, Fri 31 Oct 08:00
Most of lefties i know that play golf, they play like righties. Almost allthey have a great short game and specific problems with the longshots. That happens also with righties that play like lefties,and Phil Mickelson is a great example of it (the are less famous examples:rayfoyd,lee treviño). The explanation of this is simple: the short game isbetter because the left arm and hand must control the swing, being straight and avioiding wrists movement after shooting the ball (the doubled right arm can´t control a swing so short).Because of that a lotof pro righties change the grip when they putt.This advantadge in theshort game in a disadvantadge in the long shots (a leftie never avoid right hand take dommniun of the swing; that causes a very bad wrists movement during the forward swing -think in floyd and treviño again-,and usually causes fade or slice; these players are great "backswinneres"-mickelson-, but the rest of the swing is...
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