Have any Lefty's out there abandoned and switched to Righty?

Picked up hitting again a few weeks back after not golfing in 10 years or so (30 years old now).

I'm at a point now where there are just so many inconsistencies in my swing plane, golf grip, downswing, pretty much everything where I've consider just relearning right handed for consistency sake (but also selfishly because lack of equipment options for southpaws).

I'm not so terrible that it's a complete abandonment on swing (6i, 165~ carry, 80mph clubhead speed, just no consistency in ball strike so launch angle anywhere from 14-20 degrees), but I'm just curious if anyone out there has made the switch after initially learning southpaw.

You'll be disappointed. The game is just as hard from the rIght side too.

stick with whatever's natural and get some lessons to try and nuke your bad tendencies right now while youre restarting.

restarting on the side youre not coordinated on is patently absurd lol.

Theres lefty stuff out there. Or, do like me, and start building your own. Stick with whats natural.

Do what's natural for you. If you ignored every bit of advice in the world how would you want to play if you had to get to scratch level golf before 2020 and your life depended on it (left or right handed ) ?

Not me. Natural lefty here. Started right handed and bought my first lefty set when I was 16. Never going back after 44 years.

You’d be nuts to switch just for equipment. I’d stay left handed and play hickory before considering switching to right handed.

If you're this frustrated after a few weeks..boy do i have some bad news for you.

Don't switch. I've thought the same thing before, but playing lefty just feels right. I'm used to playing hockey lefty too.

I’m right handed but play lefty. I thought about switching a time or two during particularly frustrating times with my golf game. But every righty swing I’ve ever made feels so unnatural that I never gave it a second thought (after the fleeting first one).

I agree with the above...just get better as a lefty!

I’m left-handed but play right handed. Just for the heck of it the other day I tried hitting golf balls left-handed. It was hands-down the most awkward thing I’ve ever tried in my entire life. I literally have no clue what I was doing. And that is being generous. LOL.

My teenage friend in the 70s switched due to limited gear..

I likely hit my first shots with my dad's right handed wedge, but when I got my first club the pro recommended going lefty. Played lefty for about 8 years getting down to about a 4 HC in HS, but those who saw me take a few swings right handed thought that side looked better (as I had an over the top move left handed). Switched to righty (except putting) fall of my Sr year of HS and shot 37 in a HS match that spring. Was playing most days after HS, but when I went to college played much less often and didn't feel like I had the muscle memory right handed and ended up switching back to lefty my Jr year. I didn't play that much in my 20s and 30s, but think my left handed swing has improved since getting back into things and taking some lessons in my 40s. The only time I played right handed the last 30 years was one summer coming off knee surgery when that side seemed to put less torque on my knee- mixed results from the right side that summer...lefty has been better since.

As if golf isn't already hard enough...

hey! I can lend some insight into this....i made the switch about 4 years ago. probably right around when i made this account. I'm a former college baseball player that bats left-handed. everything else i do i'm right hand dominant, though. i wanted to golf and couldnt shake the baseball swing to save my life - like bad bad. foot coming off the ground front knee collapsing probably 45* out to in...all sorts of bad. clubhead speed was stupid fast though...so that was nice?

anyways...i hate being bad at anything so i said screw it...dad let me try your driver and piped the first ever right handed swing 200 absolutely dead straight. well....that was the last time that happened for like 6 months but i decided then i was a right handed golfer since i could build the swing up.

i used my dads clubs for a while, watched a bunch of youtube videos and learned what the heck i'm _supposed_ to be doing. once i could hit the ball pretty consistently i went and got a lesson. i explained my situation, they looked at me like i'm crazy, watched me hit a few balls and said "okay maybe you're onto something here." my clubhead speed has always been very high, figuring out timing, face control, swing plane, and damn near everything else that goes into it has been a work in progress. I'm currently a 6 handicap and that's solely due to being able to bomb it into the fairway and figure it out from there. I still have a long ways to go - still flip a bit and sway in the downswing, but i absolutely love golf and spend every day wishing i was on the range grinding and figuring it out.

TLDR: switching to right hand is the worst financial decision i've ever made

> @hgtiger24 said:

> hey! I can lend some insight into this....i made the switch about 4 years ago. probably right around when i made this account. I'm a former college baseball player that bats left-handed. everything else i do i'm right hand dominant, though. i wanted to golf and couldnt shake the baseball swing to save my life - like bad bad. foot coming off the ground front knee collapsing probably 45* out to in...all sorts of bad. clubhead speed was stupid fast though...so that was nice?

>

> anyways...i hate being bad at anything so i said screw it...dad let me try your driver and piped the first ever right handed swing 200 absolutely dead straight. well....that was the last time that happened for like 6 months but i decided then i was a right handed golfer since i could build the swing up.

> i used my dads clubs for a while, watched a bunch of youtube videos and learned what the heck i'm _supposed_ to be doing. once i could hit the ball pretty consistently i went and got a lesson. i explained my situation, they looked at me like i'm crazy, watched me hit a few balls and said "okay maybe you're onto something here." my clubhead speed has always been very high, figuring out timing, face control, swing plane, and **** near everything else that goes into it has been a work in progress. I'm currently a 6 handicap and that's solely due to being able to bomb it into the fairway and figure it out from there. I still have a long ways to go - still flip a bit and sway in the downswing, but i absolutely love golf and spend every day wishing i was on the range grinding and figuring it out.

>

> TLDR: switching to right hand is the worst decision i've ever made

??? Are you now playing right or left handed? (Was the last line serious or sarcastic?)

> @SkiSchoolPro said:

> > @hgtiger24 said:

> > hey! I can lend some insight into this....i made the switch about 4 years ago. probably right around when i made this account. I'm a former college baseball player that bats left-handed. everything else i do i'm right hand dominant, though. i wanted to golf and couldnt shake the baseball swing to save my life - like bad bad. foot coming off the ground front knee collapsing probably 45* out to in...all sorts of bad. clubhead speed was stupid fast though...so that was nice?

> >

> > anyways...i hate being bad at anything so i said screw it...dad let me try your driver and piped the first ever right handed swing 200 absolutely dead straight. well....that was the last time that happened for like 6 months but i decided then i was a right handed golfer since i could build the swing up.

> > i used my dads clubs for a while, watched a bunch of youtube videos and learned what the heck i'm _supposed_ to be doing. once i could hit the ball pretty consistently i went and got a lesson. i explained my situation, they looked at me like i'm crazy, watched me hit a few balls and said "okay maybe you're onto something here." my clubhead speed has always been very high, figuring out timing, face control, swing plane, and **** near everything else that goes into it has been a work in progress. I'm currently a 6 handicap and that's solely due to being able to bomb it into the fairway and figure it out from there. I still have a long ways to go - still flip a bit and sway in the downswing, but i absolutely love golf and spend every day wishing i was on the range grinding and figuring it out.

> >

> > TLDR: switching to right hand is the worst decision i've ever made

>

> ??? Are you now playing right or left handed? (Is your dad a righty or lefty?)

I'm now a righty - my dad is a righty. sorry should have clarified there. i havent hit a lefty club since i made the switch. never went back

last line was sarcastic but completely true for my wallet as well!

edit - double post

> @hgtiger24 said:

> > @SkiSchoolPro said:

> > > @hgtiger24 said:

> > > hey! I can lend some insight into this....i made the switch about 4 years ago. probably right around when i made this account. I'm a former college baseball player that bats left-handed. everything else i do i'm right hand dominant, though. i wanted to golf and couldnt shake the baseball swing to save my life - like bad bad. foot coming off the ground front knee collapsing probably 45* out to in...all sorts of bad. clubhead speed was stupid fast though...so that was nice?

> > >

> > > anyways...i hate being bad at anything so i said screw it...dad let me try your driver and piped the first ever right handed swing 200 absolutely dead straight. well....that was the last time that happened for like 6 months but i decided then i was a right handed golfer since i could build the swing up.

> > > i used my dads clubs for a while, watched a bunch of youtube videos and learned what the heck i'm _supposed_ to be doing. once i could hit the ball pretty consistently i went and got a lesson. i explained my situation, they looked at me like i'm crazy, watched me hit a few balls and said "okay maybe you're onto something here." my clubhead speed has always been very high, figuring out timing, face control, swing plane, and **** near everything else that goes into it has been a work in progress. I'm currently a 6 handicap and that's solely due to being able to bomb it into the fairway and figure it out from there. I still have a long ways to go - still flip a bit and sway in the downswing, but i absolutely love golf and spend every day wishing i was on the range grinding and figuring it out.

> > >

> > > TLDR: switching to right hand is the worst decision i've ever made

> >

> > ??? Are you now playing right or left handed? (Is your dad a righty or lefty?)

>

> I'm now a righty - my dad is a righty. sorry should have clarified there. i havent hit a lefty club since i made the switch. never went back

So last line was sarcastic...you are happy switching to right.

> @SkiSchoolPro said:

> So last line was sarcastic...you are happy switching to right.

definitely - i love golf now and the insane frustrations of being awful when i was a lefty kept me from even trying to play - although i'm guessing i could have gotten decent by practicing left handed - switching to right may have just given me a goal to practice more.

I did the opposite switch righty-to-lefty (due to a recurring injury) not long after taking up the game. Now a quarter-century later I can't even form a proper right-handed grip on the club. Can't imagine trying to switch with that much feel-memory in my hands and body. Yikes!