on both right and left handed golf clubs.
that's the way of the world.Those changes that develop the technology for
It's still a very substantial number of potentialright-handers are just as effectively applied when left
customers and the world's leading manufacturershanded golf clubs are designed and manufactured
have ensured that their efforts in making left handedtoo.
golf clubs are every bit as good as those for rightSo, if that's what you need, feel secure in the
handers.understanding that the manufacturer of the next set
Yet things are not always as they seem. Choosingof left handed golf clubs you buy to suit your left
left doesn't always make it right! You see somehandedness, will have applied just the same
people are left handed for some things and righttechnology to yours as the more popular right
handed for others. It's a strange quirk of thosehanded sets they sell as well.
individuals who might write, right handed, yet use left