Leftys: what remarks do you get from people you encounter?

[gs1184]

I don't know any other game or sport where left handed players get more grief from people than golf. Baseball for example has left handed and right handed pitchers and batters and they all serve a strategic purpose and it's all matter of fact.

 

As a lefty golfer I always get the usual "oh my a lefty" "playing from the wrong side of the ball" and what not.

 

I have been asked "how is he lefty swing different" and "how can you hit it so well.... You are a lefty."

 

Nothing like the smart donkey remark from proshop salesmen after I see their pitiful left handed inventory: "why don't you relearn the game right handed?". Makes me want to buy from them.

 

The funniest one I heard outside of golf is "In the dark ages they would have burned your on a stake"

 

So lefties, what funny or weird remarks do you hear from people?

[InvalidConflict]

Nothing that i can recall that was over the top just yet. But have only really been back in the game since i was 15 since this past spring. Pretty much every group i get paired up with comments on it tho.

[Santiago Golf]

I was single and a 3 someone was legitimate pissed that they had to play with a lefty.

 

I have heard all the jokes and they are just old.

 

To be honest, I do stand on the right side of the ball when you think about it

[SplashShot]

I play right handed, but when I grab my putter and putt left handed, I get some looks. Then the "why" questions.

[Sean2]

I tell the folks I know that they obviously didn't go to parochial school (if they are of a certain age). I vividly remember the nuns breaking anyone who was lefty of that "habit" PDQ.

[caniac6]

My father was at Kingsmill a long time ago, and forgot a glove. He asked the young lady behind the counter if they had gloves for lefties, and she replied, "We only have gloves for normal people."

[playa]

The only comments I make to leftys on the course is when I tell them I wish I was them when my ball ends up against the right side of a tree.

[braincramp52]

I get a lot of the usual dumb stuff. I can't say I've ever heard anything really witty.

[Hot Rod 71]

I get the usual dumb comments as well.

 

The most frequent is "you're standing on the wrong side of the ball", to which I reply "if you stand behind me, I'm clearly standing on the right side of the ball".

[Wriggles]

I tell the folks I know that they obviously didn't go to parochial school (if they are of a certain age). I vividly remember the nuns breaking anyone who was lefty of that "habit" PDQ.

 

When I entered first grade (didn't go to kindergarten) I already knew some reading/writing skills taught by my mother. My mother tried to make me a righty, but I wanted to be like my Dad, a lefty. In first grade, the old teacher, who had been my mother's teacher, tried repeatedly to make me a righty, without success. She finally gave up.

 

Fast forward some years, when I became somewhat right handed due to machine shop work. Lathes and such are not designed for left hand people. My first job as an accountant (minimum wage) found me looking at the ten key calculator while entering numbers with my right hand. The sadistic lady office manager used to slap my wrist with a ruler to keep me from looking at the keyboard. I became a right hand whiz with a ten key due to her abuse.

 

She should have been a nun.

 

PS: To answer the question, I get the wrong side of the ball, all the time.

[NoTalentLefty]

I get you got a nice looking swing. My answer because I'm a lefty and you are unfamiliar with a good looking swing...

[AceCatKY]

Fore please, now on the tee from Bagdad, Florida, Bubba Watson. *applause*

[Lord Helmet]

Just the usual stuff. I get weird looks once I get to the green and putt right handed though.

[golow]

I play with two other LHers and when paired with a RHed single sometimes he won't even notice for 5-10 holes.

 

I don't get the "this course sets up/doesn't set up for LHers well". I play a fade while my friend plays a draw. I ask them to explain. Never got a reasonable answer yet.

 

golow

[Hateto3Putt]

My Saturday skins group has a number of lefties.

 

One morning, I was paired with 3 of them.

 

I never knew where to stand on the teebox!

 

[tbrown2907]

When I hit an unusually good shot, more likely than not, someone in my group yells out "nice shot Bubba" or an unusually bad shot someone will sarcastically say "way to go Phil"

[Tcann32]

I get crap all the time, all the typical knee slappers. It's all in good fun, and usually warrants an explicit response towards friends.

 

In league, anytime I hit a flop shot, which I do regularly, it NEVER fails to get a "oh hey Phil". A long drive is automatically "Bubba".

 

 

We stand on the RIGHT side of the ball.

 

Any lefty I've ever played with is an above average golfer.

 

And do any lefties not know how to hit some sort of crazy flop shot?

 

 

It's interesting that the Phil and Bubba comments get thrown around as little jabs since looking at them you have one of the longest hitters on tour (Phil's no short knocker either), arguably the greatest short game player the game has ever seen, and between the two, they've won over 40% of the masters tournaments in the last 12 years... Out of essentially two prominent lefties, they've won nearly half the green jackets in an OVER ten year period.

[rebby]

I get crap all the time, all the typical knee slappers. It's all in good fun, and usually warrants an explicit response towards friends.

 

In league, anytime I hit a flop shot, which I do regularly, it NEVER fails to get a "oh hey Phil". A long drive is automatically "Bubba".

 

 

We stand on the RIGHT side of the ball.

 

Any lefty I've ever played with is an above average golfer.

 

And do any lefties not know how to hit some sort of crazy flop shot?

 

 

It's interesting that the Phil and Bubba comments get thrown around as little jabs since looking at them you have one of the longest hitters on tour (Phil's no short knocker either), arguably the greatest short game player the game has ever seen, and between the two, they've won over 40% of the masters tournaments in the last 12 years... Out of essentially two prominent lefties, they've won nearly half the green jackets in an OVER ten year period.

 

You keep telling me that you'e on the RIGHT side of the ball but, as far as I can tell, from the perspective of the HOLE, you're on the WRONG side! LOL

 

On another note, I've never witnessed anybody giving you any crap about being left handed or you posting "mirror image" photos of your clubs online or the fact that your putter points backwards. You're obviously suffering from some form of paranoid schizophrenia.

[MtlJeff]

I live in Quebec, something like 35% of golfers are left handed... So I never get comments

 

Been in quite a few all lefty groups!

[MarkFromTheUK]

Amazingly, I get asked if they can hit one of my clubs more than the usual imbecilic "you're playing the wrong way around" comments.

[Jsjones]

Played in a group with me and two other lefties and I think the right handed guy genuinely thought he was going to get struck by lightning hahaha

[Bush Pilot]

I get some real odd looks when I pull out my left-handed driver on some slight dogleg right holes. :lol:

 

I play righty and have all right handed clubs, but stick a left handed driver in on occasion. I tend to draw everything and sometimes it helps having both drivers. If it's not in there I'll bring a left handed 7-iron for those times I'm stuck against a tree or fence. I shoot left in hockey and am a switch hitter in slowpitch.

 

I used to think this was super weird, but I have to meet many people who play hockey and golf from opposite sides.

[mokedaddy]

They're just mad that lefties happen to sync in harmonious balance with the rotational axis of the earth.

[B-Man]

Depending on the question asked, I have answered before, "Well, we were all born right-handed. But some of us have been able to overcome that deficiency."That usually throws them off.

[ZAP]

My wife and both kids play lefty along with me. When we go play as a family we do get some strange looks and comments when we all tee off.

 

I love the comments that golf courses are set up easier for lefties. I usually ask them how the ball knows which way I am hitting it.

[Bonneville85308]

95% of the time I get the stupid "you're on the wrong side of the ball" cliché jokes. It really gets old. The "nice shot Phil" on a good flop shot. Etc.

 

Occasionally I play with 3 other lefties and this throws everybody else into stupid comment overdrive.

 

Club availability seemed to get pretty good for lefties for awhile during the 1990s and 2000s but has pulled back. Now at Golf Galaxy we are regulated to a small rack in the back corner of the store.

 

For whatever reason pretty much every fellow lefty I've ever been paired with was a great guy to play with.

 

My home course has probably at least 7-8 holes where a lefty who hits a draw off the tee has a huge advantage.

[Tcann32]

I get crap all the time, all the typical knee slappers. It's all in good fun, and usually warrants an explicit response towards friends.

 

In league, anytime I hit a flop shot, which I do regularly, it NEVER fails to get a "oh hey Phil". A long drive is automatically "Bubba".

 

 

We stand on the RIGHT side of the ball.

 

Any lefty I've ever played with is an above average golfer.

 

And do any lefties not know how to hit some sort of crazy flop shot?

 

 

It's interesting that the Phil and Bubba comments get thrown around as little jabs since looking at them you have one of the longest hitters on tour (Phil's no short knocker either), arguably the greatest short game player the game has ever seen, and between the two, they've won over 40% of the masters tournaments in the last 12 years... Out of essentially two prominent lefties, they've won nearly half the green jackets in an OVER ten year period.

 

You keep telling me that you'e on the RIGHT side of the ball but, as far as I can tell, from the perspective of the HOLE, you're on the WRONG side! LOL

 

On another note, I've never witnessed anybody giving you any crap about being left handed or you posting "mirror image" photos of your clubs online or the fact that your putter points backwards. You're obviously suffering from some form of paranoid schizophrenia.

 

All of these are things that you do!!! hahaha

 

Hey Lefties, Rebby is a persistent Lefty Hater... GET HIM

[rebby]

I get crap all the time, all the typical knee slappers. It's all in good fun, and usually warrants an explicit response towards friends.

 

In league, anytime I hit a flop shot, which I do regularly, it NEVER fails to get a "oh hey Phil". A long drive is automatically "Bubba".

 

 

We stand on the RIGHT side of the ball.

 

Any lefty I've ever played with is an above average golfer.

 

And do any lefties not know how to hit some sort of crazy flop shot?

 

 

It's interesting that the Phil and Bubba comments get thrown around as little jabs since looking at them you have one of the longest hitters on tour (Phil's no short knocker either), arguably the greatest short game player the game has ever seen, and between the two, they've won over 40% of the masters tournaments in the last 12 years... Out of essentially two prominent lefties, they've won nearly half the green jackets in an OVER ten year period.

 

You keep telling me that you'e on the RIGHT side of the ball but, as far as I can tell, from the perspective of the HOLE, you're on the WRONG side! LOL

 

On another note, I've never witnessed anybody giving you any crap about being left handed or you posting "mirror image" photos of your clubs online or the fact that your putter points backwards. You're obviously suffering from some form of paranoid schizophrenia.

 

All of these are things that you do!!! hahaha

 

Hey Lefties, Rebby is a persistent Lefty Hater... GET HIM

 

LOL!!!

[Tcann32]

They're just mad that lefties happen to sync in harmonious balance with the rotational axis of the earth.

 

That's a new one.. Sounds like something that'd start a fight with someone that had too many drinks..

 

"Wow, a lefty... blah blah blah"

 

Yeah, well your just mad I sync with harmonious balance of the earths rotational axis..

 

"WTF did you just say to me?!"

 

I get crap all the time, all the typical knee slappers. It's all in good fun, and usually warrants an explicit response towards friends.

 

In league, anytime I hit a flop shot, which I do regularly, it NEVER fails to get a "oh hey Phil". A long drive is automatically "Bubba".

 

 

We stand on the RIGHT side of the ball.

 

Any lefty I've ever played with is an above average golfer.

 

And do any lefties not know how to hit some sort of crazy flop shot?

 

 

It's interesting that the Phil and Bubba comments get thrown around as little jabs since looking at them you have one of the longest hitters on tour (Phil's no short knocker either), arguably the greatest short game player the game has ever seen, and between the two, they've won over 40% of the masters tournaments in the last 12 years... Out of essentially two prominent lefties, they've won nearly half the green jackets in an OVER ten year period.

 

You keep telling me that you'e on the RIGHT side of the ball but, as far as I can tell, from the perspective of the HOLE, you're on the WRONG side! LOL

 

On another note, I've never witnessed anybody giving you any crap about being left handed or you posting "mirror image" photos of your clubs online or the fact that your putter points backwards. You're obviously suffering from some form of paranoid schizophrenia.

 

All of these are things that you do!!! hahaha

 

Hey Lefties, Rebby is a persistent Lefty Hater... GET HIM

 

LOL!!!

 

I wish WRX had that middle finger emoji I sent you the other day.

[southpaw72]

I agree with the poster who mentioned that he's never played with a lefty that wasn't a decent golfer.

I haven't received too much grief for it but maybe a nice shot Phil or something dumb every now and then. IMO the worst is the " hey can I try your driver?" From a righty.... Absolutely not.