Golf Clubs � Left Hand Golf Clubs � Advantages and Disadvantages

Playing with left hand golf clubs can have its pros and cons.

Advantages of left hand golf clubs

Leading with the left can be advantageous in sport � in fact it is often reported that left-handers are more talented at sport, as they are in other areas such as art. But why? Sports that require good spatial judgement certainly are more suited for left handed athletes, and golf is a game of visualisation as well as skill, which means golfers who play with left hand golf clubs should have an advantage.

Sports that left handed players have an advantage include:

• Fencing - 7 of the top world 16 fencers are left handed.
• Tennis � 5 of the top 25 international tennis players are left handed.
• Table tennis, boxing, squash and cricket also have more than average success for left handed players.

But there are golfers who are not left handed but play with left hand golf clubs. Two of the most famous players who use left hand golf clubs are in fact right handed � Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson. One fencing giant, Edoardo Mangiarotti was also naturally right-handed by was forced by his father to play with his left as it was thought to be an advantage � French neuroscientist Guy Azemar discovered about a third of world-class champions in fencing were left handed.

Left handed brain

The brain consists of the left and right hemisphere, each performing different tasks. It is thought left handed people have better spatial awareness and judgement, as this is controlled by the right side of the brain. Right handed players have to pass the information of a ball coming their way and responding by hitting the ball from one hemisphere to the other, slowing down their reaction by milliseconds.

Some scientists believe left-handers have larger right hemispheres giving them better spatial skills � a massive advantage for players using left hand golf clubs.

Advantages in sport

17% of people are left handed, giving them an advantage because they are in the minority. Some theories for the success left handed players have in one-on-one sport is because right handers are more used to playing against other right handed people. Left handed players have an advantage because of the asymmetry. But when you look at other sports, such as golf, the advantage is not present � and the historic difficulty of obtaining left hand golf clubs puts left handed golfers at an early disadvantage.

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